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Percentage of rainfall you can capture on your property presently

100

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Proposed new percentage you may be able to capture in the future

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What are harvestable water rights?

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NSW Water allows owners or occupiers of land to collect 5% of all rain that falls on their land, and store this rainfall in dams on the property.

This legislation affects the size of dams that landholders can construct on their land.

The water captured in a harvestable rights dam cannot be supplied to any other property.

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Bigger dams in the future?

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The NSW Government is now reviewing this old legislation, and may increase the landholders rainfall capture rights from 5% to 100%


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BIGGER IS BETTER

The review is looking at five levels of harvestable rights uptake, reflecting the size of the dams you can buld on your property

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10%

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20%

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30%

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50%

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100%

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Conclusions to date

 

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100

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percentage benefit to firefighters having more water availble to fight fires

100

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percentage benefit to local businesses and farm based businesses

Benefits

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The following benefits of increasing harvestable rights have already been identified

Rural firefighting services would benefit if more water was stored in farm dams close to bushland

There are valuable industries in coastal-draining catchments that could benefit from, or be impacted by, the ability to store more water in harvestable rights dams.

Your feedback can be provided on the Department’s website before the decision is made


Give your feedback

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Big Ditch Dam Builder Harvestable Water Rights review

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MEETINGS ARE TAKING PLACE

The NSW Government through the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment is undertaking a review of harvestable rights for all coastal-draining catchments.

They are reviewing a proposal to increase the volume of water landholders can capture in farm dams as a basic right, without the need for a licence or approval.

The review is exploring the potential benefits and impacts of increasing the harvestable rights percentage, as well as allowing harvestable rights dams on third-order streams.

They are looking at the affect this change will have on:

  • availability of water for downstream water users
  • water trading market
  • availability of water for the environment

 

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Since 2006

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Harvestable Rights legislation

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The current harvestable rights orders have been in place since they were passed by legislation in 2006

Find out more details about the review from the NSW Government website


nsw government website

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