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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 Water Source Overview Currabubula

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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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