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Upper Namoi Zones 1, 6, 7, 8, 10 and Currabubula, Quipolly and Quirindi Alluvium Groundwater Status Update NAMOI ALLUVIUM WATER RESOURCE PLAN PUBLIC EXHIBITION Department of Industry | Water – June 2019

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Upper Namoi Zones 1, 6, 7, 8, 10 and Currabubula, Quipolly and Quirindi Alluvium Groundwater Status Update

NAMOI ALLUVIUM WATER RESOURCE PLAN PUBLIC EXHIBITION Department of Industry | Water – June 2019

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Water Source Overview

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Location Map

Currabubula Alluvial

Quipolly Alluvial

Quirindi Alluvial

Upper Namoi Zone 7

Upper Namoi Zone 6 Upper Namoi Zone 10

Upper Namoi Zone 1

Upper Namoi Zone 8

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Upper Namoi Zones 6 / 8 / 1 Cross Section

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Zone 1 Compliance with Extraction Limit

Upper Namoi Zone 1

Access License Category Number of Licenses Share Component

Aquifer 35 384

Local Water Utility (LWU) 2 1,216

Extraction Limit: 2,100 ML/Year

BLR (Stock and Domestic): 2,127 ML/Year

* 500 ML of LWU – surrendered and redistributed to AAL holders via an AWD of 2.3 ML/Share every year.

Approximate:

Average Use Since Plan:

1,200 ML

5 Year Average Use:

800 ML

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Zone 6 Compliance with Extraction Limit

Upper Namoi Zone 6

Access License Category Number of Licenses Share Component

Aquifer 32 10,948

Local Water Utility 0 0

Extraction Limit: 14,000 ML/Year

BLR (Stock and Domestic): 14,096 ML/Year

Approximate:

Average Use Since Plan:

1,300 ML

5 Year Average Use:

1,600 ML

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Zone 7 Compliance with Extraction Limit

Upper Namoi Zone 7

Access License Category Number of Licenses Share Component

Aquifer 17 3,697

Local Water Utility 0 0

Extraction Limit: 3,700 ML/Year

BLR (Stock and Domestic): 3,721 ML/Year

Approximate:

Average Use Since Plan:

1,600 ML

5 Year Average Use:

2,200 ML

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Zone 8 Compliance with Extraction Limit

Upper Namoi Zone 8

Access License Category Number of Licenses Share Component

Aquifer 63 16,122

Local Water Utility 1 50

Extraction Limit: 16,000 ML/Year

BLR (Stock and Domestic): 16,114 ML/Year

Approximate:

Average Use Since Plan:

14,400 ML

5 Year Average Use:

16,800 ML

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Zone 10 Compliance with Extraction Limit

Upper Namoi Zone 10

Access License Category Number of Licenses Share Component

Aquifer 6 1,920

Local Water Utility 0 0

Extraction Limit: 4,500 ML/Year

Plus BLR: 4,518 ML/Year

Approximate:

Average Use Since Plan:

93 ML

5 Year Average Use:

240 ML

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History of Use: < 5 ML /Yr

Existing Access Licenses & Extraction Limit: Currabubula

Currabubula

Access License Category Number of Licenses Share Component

Aquifer 4 327

Local Water Utility 0 0

Extraction Limit: 60 ML/Year

BLR (Stock and Domestic): 18 ML/Year

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Quipolly Alluvium

Quipolly Alluvium

Access License Category Number of Licenses Share Component

Aquifer 7 737

Local Water Utility 0 0

Extraction Limit: 475 ML/Year

BLR (Stock and Domestic): 3.9 ML/Year

Quirindi Alluvium

Access License Category Number of Licenses Share Component

Aquifer 19 2,796

Local Water Utility 0 0

Extraction Limit: 1231 ML/Year

BLR (Stock and Domestic): 14.1 ML/Year

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Groundwater Temporary Trading (71T)

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Rainfall Residual Mass

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Upper Namoi All Bores

Upper Namoi Average Usage

Last 5 Years

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Hydrographs

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Example hydrograph

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Gunnedah Average Rainfall Residual Mass

Zone 8 – Breeza South

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Zone 8 – Breeza South

Gunnedah Average Rainfall Residual Mass

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Zone 7 – Coonabarabran Rd

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Zone 8 - Caroona

Gunnedah Average Rainfall Residual Mass

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Zone 8 - Quipolly

Gunnedah Average Rainfall Residual Mass

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Zone 6 – Pine Ridge

Quirindi Average Rainfall Residual Mass

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Long term water level change

map:

Pre –Development to

2015/2016

Water level change map:

2005/2006 to 2015/2016

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Hydrographs

GW273290 Currabubula

GW273288 Quipolly

GW273289 Quirindi

GW273290 Currabubula

GW273288 Quipolly

GW273289 Quirindi

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