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8.1.1.1 Allocation on regulated flows remaining – S&D water access entitlement

                             

Supporting information   


The volumetric value for the line item at the end of 2009–10 is 0 ML. The following table provides a breakdown of the volumes.

Allocation remaining within the Murray–Darling Basin region for stock and domestic water access entitlements

Region no.

Region name

State

Volume as at 30 June 2009

(ML)

Volume as at 30 June 2010

(ML)

Uncertainty

5

Border Rivers

Qld/NSW

270

0

10%

5.1

Border Rivers – Qld

Qld

n/a

n/a

n/a

5.2

Border Rivers – NSW

NSW

270

0

10%

6

Gwydir

NSW

0

0

10%

7

Namoi

NSW

0

0

10%

8

Macquarie–Castlereagh

NSW

0

0

10%

10

Lower Darling

NSW

0

0

10%

11

Lachlan

NSW

0

0

10%

17

Murrumbidgee

NSW/ACT

0

0

10%

17.1

Murrumbidgee – NSW

NSW

0

0

10%

17.2

Murrumbidgee – ACT

ACT

n/a

n/a

n/a

18

Murray

NSW/Vic/SA

0

0

10%

18.1

Murray – NSW

NSW

0

0

10%

18.2

Murray – Vic

Vic

n/a

n/a

n/a

18.3

Murray – SA

SA

n/a

n/a

n/a

 

Total

270

0

 

n/a = not applicable

Allocations remaining for several New South Wales regions were negative volumes because of advance drawing. Allocations remaining for these regions are reported as zero for this line item; advance-drawing volumes are reported in Line item 7.6.

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

Allocation remaining (carryover) as calculated by the states.

Uncertainty

WAM sourced data do not have any uncertainty information on allocation remaining. The uncertainty of the remaining data are shown in table ‘Allocation remaining within the region for stock and domestic water access entitlements’.

Approximations, assumptions, caveats/limitations

  • Uncertainty reported by NSW Office of Water accounts for possible errors in quantification of diversions and data handling processes.