Queensland Consolidated Regulations

WATER PLAN (BORDER RIVERS AND MOONIE) 2019 - REG 76

76 Nominal volume

(1) The nominal volume for a Stanthorpe allocation, other than a water allocation to take water to which this plan applies in Lower Severn River zone 2, is the volumetric limit for the Stanthorpe allocation.

Note—

Lower Severn River zone 2 is a water management area zone.

(2) The nominal volume for the following converted water allocations is the volume, in megalitres, calculated by multiplying the irrigated area for the existing authorisation, in hectares, by 6—

(a) a Stanthorpe allocation to take water to which this plan applies in Lower Severn River zone 2;

(b) a Macintyre Brook allocation.

(3) The nominal volume for another converted water allocation is to be based on an assessment of the water taken under the existing authorisation.

Note—

See also the Water Regulation 2016 , section 46 .

(4) For the Water Regulation 2016 , section 46 (1) (e) , the other criteria are—

(a) the water sharing rules included in the water management protocol for this plan; and

(b) the share of water determined, by the IQQM computer program simulation, to be available for Upper Weir allocations.

(5) In this section—

"irrigated area" , for an existing authorisation, means the area, stated in the existing authorisation, that was able to be irrigated by water taken under the existing authorisation.

"Macintyre Brook allocation" means a converted water allocation to take unsupplemented surface water to which this plan applies from a watercourse, lake or spring in the Macintyre Brook upstream zone.

Note—

The Macintyre Brook upstream zone is a water management area zone.