return flows. Risk of not watering An assessment of ecological An assessment of risk of not risks of not watering. This applying water for the includes the previous history, commissioning of desired watering frequency, infrastructure resulting in the resilience period and scheme: protection of previous not being able to deliver investment. expected environmental An assessment of the risks outcomes due to lack of (ecological, social and certainty in structural financial) of not providing integrity and functionality water for commissioning. impacting on other River Murray system infrastructure reparation outside warranty period. Certainty/likelihood of benefit An assessment of the An assessment of the certainty of getting the certainty of getting the predicted outcomes; whether predicted outcomes; whether the benefit of watering a site the benefit of watering a site can be maintained in the can be maintained in the short and long term and the short and long term and the implications for future implications for future management. management. Environmental risks associated An assessment of any risks An assessment of any risks with watering associated with the delivery associated with the delivery of water including acid of water including acid sulphate soils, salinity sulphate soils, salinity spikes, blackwater events, spikes, blackwater events, algal blooms, operational algal blooms, operational constraints; commissioning constraints; commissioning of structures and the of structures and the adequacy of mitigation adequacy of mitigation measures. measures. Cost An estimate of the overall An estimate of the overall costs of delivering the costs of delivering the watering action (per ML) watering action (per ML) including delivery, pumping including delivery, pumping and associated infrastructure and associated infrastructure costs. costs.
return flows. Risk of not watering An assessment of ecological risks of not watering. This includes the previous history, desired watering frequency, resilience period and protection of previous investment. An assessment of the risks (ecological, social and financial) of not providing water for commissioning. An assessment of risk of not applying water for the commissioning of infrastructure resulting in the scheme: not being able to deliver expected environmental outcomes due to lack of certainty in structural integrity and functionality impacting on other River Murray system infrastructure reparation outside warranty period. Certainty/likelihood of benefit An assessment of the certainty of getting the predicted outcomes; whether the benefit of watering a site can be maintained in the short and long term and the implications for future management. An assessment of the certainty of getting the predicted outcomes; whether the benefit of watering a site can be maintained in the short and long term and the implications for future management. Environmental risks associated with watering An assessment of any risks associated with the delivery of water including acid sulphate soils, salinity spikes, blackwater events, algal blooms, operational constraints; commissioning of structures and the adequacy of mitigation measures. An assessment of any risks associated with the delivery of water including acid sulphate soils, salinity spikes, blackwater events, algal blooms, operational constraints; commissioning of structures and the adequacy of mitigation measures. Cost An estimate of the overall costs of delivering the watering action (per ML) including delivery, pumping and associated infrastructure costs. An estimate of the overall costs of delivering the watering action (per ML) including delivery, pumping and associated infrastructure costs.
2014-15-TLM-Annual-Environmental-Watering-Plan.docx