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The volumetric value for the line item is 160,110 ML. The following table provides a breakdown of the volume.

 

Allocation announcement/claim recognition on regulated flows for urban water access entitlement/arrangement for the Murray–Darling Basin region for 2009–10

Region no.	Region name	State	Volume (ML)	Uncertainty
5	Border Rivers	Qld/NSW	620	10%
5.1	Border Rivers – Qld	Qld	n/a	n/a
5.2	Border Rivers – NSW	NSW	620	10%
6	Gwydir	NSW	3,836	10%
7	Namoi	NSW	18,821	10%
8	Macquarie–Castlereagh	NSW	18,805	10%
10	Lower Darling	NSW	10,135	10%
11	Lachlan	NSW	7,773	10%
12	Wimmera–Avoca	Vic	–	–
14	Goulburn–Broken	Vic	–	–
15	Loddon	Vic	–	–
16	Campaspe	Vic	–	–
17	Murrumbidgee	NSW/ACT	67,628	10%
17.1	Murrumbidgee – NSW	NSW	22,407	10%
17.2	Murrumbidgee – ACT	ACT	45,221	–
18	Murray	NSW/Vic/SA	32,492	10%
18.1	Murray – NSW	NSW	32,492	10%
18.2	Murray – Vic	Vic	–	–
18.3	Murray–  SA	SA	n/a	n/a
	Total		160,110

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

Additional information on the values provided in the above table is given below:

• ACTEW Corporation has the right to extract 71,000 ML from the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales storages. No formal allocation announcement is made within the Australian Capital Territory to extract water from the storages and the allocation announcement for the year is assumed to be equal to the allocation diversion.
• New South Wales data includes the major and local water utility allocation announcement. This volume excludes the high security town water supply allocation announcements. See Line item 25.1.2.4 Allocation announcement on regulated flows – high-security, urban holder.
• South Australian urban allocations are included in Line item 25.1.2.4.
• No information is available for Victoria. See Line item 25.1.9.7 Allocation on regulated flows remaining – other lumped holders.
  

Data source

Australian Capital Territory: Water Audit Monitoring Report 2009–10 (30 November 2010).
New South Wales: New South Wales 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

Allocation announcement is calculated by the states.
Allocation announcement for Murrumbidgee – ACT is assumed to be equal to the allocation diversion. See Line item 14.7.4 Allocation diversion of regulated flows – urban water access entitlement.

Uncertainty

• WAM-sourced data does not have any uncertainty information on allocation remaining. The uncertainty of the remaining data is shown in the above table entitled ‘Allocation announcement/claim recognition on regulated flows for urban water access entitlement/arrangement for Murray–Darling Basin for 2009–10’.
  
  

Approximations, assumptions, caveats/limitations

Nil.