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 Alluvial Upper Namoi Zone 7 Upper Namoi Zone 8 Quipolly Alluvial Quirindi Alluvial Upper Namoi Zone 1 Upper Namoi Zone 6 Upper Namoi Zone 10 Location Map
Upper Namoi Zones 6 / 8 / 1 Cross Section
Upper Namoi Zone 1 * 500 ML of LWU – surrendered and Access License Category Number of Licenses Share Component redistributed to AAL holders via an Aquifer 35 384 AWD of 2.3 ML/Share every year. Local Water Utility (LWU) 2 1,216 Extraction Limit: 2,100 ML/Year BLR (Stock and Domestic): 2,127 ML/Year Approximate: Average Use Since Plan: 1,200 ML 5 Year Average Use: 800 ML Zone 1 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 Zone 6 Compliance with Extraction Limit
Upper Namoi Zone 7 Share Access License Category Number of Licenses 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 Zone 7 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 Zone 8 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 Zone 10 Compliance with Extraction Limit
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 History of Use: < 5 ML /Yr Existing Access Licenses & Extraction Limit: Currabubula
Quipolly Alluvium Quirindi Alluvium Access License Category Number of Licenses Share Component Access License Category Number of Licenses Share Component Quipolly Alluvium Aquifer 7 737 Aquifer 19 2,796 Local Water Utility Local Water Utility 0 0 0 0 Extraction Limit: 475 ML/Year Extraction Limit: 1231 ML/Year BLR (Stock and Domestic): 3.9 ML/Year BLR (Stock and Domestic): 14.1 ML/Year
Groundwater Temporary Trading (71T)
Rainfall Residual Mass
Upper Namoi All Bores Upper Namoi Average Usage Last 5 Years
Hydrographs
Example hydrograph
Gunnedah Average Rainfall Residual Mass Zone 8 – Breeza South
Gunnedah Average Rainfall Residual Mass Zone 8 – Breeza South
Zone 7 – Coonabarabran Rd
Gunnedah Average Rainfall Residual Mass Zone 8 - Caroona
Gunnedah Average Rainfall Residual Mass Zone 8 - Quipolly
Quirindi Average Rainfall Residual Mass Zone 6 – Pine Ridge
Long term water level change Water level change map: map: 2005/2006 to 2015/2016 Pre – Development to 2015/2016
GW273289 Quirindi GW273290 Currabubula GW273288 Quipolly GW273290 Currabubula GW273288 Quipolly GW273289 Quirindi Hydrographs
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