Connectivity Pulsed baseflow over past three days in July 2012 (~500 ML/day) from years. Wet low High Chaffey Dam benches and point bars Connectivity Fresh flow (1 000–4 000 2–3 years Flows greater Not met Not met than 1 000 ML/day) to provide Average return Water quality ML/day over connectivity and wet interval Fish spawning, 3 days in July Low medium-level benches, recruitment, 2012 point bars and riparian Insufficient water under movement and HIGH zone a very low water condition Maintain / Demand has not availability scenario to High Improve been fully met in contribute to this recent years. demand. Critical Low to moderate Low to moderate Level of carryover will Carryover potential proportion of proportion of depend on environmental See references at Table 2a allocations carried into allocations may be demands and resource 2016–17. carried over to availability. 2017–18, but will depend upon NOTE: No carryover resource availability provisions in the Peel and demands. Valley. Trade potential Moderate to high need Moderate to high Potential to will depend to augment available need to augment on environmental demands allocations given available and resource availability. recent dry conditions. allocations given Therefore should recent dry market conditions conditions. improve there is likely Therefore should to be a desire to market conditions purchase allocation or improve there is supplementary flow likely to be a desire access to assist in to purchase meeting high allocation or demands. Sale of supplementary flow allocations unlikely access to assist in considering moderate meeting high and high demands. demands. Sale of allocations unlikely considering moderate and high demands. Table 2c: Environmental demands, potential watering in 2015–16 and outlook for coming years in the Namoi River Valley WATER RESOURCE AVAILABILITY IN 2015–16 –HIGH Environmental assets Physical and Watering Indicative history demand (for Required 2015–16 Implications for future demands process assets all sources of water in frequency (from all sources of water) 4 Met in 2016–17 the system) (maximum dry interval) 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15
Connectivity Wet low and point bars Pulsed baseflow (~500 ML/day) from Chaffey Dam days in July 2012 over past three years. High Connectivity Water quality Fish spawning, recruitment, movement and condition Fresh flow (1 000–4 000 ML/day) to provide connectivity and wet medium-level benches, point bars and riparian zone 2–3 years Average return interval Flows greater than 1 000 ML/day over 3 days in July 2012 Not met Not met HIGH Demand has not been fully met in recent years. Maintain / Improve Insufficient water under a very low water availability scenario to contribute to this demand. High Low Critical See references at Table 2a Carryover potential Low to moderate proportion of allocations carried into 2016–17. NOTE: No carryover provisions in the Peel Valley. Low to moderate proportion of allocations may be carried over to 2017–18, but will depend upon resource availability and demands. Level of carryover will depend on environmental demands and resource availability. Trade potential Moderate to high need to augment available allocations given recent dry conditions. Therefore should market conditions improve there is likely to be a desire to purchase allocation or supplementary flow access to assist in meeting high demands. Sale of allocations unlikely considering moderate and high demands. Moderate to high need to augment available allocations given recent dry conditions. Therefore should market conditions improve there is likely to be a desire to purchase allocation or supplementary flow access to assist in meeting high demands. Sale of allocations unlikely considering moderate and high demands. Potential to will depend on environmental demands and resource availability. Table 2c: Environmental demands, potential watering in 2015–16 and outlook for coming years in the Namoi River Valley –HIGH WATER RESOURCE AVAILABILITY IN 2015–16 Environmental assets Physical and process assets Indicative demand (for all sources of water in the system) Required frequency (maximum dry interval) Watering history (from all sources of water) 4 2015–16 Implications for future demands Met in 2016–17 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 benches
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