SCHEDULE 3Determining Quantitative status of Groundwater
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1
The Department must determine the quantitative status of a body of groundwater as follows—
a
by determining whether or not one or more of the indicators in Column 1 of Table 1 are applicable to the body of groundwater; and
b
if any of those indicators are applicable, by carrying out appropriate investigations to determine whether or not the criteria in Column 2 of Table 1 corresponding to the applicable indicator or indicators for poor quantitative status are satisfied.
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The body of groundwater must be classified as—
a
“good groundwater quantitative status” where—
i
none of the indicators set out in Column 1 of Table 1 are applicable, or
ii
one or more of those indicators are applicable but none of the corresponding criteria for poor groundwater status set out in Column 2 of Table 1 are satisfied; and
b
in any other case as “poor groundwater quantitative status”.
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Saline or other intrusions into a groundwater body:
(Note: “intrusion” is interpreted to be intrusion of poor quality water into a groundwater body from another water body, rather than the movement of a plume of poor quality water within the body). |
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Surface water:
(Note: Flow conditions are considered unsatisfactory if they are failing to meet the appropriate WFD flow standards and in doing so, preventing the surface water body maintaining of achieving its target status class). |
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Groundwater Dependant Terrestrial Ecosystems (GWDTE):
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Water balance:
| i) The annual average volume of groundwater abstracted from the groundwater body represents more than the long-term annual average rate of recharge to the groundwater body and there are sustained trends of long term falling groundwater levels within the groundwater body. |