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27.1.1 Groundwater allocation announcement – S&D class

                             

Supporting information   


No announcements as such are made for groundwater entitlements in the Melbourne region. The volume recognised in the water accounting statements (9,384 ML) represents the groundwater allocation access rights for stock and domestic water access entitlements in groundwater management units in the Melbourne region.

The table below shows the breakdown of stock and domestic groundwater allocations announced from Groundwater Management Units in the Melbourne region during 2009–10.


Volume of stock and domestic groundwater allocation announced from groundwater management units in the Melbourne region
Groundwater Management Unit Allocation announcement (ML)
Cut Paw Paw

76

Deutgam

0

Frankston

466

Kinglake*

Koo Wee Rup

2,984

Lancefield

166

Merrimu

32

Moorabbin

836

Nepean

4,594

Wandin Yallock

230

Total

9,384

*Volumes for Kinglake Groundwater Management Area are not included.

 

Quantification approach   


Data source

Southern Rural Water: Irrigation Planning Module Generation 2 database.

Data provider

Southern Rural Water.

Method

Allocation announcements (determinations) are not announced in the Groundwater Management Units within the Melbourne region. Groundwater Management Units are managed with respect to the permissible consumptive volumes, which are established for each Groundwater Management Unit.

The allocation announcement for 2009–10 was assumed to equal the full entitlement in each Groundwater Management Unit. The only exception was the Deutgam Water Supply Protection Area, where a temporary qualification of rights to water meant that no allocations were made during 2009–10.

Uncertainty

Not applicable.

Approximations, assumptions, caveats/limitations

Nil.