Canberra
34.1 Combined surface water and groundwater rights
Supporting information
This line item consists of Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Environment and Sustainable Development Directorate (ESDD) entitlements with the provisions to abstract water from either groundwater or surface water.
There were 39 active entitlements with a total volume of 2,508 ML in the ACT.
Quantification approach
Data source
Entitlement database.
Provided by
ESDD.
Method
The list of ESDD entitlements was queried for active entitlements.
Assumptions, limitations, caveats and approximations
The uncertainty estimate was not quantified.
Uncertainty information
It was assumed that only active ESDD surface water entitlements were valid. Surrendered, not issued, expired, and cancelled entitlements were not included in the volume reported for this line item.