Abbreviations ASGE Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements program – Basin Murray-Darling Basin – BDL Baseline diversion limit – CSG Coal seam gas – CSIRO Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation – GAB Great Artesian Basin – GDE groundwater dependent ecosystem – GMA Groundwater Management Area – MDBA Murray-Darling Basin Authority – MDB SY Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields project – PCV Permissible Consumptive Volume – PEL preliminary extraction limit – RRAM recharge risk assessment method – SDL sustainable diversion limit – SF sustainability factor – SIS Salt Interception Scheme – WRP water resource plan – WSPA water supply protection area – Introduction To date, in line with a process of consultation and review, MDBA has published two Basin Plan proposals: The draft Basin Plan of draft Basin 28 November 2011 (referred to hereafter as ‘the Plan’). A revision post public consultation: the revised draft Basin Plan of 28 May 2012 draft Basin (referred to hereafter as ‘the revised Plan’). Prior to this, in October 2010, the Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan was published. In addition, we released a companion report summarising the methods and assessments used to determine the groundwater sustainable diversion limits (SDLs) and baseline diversion limits (BDLs) for the draft Basin Plan. This report, titled ‘The proposed
Abbreviations ASGE – Achieving Sustainable Groundwater Entitlements program Basin – Murray-Darling Basin BDL – Baseline diversion limit CSG – Coal seam gas CSIRO – Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation GAB – Great Artesian Basin GDE – groundwater dependent ecosystem GMA – Groundwater Management Area MDBA – Murray-Darling Basin Authority MDB SY – Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields project PCV – Permissible Consumptive Volume PEL – preliminary extraction limit RRAM – recharge risk assessment method SDL – sustainable diversion limit SF – sustainability factor SIS – Salt Interception Scheme WRP – water resource plan WSPA – water supply protection area Introduction To date, in line with a process of consultation and review, MDBA has published two Basin Plan proposals: The draft Basin Plan of 28 November 2011 (referred to hereafter as ‘the draft Basin Plan’). A revision post public consultation: the revised draft Basin Plan of 28 May 2012 (referred to hereafter as ‘the revised draft Basin Plan’). Prior to this, in October 2010, the Guide to the Proposed Basin Plan was published. In addition, we released a companion report summarising the methods and assessments used to determine the groundwater sustainable diversion limits (SDLs) and baseline diversion limits (BDLs) for the draft Basin Plan. This report, titled ‘The proposed
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