Canberra
32.2 Surface water access entitlement for non–allocated diversions

This line item consists of two different types of entitlements:

• Australian Capital Territory (ACT) surface water access entitlements administered by the ACT Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate (ESDD)
• New South Wales (NSW) unregulated entitlements, administered by NSW Office of Water.

The total volume of surface water access entitlement for non-allocated diversions was 2,866 ML for the 2011–12 year.

There were 62 active surface water access entitlements with a total volume of 1,767 ML in the ACT, not including ACTEW's urban entitlement that was included in line item 32.3 Surface water access entitlement for allocation diversion.

There was a total volume of 1,099 ML of unregulated entitlements in the NSW portion of the Canberra region.

Unregulated entitlements in the NSW portion of the Canberra region by use type

Use type	Volume (ML)
Irrigation	541
Industrial	114
Urban	250
Stock	19
Recreation	175
Total	1,099

NSW Office of Water, entitlement database; ACT Government, Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate (ESDD), entitlement database.

ESDD and NSW Office of Water.

The NSW Office of Water provided a summary of unregulated entitlements within the NSW portion of the Canberra region from their entitlement database.

The list of ESDD's surface water entitlements was queried for active entitlements not held by ACTEW.

It was assumed that only active ESDD surface water entitlements were valid. Surrendered, applied and cancelled entitlements were not included in the volume reported for this line item.

The uncertainty estimate was not quantified.

This line item corresponds to line item 32.2 'Surface water access entitlement for direct diversion' reported in the 2011 Account.