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Water related to environmental benefits

Jurisdictional provisions for environmental water management

The following indicates where information can be obtained directly from each of the governments and their programs about environmental water management.

Queensland

Information about environmental watering in Queensland can be obtained from the 2009–10 Annual Reports produced by the Department of Environment and Resource Management for each region within the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB). The regions are Border Rivers, Condamine–Balonne, Moonie, Paroo and Warrego.

The structure of the Queensland water resource plans is primarily aimed at providing planned environmental water rather than using held environmental water.

There is no environmental water holder within Queensland. The Commonwealth Government has acquired entitlements in Queensland for environmental benefit.

New South Wales

Information about environmental watering in NSW can be obtained from the Environmental water use in NSW: Annual Report 2009–10.

The Office of Water within the Department of Trade Investment and Regional Services is responsible for water licence and regulation, including oversight of rules-based environmental water. The Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) within the Department of Premier and Cabinet is responsible for managing discretionary environmental water in New South Wales. Responsibilities include allocations from planned environmental water, which is addressed in the commenced water resource plans, and water entitlements that are used to deliver environmental benefits.

The Commonwealth Government and Murray–Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) have also purchased entitlements within NSW for environmental benefit. Entitlements purchased by the Commonwealth Government and associated allocations are managed by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder (CEWH). OEH provides a water delivery service for the CEWH and manages NSW licences held for The Living Murray (TLM) Program as a service to the MDBA.

Australian Capital Territory

No annual report is published by the ACT Government on environmental watering activities.

The Department of Environment, Climate Change Energy and Water (DECCEW) has developed Environmental Flow Guidelines 2006. The Environmental Flow Guidelines 2006 are primarily aimed at providing planned environmental water releases rather than using held environmental water.

There is no environmental water holder within the ACT and the Commonwealth government has not purchased any entitlements for environmental benefit in the ACT.

Victoria

Information about environmental watering in Victoria can be obtained from Environmental Watering in Victoria 2009/10.

The Victorian Minister for Environment holds entitlements that can be used for environmental benefit. A mixture of planned environmental water, which is addressed in the Bulk Entitlements and other rules, and water entitlements is used to deliver environmental benefits. The Commonwealth Government has purchased entitlements in Victoria for environmental benefit.

South Australia

Water for Good Annual Statement 2010, Progress Report Card 2010, Water Audit Monitoring Report and TLM Implementation Report provide information about environmental water allocation, use and management for the River Murray in South Australia.

The South Australian Minister for the River Murray holds entitlements that can be used for environmental benefit. A mixture of planned environmental water and water entitlements are used to deliver environmental benefits. See the River Murray Water Allocation Plan for details. The Commonwealth Government has purchased entitlements for environmental benefit.

Commonwealth programs

National Water Commission

Information about environmental water management in Australia can be obtained from the Australian environmental water management report 2010.

Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder

Information about environmental water management by the CEWH can be obtained from the Australian Government’s Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities environmental water management publications.

The Living Murray

Information about environmental water delivery under the Living Murray Initiative can be obtained from the Murray–Darling Basin Authority’s environmental delivery.

In 2009–10, 68,546 ML was allocated to 25 floodplain and wetland locations within the following icon sites of The Living Murray:

• Barmah–Millewa Forest
  
  
• Gunbower–Koondrook–Perricoota Forest
  
  
• Hattah Lakes
  
  
• Chowilla Floodplain and Lindsay–Wallpolla Islands
  
  
• Lower Lakes, Coorong and Murray Mouth
  
  
• River Murray Channel.
  
  

The volume compares with 13,060 ML allocated in the previous year (source: TLM Annual Environmental Watering Plan 2010–11).

Entitlement-based water management

The table below reports on Water Access Entitlements held for the environment. They are a subset of the total entitlements reported in the Water Rights note.

Basin States reporting on environmental water did not provide sufficient information to consistently report across the Murray–Darling Basin region on volumes allocated against the entitlements held for the environment (environmental water allocations) nor on the volumes of the environmental water releases made against these allocations.

The CEWH can trade Commonwealth environmental water and water holdings subject to conditions in the Water Act 2007 (Cwlth). No Commonwealth environmental water and water holdings were traded in 2009–10. Commonwealth environmental water holdings are published in the CEWH’s Annual Report (see Table 1of CEWH’s Annual Report 2009–10).
 

Water access entitlements (WAEs) held for the environment as at 30 June 2010

Type of entitlement	Entitlement description*	Entitlement in ML	Line item for details of water used**
WAE unregulated flows – Other lumped class	R1.2.5.6 Other lumped holder (environment)	521,033	14.6.5.6
WAE regulated flow – High security class	R1.3.2.6 Environmental holder	412,422	14.7.2.7
WAE regulated flow – General or low security class	R1.3.3.5 Environmental holder	1,177,709	14.7.3.6
WAE regulated flow – Other lumped class	R1.3.9.6 Environmental holder	30,025	14.7.9.7
Total known surface water entitlements held for the environment		2,141,189

* Regional breakdown of the entitlements are provided after the table.
** Refer to water accounting statements and notes. The line items include water use for both the environment and other lumped entitlement categories.

MDB planning regions to provide water right information

Environmental entitlement information is provided for the MDB planning regions with unique identification numbers shown in the following table.

Region identification number	Region name	State
1	Paroo
1.1	Paroo – Qld	Qld
1.2	Paroo – NSW	NSW
2	Warrego
2.1	Warrego – Qld	Qld
2.2	Warrego – NSW	NSW
3	Condamine–Balonne
3.1	Condamine–Balonne – Qld	Qld
3.2	Condamine–Balonne – NSW	NSW
4	Moonie
4.1	Moonie – Qld	Qld
4.2	Moonie – NSW	NSW
5	Border Rivers
5.1	Border Rivers – Qld	Qld
5.2	Border Rivers – NSW	NSW
6	Gwydir	NSW
7	Namoi	NSW
8	Macquarie–Castlereagh	NSW
9	Barwon–Darling	NSW
10	Lower Darling	NSW
11	Lachlan	NSW
12	Wimmera–Avoca	Vic
13	Ovens	Vic
14	Goulburn–Broken	Vic
17	Murrumbidgee
17.1	Murrumbidgee – NSW	NSW
17.2	Murrumbidgee – ACT	ACT
18	Murray
18.1	Murray – NSW	NSW
18.2	Murray – Vic	Vic
18.3	Murray – SA	SA
19	Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges	SA

Regional breakdown of the entitlements

Water access entitlement from unregulated flows – other lumped class: R1.2.5.6 Other lumped holder (environment)

The volumes reported in the table below are a subset of Line item R1.2.5.6 Water Access Entitlement from unregulated flows – other lumped holder reported in the note 'Water rights, entitlements, allocations and trade'.

Included in this line item are entitlements in both regulated and unregulated systems that give access to unregulated flows. For example, unsupplemented water allocations in Queensland or supplementary water access in regulated rivers in NSW. For Queensland, volumetric limit, which is higher than the nominal volume, has been reported as the entitlement value for majority of the regions in the table.

Regional breakdown of the entitlements:

Region no.	Region name	Entitlement class	State	Right	Volume (ML)	Data source	Additional comments
2	Warrego				24,156
2.1	Warrego–Qld	Unsupplemented Water Allocations with flow conditions (Held Environmental Water)	Qld	Volumetric limit	16,050	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
2.2	Warrego–NSW	Licence under NSW Water Act (1912) (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	8,106	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
3	Condamine–Balonne				5,920
3.1	Condamine–Balonne Qld	Unsupplemented Water Allocations with flow conditions (Held Environmental Water)	Qld	Volumetric limit	5,920	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting	Includes Nebine catchment in addition to Condamine–Balonne catchment
4	Moonie				1,415
4.1	Moonie–Qld	Unsupplemented Water Allocations with flow conditions (Held Environmental Water)	Qld	Volumetric limit	1,415	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
5	Border Rivers				1,000
5.1	Border Rivers–Qld	Unsupplemented Water Allocations with flow conditions (Held Environmental Water)	Qld	Volumetric limit	1,000	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
6	Gwydir	Supplementary Water Access (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	19,100	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting	Includes Gwydir regulated river
8	Macquarie–Castlereagh	Supplementary Water Access (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	3,315	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
9	Barwon–Darling	Unregulated Entitlements (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	7,672	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
10	Lower Darling	Supplementary Water Access (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	250,000	NSW Office of Water – Accounting, Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting (for Held Environmental Water)
12	Wimmera–Avoca	Unregulated Entitlements (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	34,690	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
14	Goulburn–Broken	Unregulated Entitlements (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	34,300	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
17	Murrumbidgee				26,500
17.a	Murrumbidgee–NSW	Supplementary Water Access (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	–	26,500	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
18	Murray				12,965
18.1	Murray–NSW	Supplementary Water Access (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	100,000	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting	Includes NSW Murray regulated river
	Murray–NSW	Licence under NSW Water Act (1912)	NSW	Entitlement volume	12,965	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
	Total				521,033
– = no data available

Water access entitlement from regulated flows – high-security class: R1.3.2.6 Environmental holder

The volumes reported in the table below correspond to High security entitlements held for the environment in NSW and Victoria, which are the only states to have this class of water: ‘high security’ in NSW and ‘high reliability’ in Victoria.

Region no.	Region name	Entitlement class	State	Right	Volume (ML)	Data source
10	Lower Darling	High Security (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	500	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
11	Lachlan	High Security (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	733	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
12	Wimmera–Avoca	Bulk entitlement – Wimmera (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	40,560	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
13	Ovens	High Reliability Water Share (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	70	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
14	Goulburn–Broken		Vic		141,784
14.a	Broken	High Reliability Water Share (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	22,480	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
14.b	Goulburn	High Reliability Water Share – Goulburn (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	119,304	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
15	Loddon	High Reliability Water Share – Loddon (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	1,179	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
16	Campaspe	High Reliability Water Share – Campaspe (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	5,250	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
17.1	Murrumbidgee – NSW	High Security (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	34,650	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
18	Murray				187,696
18.1	Murray – NSW	High Security (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	1,705	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
18.2	Murray – Vic	High Reliability Water Share – Murray (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	103,332	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
18.3	Murray – SA	River Murray Prescribed Watercourse (Held Environmental Water)	SA	Licence allocation	82,659	Murray–Darling Basin Authority – Water Accounting
	Total				412,422

 

Water access entitlement from regulated flows – general or low-security class: R1.3.3.5 Environmental holder

The volumes reported in the table below correspond to general or low security entitlements held for the environment in NSW and Victoria, which are the only states to have this class of water: ‘general security’ in NSW and ‘low reliability’ in Victoria.

Water access entitlement from regulated flows:

Region no.	Region name	Entitlement class	State	Right	Volume (ML)	Data source	Additional comments
6	Gwydir	General Security (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	106,053	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
7	Namoi	General Security (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	6,203	–
8	Macquarie–Castlereagh	General Security (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	103,458	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
10	Lower Darling	General Security (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	47,800	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
11	Lachlan	General Security (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	106,568	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting	Includes Lachlan and Belubula regulated river
14	Goulburn-Broken		Vic		188,302
14.a	Broken	Low Reliability Water Share – Broken (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	3,089	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
14.b	Goulburn	Low Reliability Water Share – Goulburn (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	185,213	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
15	Loddon	Low Reliability Water Share – Loddon (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	2,632	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
16	Campaspe	Low Reliability Water Share – Campaspe (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	5,443	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
17	Murrumbidgee				217,103
17.1	Murrumbidgee – NSW	General Security (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	217,103	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
18	Murray				394,147
18.1	Murray – NSW	General Security (Held Environmental Water)	NSW	Entitlement volume	279,991	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
18.2	Murray – Vic	Low Reliability Water Share – Murray (Held Environmental Water)	Vic	Entitlement volume	114,156	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
	Total				1,177,709
– =  no data available

Water access entitlement from regulated flows – other lumped classes: R1.3.9.6 Environmental holder

The volumes reported in the table below are a subset of Line item R1.3.9.7 Water access entitlement on regulated flows – other lumped class: other lumped holders reported in the Water rights note. These volumes correspond to entitlements held for the environment that do not match the previous classes.

Region no.	Region name	Entitlement class	State	Right	Volume (ML)	Data source
5	Border Rivers				5,525
5.1	Border Rivers – Qld	Supplemented Water Allocations (Held Environmental Water)	Qld	Nominal volume	5,525	Murray–Darling Basin Authority  – Water Accounting
17	Murrumbidgee				24,500
17.1	Murrumbidgee – NSW	Conveyance Access	NSW	Entitlement volume	24,500
	Total				30,025

Quantification approaches for the entitlement volumes

Data source
Murray–Darling Basin Environmental Water Recovery Report.

Data provider
Murray–Darling Basin Authority.

Method
The volumes were extracted from Murray–Darling Basin Environmental Water Recovery Report.

Uncertainty
Uncertainty is ungraded.

Approximations, assumptions, caveats/limitations
Entitlement volumes shown reflect only those that have been recorded as being legally held (or under the administrative operations of the environmental water manager). The volumes will be subject to change as water is continually acquired under some programs. In particular, the volumes held by the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder will increase as more licences are acquired. These volumes do not reflect the progress with water recoveries as some transactions are yet to be settled at the reporting date.


 

Water related to social and cultural benefits

Town water supplies are made for various uses including residential needs, and industrial and commercial purposes. They have been categorised under the social benefit category, assuming their main purpose within the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) region is to serve residential needs. With that assumption, water rights directly related to social and cultural benefits identified in the MDB region for 2009–10 were:

• surface water – cultural water entitlements
  
  
• surface water – stock and domestic basic right
  
  
• surface water – stock and domestic entitlements
  
  
• surface water – urban water entitlements
  
  
• groundwater – stock and domestic basic right
  
  
• groundwater – urban class entitlements.

The National Water Account 2010 (the 2010 Account) assumes that the right/entitlement class represents its purpose. However, it is likely that people use water for other activities in addition to the intended purpose of the right/entitlement class. This is the case particularly in valleys where trade has been conducted. With trades, it is possible that water moved from different classes and changed the volume for the intended purpose. The 2010 Account provides information based on the class/categorisation of rights/entitlement, but it does not provide information about where or how water was finally used.

It is also possible that water supplies made under entitlement categories other than stated in the above list have contributed to social and cultural benefits. The 2010 Account does not recognise those contributions.

Social and cultural rights

Cultural basic right allows abstraction of water by anyone who holds native title rights with respect to water, as determined under the Native Title Act 1993 (Cwlth). The right holders can take and use water for a range of needs without holding a water access licence. This includes accessing water for personal, domestic and noncommercial communal purposes such as:

• manufacturing traditional artefacts
  
  
• hunting, fishing and gathering
  
  
• recreation
  
  
• cultural purposes
  
  
• ceremonial purposes.

Stock and domestic licences for surface water and groundwater basic rights allow the right holders to abstract water to meet basic requirements for household and stock purposes.

Urban water entitlements associated with surface water and groundwater allow water utilities and local councils to provide water for residential needs.

Jurisdictional provisions for social and cultural water supplies

Queensland
Queensland water resource plans identify that – as outcomes for sustainable water management, among others – the following social and cultural benefits are required (Water Resource (Condamine and Balonne) Plan 2004):

• Water is to be allocated and managed in a way that seeks to achieve a balance in the following outcomes:
  
  
• • to make water available to support economic activity in the plan area while recognising the social and cultural values of communities in the basin
    
    
  • to build social cohesiveness in the community by recognising the multiple users of water, including both Indigenous and non-Indigenous social and cultural needs
    
    
  • to promote improved understanding of social and cultural resources.

Water management rules have been adopted in water resources plan areas to achieve these outcomes.

 

New South Wales
The vision in the Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated River Water Source 2003 is to provide for equitable sharing of limited water resources to sustain a healthy and productive river, to contribute to the welfare and well-being of Murrumbidgee regional communities.

The objectives of the Murrumbidgee plan are to:

• protect basic landholder rights, as specified in the Water Management Act 2000, including native title rights
  
  
• protect town water supply
  
  
• provide for identified recreational water needs
  
  
• protect identified indigenous and traditional uses of water.

Town water supplies are protected by water access licences. In addition, the Murrumbidgee plan also provides for regulated river (high-security, Aboriginal cultural) access licences of up to 2,150 ML per year. In 2009–10, 500 ML Aboriginal cultural water access licences had been issued.

Other water sharing plans that have commenced in New South Wales have similar visions and objectives with respect to social and cultural benefits. The Murrumbidgee plan is currently the only New South Wales plan with cultural water access licences issued.

The New South Wales plans have also generally adopted an approach that indicates sites of Aboriginal significance, including wetlands, are managed through the environmental watering regime. No information was available to identify volumes directed to Aboriginal sites of significance in 2009–10.

 

Australian Capital Territory
Limited information was available to explain how the Australian Capital Territory addresses the social and cultural benefits of water.
An objective of the Water Resources Act 1998 (ACT) is to ensure that the use and management of the water resources of the Australian Capital Territory sustain the physical, economic and social well-being of the people of the territory while protecting the ecosystems that depend on those resources.

 

Victoria
Some of the strategies for managing water for social benefit in Victoria are addressed through the:

• Victorian Permanent Water Saving Rules
  
  
• incentive and rebate schemes
  
  
• actions to increase water recycling and alternative water supplies
  
  
• stormwater and urban water recycling projects ($10 million allocated)
  
  
• upgrading of existing treatment facilities.

 

South Australia
The Water Allocation Plan for the River Murray Prescribed Watercourse sets out provisions for country towns and urban supplies. It also prescribes an allocation for recreation class.

Information on rights and water use related to social and cultural benefits

Rights related to social and cultural aspects, and relevant water use in 2009–10 in the MDB region, are listed in the following table:

Type of water supply	Type of water right	Water right (ML)	Volume used in 2009–10 (ML)	See following reference number in the note  'Water rights, entitlements, allocation and trade' for water right information	Line item1 for details of water used	Remarks
Surface water rights
Cultural water supplies	WAE regulated flow – urban holder	500	470	R1.3.2.4 SW entitlement WAE regulated flows – high-security, urban holder	14.7.2.4	Only for New South Wales (Murrumbidgee for high-security supply for Aboriginal culture)
Social water supplies	Surface water basic right – stock and domestic)	47,286	47,286	R1.1.1 Other statutory surface water right – basic right (stock and domestic)	14.5.1
	WAE unregulated flow – stock and domestic	753	–	R1.2.1 SW entitlement WAE unregulated flows – stock and domestic
	WAE unregulated flow – urban	8,266	7,921	R1.2.2 SW entitlement WAE unregulated flows – urban class	14.6.2
	WAE regulated flow – stock and domestic class	80,742	42,934	R1.3.1 SW entitlement WAE regulated flows – stock and domestic class	14.7.1
	WAE regulated flow – urban holder	228,516	118,519	R1.3.2.4 SW entitlement WAE regulated flows – high-security, urban holder	14.7.2.4	Excludes the 470 ML for cultural water supplies
	WAE regulated flow – individual holder for stock and domestic	20,000	20,000	R1.3.2.5 SW entitlement WAE regulated flows – high-security, individual holder for stock and domestic	14.7.2.5
	WAE regulated flow – urban class	362,255	98,626	R1.3.4 SW entitlement WAE regulated flows – urban class	14.7.4
	WAE regulated flow – other lumped class: urban holder	Included in R 1.3.4	5,031	–	14.7.9.4
Total known/applicable surface water rights		748,318	–
Groundwater rights
Social water supplies	Groundwater – stock and domestic, and other lumped basic right	18,091	18,091	11,300	16.4.1 and 16.4.2
	Groundwater entitlement – stock and domestic class	324	108	R2.2.1 GW entitlement – stock and domestic class	16.5.1
	Groundwater entitlement – urban class	21,930	11,300	R2.2.2 GW entitlement – urban class	16.5.2
Total groundwater rights		40,345	29,499
Total known/applicable		788,663	–

– = not available; GW = groundwater; SW = surface water; WAE = water access entitlement
1 Line item details are available in the water accounting statement notes.

 

Water related to economic benefits

Rights related to economic benefits and relevant water use in 2009–10 in the MDB region are listed in the following table.

Water use and rights related to irrigation, commercial and industrial supplies have been categorised as generating economic benefits. The majority of water users under other lumped holder entitlement categories are irrigators. Therefore, these categories have also been included as generating economic benefits. It is important to note that these categories may include purposes not directly related to economic benefits.

An assumption was made here that the right/entitlement class represents its purpose. The 2010 Account provides information based on the class/categorisation of rights/entitlement, and it does not provide information where or how water was finally used.

Town water supplies have been recognised under social and cultural benefits, and therefore not categorised under economic benefits.

It is also possible that water supplies made under water right/entitlement categories other than stated in the following table have contributed to economic benefits. The 2010 Account has not recognised those contributions.

Type of water right	Water right (ML)	Volume used in 2009–10 (ML)	See following reference number in the note ‘Water rights, entitlements, allocation and trade’ for water right information	Line item1 for details of water used
WAE unregulated flow – individual irrigator holder	3,234,358	688,994	R1.2.5.2 SW entitlement WAE unregulated flows – individual irrigator holder	14.6.5.2
WAE unregulated flow – other lumped holder (excluding environment)	1,035,487	–2	R1.2.5.6 SW entitlement WAE unregulated flows – other lumped holders	14.6.5.6
WAE regulated flow – high-security class: other lumped holder	2,913,660	–2	R1.3.2.7 SW entitlement WAE regulated flows – high-security, other lumped holders	14.7.2.7
WAE regulated flow – general or low-security class: other lumped holder	6,052,405	–2	R1.3.3.6 SW entitlement WAE regulated flows – general and low-security, other lumped holders	14.7.3.6
WAE regulated flow – other lumped class: bulk irrigator holder	679,500	433,462	R 1.3.9.1 SW entitlement WAE regulated flows – bulk irrigator holder	14.7.9.1
WAE regulated flow – other lumped class: individual irrigator	788,839	141,311	R1.3.9.2 SW entitlement WAE regulated flows – individual irrigator holder	14.7.9.2
WAE regulated flow – other lumped class: other lumped holder	23,121	–2	R1.3.9.7 SW entitlement WAE regulated flows – other lumped holders	14.7.9.7
Groundwater entitlement – other lumped class: other lumped holder	1,325,536	817,095	R2.2.3.7 GW entitlement – other lumped holders	16.5.3.7
Total known/applicable	16,052,906	–

– = not available; GW = groundwater; SW = surface water; WAE = water access entitlement
1 Line item details are available in the water accounting statement notes.
2 Volumes associated with economic benefits are not separately available. Volumes used for both economic benefits and environmental purposes are included in respective line items of water accounting statement notes.