Murray–Darling Basin

16.5.2 Groundwater allocation extraction – urban water access entitlement

Supporting information

The volumetric value for the line item is 11,300 ML (see the following table for the breakdown of the volume).

Volumes of groundwater allocation extraction (urban water access entitlement) in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) in 2009–10
No.	Groundwater management area (GMU)	State	Volume (ML)
1	Lower Gwydir Alluvium	NSW	2,677
2	Lower Lachlan Alluvium	NSW	949
3	Upper Lachlan Alluvium	NSW	–
4	Lower Macquarie Alluvium	NSW	1,349
5	Lower Murray Alluvium	NSW	66
Lower Murrumbidgee – sum composed of GMUs 6 & 7			733
6	Lower Murrumbidgee Deep Groundwater source	NSW
7	Lower Murrumbidgee Shallow Groundwater source	NSW
8	Mid Murrumbidgee Alluvium	NSW	–
9	Lower Namoi Alluvium	NSW	2,236
10	Upper Namoi Alluvium	NSW	3,290
Katunga–Campaspe – sum composed of GMUs 11–13			–
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		11,300

– = no data available

Additional extractions may be made for urban purposes; however, this line item only captures those made under urban entitlement class. Other extractions made for urban purpose under general entitlement class will be captured in Line item 16.5.3.7.

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

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. In South Australia, groundwater is extracted in several areas for town water supplies. These supplies are metered and therefore volumes are known.

Uncertainty

Uncertainty is ungraded.

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.