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Media Release - Department of Water and Energy Date: 1 July 2008 COMMENCING WATER ALLOCATIONS FOR GROUNDWATER SOURCES IN THE GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN The Department of Water and Energy today announced Available Water Determinations for groundwater sources across the state for the start of the 2008-2009 water year. An available water determination for each category of access licence for the Water Sharing Plan for the Great Artesian Basin Water Sources has been prepared to manage and share the groundwater resources of the Basin in a sustainable and equitable manner. In the Surat, Warrego and Central Sources, local water utility and domestic and stock water users will receive 100 per cent of entitlement. The share components of aquifer access licences authorised to extract water from these groundwater sources will be 1 megalitre per share unit. In the Eastern Recharge Groundwater Source the allocation for local water utility licence holders is 100 per cent. The share components of aquifer access licences authorised to extract water from these groundwater sources will be 0.8 megalitre per share unit. For the Southern Recharge Groundwater Source, local water utility licence holders will receive an allocation of 100 per cent. The share components of aquifer access licences authorised to extract water from these groundwater sources will be 1 megalitre per share unit. Additional information is available on the Department’s website at www.dwe.nsw.gov.au. Alternatively, licence holders can phone their local DWE office for more information.   MEDIA CONTACTS Public Relations Officer Level 3, Noel Park House 155-157 Marius St PO Box 550 TAMWORTH NSW 2340 Telephone: (02) 6701 9662 Facsimile: (02) 6701 9680 Top of Page List of Media Releases © NSW Department of Natural Resources