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
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
Upper Namoi Zones 6 / 8 / 1 Cross Section
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Zone 8 – Breeza South
Gunnedah Average Rainfall Residual Mass
Zone 7 – Coonabarabran Rd
Zone 8 - Caroona
Gunnedah Average Rainfall Residual Mass
Zone 8 - Quipolly
Gunnedah Average Rainfall Residual Mass
Zone 6 – Pine Ridge
Quirindi Average Rainfall Residual Mass
Long term water level change
map:
Pre –Development to
2015/2016
Water level change map:
2005/2006 to 2015/2016
Hydrographs
GW273290 Currabubula
GW273288 Quipolly
GW273289 Quirindi
GW273290 Currabubula
GW273288 Quipolly
GW273289 Quirindi
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