Ms Mary Gurrie:

The statutory level is at 25 cu. m. What we have is guidance so some people may have flow meters and know exactly how much they are abstracting and certainly the larger abstractions will. What we put in place was guidance for all the other different types of activity so they could estimate their abstraction rate. For agriculture it depends on the number of cattle and for golf courses the area are to be watered. All that is set out. On the registration process, it is up to the individual to assess what their rate of abstraction is and to register accordingly. It is quite a simple registration process. A person logs onto the system and then enters the details of the location, the volume being abstracted, what it is being used for and contact details. That is pretty much it as far as the registration is concerned.