Basin Salinity Target maintained (<800 EC 95% of the time) No capacity to buffer jurisdictional Reduction of economic benefits use of register credits and the depending upon location of potential emergence of delayed schemes targeted for reduced salinity impacts operations Reduced capacity to protect river Option 2 SIS 86% $ 66,010,039 $ 1,190,140 – Depending upon the sites from salinity threat during extended targeted for reduced operation drought when there are minimal potential loss of some options for mitigation with flows environmental benefits of SIS. Some reduction in and ‘headroom’ hence some reduction in the frequency of meeting Basin Plan operational targets. Qualitative scoring -1 -1 3 3 of Option 2 Total Score Option 2 = +1
Option 2 – SIS 86% $ 66,010,039 $ 1,190,140 Basin Salinity Target maintained (<800 EC 95% of the time) No capacity to buffer jurisdictional use of register credits and the potential emergence of delayed salinity impacts Reduced capacity to protect river from salinity threat during extended drought when there are minimal options for mitigation with flows Some reduction in ‘headroom’ and hence some reduction in the frequency of meeting Basin Plan operational targets. Reduction of economic benefits depending upon location of schemes targeted for reduced operations Depending upon the sites targeted for reduced operation potential loss of some environmental benefits of SIS. Qualitative scoring of Option 2 3 3 -1 -1 Total Score Option 2 = +1
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