Murray–Darling Basin

16.5.3.7 Groundwater allocation extraction – other lumped holders

Supporting information

The volumetric value for the line item is 817,095 ML (see the following table for the breakdown of the volume).

Volumes of groundwater allocation extractions (other lumped holders) in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) for 2009–10
No.	Groundwater management unit (GMU)	State	Volume 2009–10 (ML)
1	Lower Gwydir Alluvium	NSW	38,668
2	Lower Lachlan Alluvium	NSW	98,542
3	Upper Lachlan Alluvium	NSW	–
4	Lower Macquarie Alluvium	NSW	34,938
5	Lower Murray Alluvium	NSW	86,559
Lower Murrumbidgee – sum composed of GMUs 6 & 7		NSW	278,295
6	Lower Murrumbidgee Deep Groundwater source	NSW	274,433
7	Lower Murrumbidgee Shallow Groundwater source	NSW	3,862
8	Mid Murrumbidgee Alluvium	NSW	–
9	Lower Namoi Alluvium	NSW	80,379
10	Upper Namoi Alluvium	NSW	74,795
Katunga-Campaspe – sum composed of GMUs 11–13		Vic	102,058
11	Campaspe Deep Lead Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	21,363
12	Katunga Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	30,994
13	Shepparton Irrigation Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	49,701
14	Mid Loddon Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	14,528
Lower Murray–Darling Basin GMUs – sum composed of GMUs 15–27			8,333
15	Balrootan (Nhill) Groundwater Management Area	Vic	746
16	Goroke Groundwater Management Area	Vic	–
17	Kaniva TCSA Groundwater Management Area	Vic	–
18	Murrayville Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	5,415
19	Nhill Groundwater Management Area	Vic	–
20	Telopea Downs Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	2,172
21	Angas–Bremer Prescribed Wells Area	SA	–
22	Coorong	SA	–
23	Ferries–McDonald	SA	–
24	Mallee Prescribed Wells Area	SA	–
25	Murraylands	SA	–
26	Peake, Roby and Sherlock Prescribed Wells Area	SA	–
27	River Murray Prescribed Water Course	SA	–
	Total Basin		817,095

– = no data available

Extractions may be made for urban, stock and domestic or irrigation purposes under a single licence class in the particular water management area. Where the purpose was not known, and it was a general licence class, the groundwater allocation extraction has been included in this line item.

In New South Wales, the supplementary and aquifer licenses extraction volumes have been added and included in this line item. See the following table for more details.

Only the nominated groundwater management units for reporting in the National Water Account 2010 have been included in this table. Other GMUs do exist and may have volumes for extractions.

Extraction volumes for supplementary and aquifer licences in New South Wales
No.	Groundwater management unit (GMU)	State	Licence category	Volume 2009–10 (ML)
1	Lower Gwydir Alluvium	NSW	Aquifer	27,748
1	Lower Gwydir Alluvium	NSW	Supplementary	10,920
2	Lower Lachlan Alluvium	NSW	Aquifer	82,362
2	Lower Lachlan Alluvium	NSW	Supplementary	16,180
3	Upper Lachlan Alluvium	NSW	–	–
4	Lower Macquarie Alluvium	NSW	Aquifer	33,538
4	Lower Macquarie Alluvium	NSW	Supplementary	1,400
5	Lower Murray Alluvium	NSW	Aquifer	49,944
5	Lower Murray Alluvium	NSW	Supplementary	36,615
6	Lower Murrumbidgee Deep Groundwater source	NSW	Aquifer	250,974
6	Lower Murrumbidgee Deep Groundwater source	NSW	Supplementary	23,459
7	Lower Murrumbidgee Shallow Groundwater source	NSW	Aquifer	3,862
8	Mid Murrumbidgee Alluvium	NSW	–	–
9	Lower Namoi Alluvium	NSW	Aquifer	68,912
9	Lower Namoi Alluvium	NSW	Supplementary	11,467
10	Upper Namoi Alluvium	NSW	Aquifer	55,073
10	Upper Namoi Alluvium	NSW	Supplementary	19,722

– = no data available

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 Access Licence Statistics .

Queensland: Water Audit Monitoring Report 2009–10 (31 January 2011).

South Australia: Water Audit Monitoring Report 2009–10 (late version).

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

Allocation extraction is as calculated by the states and provided to the MDBA.

Uncertainty

Uncertainty information was not available.

Approximations, assumptions, caveats/limitations

The New South Wales Government does not guarantee that data are current nor does it guarantee that the data or the data capturing processes are free from corruption or error. Data provided are preliminary and NSW Office of Water's quality assurance procedures may be incomplete. The NSW Office of Water cannot warrant and does not represent that the material that appears on its website or any linked websites is complete, current, reliable and/or free from error.

National Water Account 2010