Murray–Darling Basin

14.7.4 Allocation/claim diversion of regulated flows – urban water access entitlement/arrangement

Supporting information

The volumetric value for the line item is 98,626 ML (see the following table for the breakdown of the value).

Allocation diversion of regulated flows made under urban water access entitlement/arrangement in the Murray–Darling Basin region in 2009–10
Region no.	Region name	State	Volume (ML)	Uncertainty
5	Border Rivers	Qld/NSW	597	10%
5.1	Border Rivers – Qld	Qld	n/a	n/a
5.2	Border Rivers – NSW	NSW	597	10%
6	Gwydir	NSW	2,446	10%
7	Namoi	NSW	7,537	10%
8	Macquarie–Castlereagh	NSW	10,681	10%
10	Lower Darling	NSW	3,998	10%
11	Lachlan	NSW	6,035	10%
14	Goulburn–Broken	Vic	–	–
15	Loddon	Vic	–	–
16	Campaspe	Vic	–	–
17	Murrumbidgee	NSW/ACT	51,562	–
17.1	Murrumbidgee – NSW	NSW	12,714	10%
17.2	Murrumbidgee – ACT¹	ACT	38,848	5%
18	Murray	NSW/Vic/SA	15,770	–
18.1	Murray – NSW	NSW	15,770	10%
18.2	Murray – Vic	Vic	–	–
18.3	Murray – SA	SA	n/a	n/a
	Total		98,626

– = no data available; n/a– not applicable

1 The volume equals 45,288 ML Water Audit Monitoring (WAM) recorded volume less 4,500 ML transfers from Murrumbidgee River and Cotter Dam to Googong Reservoir, less 1,941 ML unregulated diversions.

All urban diversions in the Australian Capital Territory are regulated except for volumes diverted directly from the unregulated part of the Murrumbidgee River.

Australian Capital Territoy volume only includes water taken for licences issued by the ACT Government due to the administrative arrangements for managing Commonwealth-controlled diversions. It is estimated that Commonwealth-controlled diversions (chiefly from Lake Burley Griffin) are less than 1,000 ML.

New South Wales data include the major and local water utility licence class. This volume does not contain the high-security town water supply class; see Line item 14.7.2.4 Allocation diversion of regulated flows – high-security, urban holder

South Australian urban diversions are included in Line item 14.7.2.4.

No information is available for Victoria. See Line item 14.7.9.7 Allocation diversion of regulated flows – other lumped holder.

Quantification approach

Data source

Australian Capital Territory: Water Audit Monitoring Report 2009–10 (30 November 2010).
New South Wales: NSW Office of Water’s Water Accounting section.
Queensland: Water Audit Monitoring Report 2009–10 (31 January 2011).
South Australia: Water Audit Monitoring Report 2009–10 (22 February 2011).
Victoria: Water Audit Monitoring Report 2009–10 (19 January 2011).

Note: Water audit monitoring (WAM) report data are stored in the Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) HYDRO database.

Data provider

MDBA.

Method

The WAM data supplied for this line item result from an estimate based on user meter readings.

Uncertainty

See the above table entitled ‘Allocation diversion of regulated flows made under urban water access entitlement/arrangement in the Murray–Darling Basin region in 2009–10’ for the uncertainty estimates.

Approximations, assumptions, caveats/limitations

The estimates of accuracy of the diversion are indicative accuracy of diversions at the abstraction point on the river only.

National Water Account 2010