Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER PLAN (GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN AND OTHER REGIONAL AQUIFERS) 2017 - REG 28

28 Other taking or interfering with water

(1) A person may take or interfere with water in the plan area—

(a) for a project for the economic or social benefit of Aboriginal peoples or Torres Strait Islanders; or

(b) for a prescribed activity under the Water Regulation 2016 .

(2) However, water may only be taken from a water bore for the purposes or activities mentioned in subsection (1) if—

(a) the maximum volume of water taken from the bore is 2ML during a water year; and

(b) the bore is controlled; and

(c) the taking will result in the cumulative drawdown for a groundwater-dependent ecosystem being less than 0.4m; and

(d) the taking will result in the drawdown at a location from which another person is authorised to take water under a water licence or particular authorisation being less than the maximum drawdown.

Note—

A water management protocol must include ways for the chief executive to—

1 estimate the cumulative drawdown, or otherwise be satisfied the cumulative drawdown, for a groundwater-dependent ecosystem as a result of a taking of water is less than 0.4m,; and

2 estimate the drawdown at a location, or otherwise be satisfied the drawdown at a location, as a result of a taking of water is less than the maximum drawdown.

See section 58 (2).