Murray–Darling Basin

27.1.1 Groundwater allocation announcement – S&D class

Supporting information

The volumetric value for the line item is 324 ML. The following table provides a breakdown of the volume.

Groundwater allocation announcement for stock and domestic (S&D) class in the Murray–Darling Basin for 2009–10
No.	Groundwater management unit (GMU)	State	Volume 2009–10 (ML)
1	Lower Gwydir Alluvium	NSW	–
2	Lower Lachlan Alluvium	NSW	–
3	Upper Lachlan Alluvium	NSW	–
4	Lower Macquarie Alluvium	NSW	–
5	Lower Murray Alluvium	NSW	n/a
Lower Murrumbidgee – sum composed of GMUs 6 & 7		NSW	324
6	Lower Murrumbidgee deep groundwater source	NSW	324
7	Lower Murrumbidgee shallow groundwater source	NSW	n/a
8	Mid Murrumbidgee Alluvium	NSW	–
9	Lower Namoi Alluvium	NSW	n/a
10	Upper Namoi Alluvium	NSW	n/a
Katunga–Campaspe – sum composed of GMUs 11–13		Vic	–
11	Campaspe Deep Lead Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	–
12	Katunga Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	–
13	Shepparton Irrigation Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	–
14	Mid Loddon Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	–
Lower Murray–Darling Basin GMUs – sum composed of GMUs 15–27			–
15	Balrootan (Nhill) Groundwater Management Area	Vic	–
16	Goroke Groundwater Management Area	Vic	–
17	Kaniva TCSA Groundwater Management Area	Vic	–
18	Murrayville Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	–
19	Nhill Groundwater Management Area	Vic	–
20	Telopea Downs Water Supply Protection Area	Vic	–
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		324

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

Additional allocations may be announced for stock and domestic (S&D) purpose; however this line item only captures those made under S&D entitlement class. Other allocations made for S&D purpose under general entitlement class will be captured in Line item 27.1.3.7 Groundwater allocation announcement – other lumped holders.
Only the nominated groundwater management units for reporting in the National Water Account 2010 have been included in this table. Other groundwater management units do exist and may have volumes for allocations.

Quantification approach

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 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 announcement is as calculated by the states and provided to the MDBA.

Uncertainty

Uncertainty is ungraded.

Approximations, assumptions, caveats/limitations

The calculation of water made available may be affected by licences that have been cancelled or created part way through the financial year selected.
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National Water Account 2010