Australian Capital Territory
Water Resources (Water available from areas) Determination 2007 (No 1)
Disallowable Instrument DI2007—191
made under the
Water Resources Act 2007, Section 17 – Amounts of water available from areas

1.	Name of instrument
This instrument is the Water Resources (Water available from areas) Determination 2007 (No 1).
2.	Commencement
This instrument commences on 1 August 2007
3.	Determination of water available from areas
Surface water and ground water available for taking from each water management area, and water reserved for future use, is given by Table 1..
4. 	Explanatory Notes
The amounts in Table 1 have been prepared taking into account the environmental flow guidelines, the total water resources of the Territory, and specific investigations undertaken by the Environment Protection Authority to establish sustainable yields from groundwater in particular areas.

Jon Stanhope MLA
Minister for the Environment
31 July 2007

Table 1: Water available for taking from each water management area.

Water management area 	Total ACT controlled surface plus ground water (ML)	ACT environmental allocation (ML)	Surface plus ground water reserved for future use (ML)	Maximum surface plus ground water available for taking (ML)	Ground water reserved for future use (ML)	Maximum ground water available for taking (ML)	
Upper Murrumbidgee	27482	24408	557	2517	71	640	
							
Lower Murrumbidgee	17223	15728	3325	29925	21	189	
							
Naas	38554	35619	293	2641	95	855	
							
Gudgenby	50522	46569	395	3558	130	1170	
							
Cotter	145702	34294	0	111408	0	2050	
							
Paddys	39799	36571	323	2905	101	909	
							
Tuggeranong	7909	4860	996	1461	21	190	
							
Upper Molonglo	1274	1160	11	102	10	24	
							
Central Molonglo	24489	18609	1426	7832	10	685	
							
Lower Queanbeyan	22	15	1	7	0	0	
							
Jerrabomberra headwaters	0	0	0	0	0	0	
							
Lower Molonglo	15932	10594	2034	3304	10	297	
							
Googong catchment	103164	4250	0	98914	0	0	
							
Ginninderra catchment	19895	11746	1706	5352	27	239	
							
Overall total	491967	244422	11067	272927	496	7248	

Notes:	ML denotes megalitre
Environmental allocation – as specified in Environmental Flow Guidelines
Maximum total amount of surface water available for taking is the same as the maximum surface plus ground water available for taking.
Water identified as available for taking in this table does not take account of licensed water use.