Melbourne

                                                                                                   

27.1.2 Groundwater allocation announcement – urban class

                             

Supporting information   


No announcements were made for groundwater entitlements in the Melbourne region. The volume recognised in the water accounting statements (585 ML) represents the groundwater allocation access rights for urban licences in groundwater management units within the Melbourne region.

 

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.

Uncertainty

Not applicable.

Approximations, assumptions, caveats/limitations

Nil.