Melbourne
33.3 Groundwater access entitlement for allocated extractions

Supporting information

The volume presented for groundwater access entitlements for allocation extraction (41,938 ML) represents groundwater entitlements in groundwater management units in the Melbourne region.

The following table shows groundwater access entitlements for allocation extraction in groundwater management units, including urban and non-urban groundwater entitlements.

Groundwater access entitlement for allocated extractions
Groundwater management unit Licensed allocation (ML) No. licences Stock and domestic allocation (ML) No. stock and domestic bores
 Cut Paw Paw Groundwater Management Area  (GMA)
          515 5 78 39
 Deutgam Water Supply Protection Area (WSPA)— groundwater               5,082 148 392 196
 Frankston GMA
            1,685 30 268 134
 Koo Wee Rup WSPA—groundwater         12,336 383 2,502 1,251
 Lancefield GMA
1,378 14 144 72
 Merrimu GMA 440 14 34 17
 Moorabbin GMA
2,617 58 758 379
 Nepean GMA 6,110 73 4,498 2,249
 Wandin Yallock WSPA— groundwater
2,933 188 168 84
 Subtotal  33,096 913 8,842 4,421
 Total allocation announcements  41,938