Murray–Darling Basin
10.13 Other groundwater increases

Supporting information

The volumetric value for the line item for the 2012–13 year was 270,109 ML. The line item represents groundwater assets increases resulting from changes in long term extraction estimates and basic landowner rights within the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) region (see the following table).

Other groundwater increases in the MDB region during the 2012–13 year
Groundwater resource plan area

Groundwater sustainable diversion limit area

State

Long term extraction estimates (ML)

Basic Landowner Right (ML)

Total (ML)

Code

Name
GW16 Eastern Porous Rock GS17 Gunnedah–Oxley Basin MDB  NSW

5,747

0

5,747
GW15 Gwydir Alluvium GS43 Upper Gwydir Alluvium NSW

648

73

721
GW14 Namoi Alluvium GS30 Manilla Alluvium

NSW

1,205

25

1,229
GS48 Upper Namoi Tributary Alluvium NSW

1,731

36

1,767
GW12 Macquarie–Castlereagh Alluvium GS11 Bell Valley Alluvium NSW

3,293

6

3,299
GS15 Collaburragundry–Talbragar Alluvium NSW

3,404

69

3,473
GS16 Cudgegong Alluvium NSW

2,506

27

2,533
GS45 Upper Macquarie Alluvium

NSW

17,631

304

17,935
GW7 Darling Alluvium  GS42 Upper Darling Alluvium NSW

14,839

2,281

17,120
Sub-total Northern Basin

51,004

2,821

53,825
GW11 Lachlan and South Western Fractured Rock GS 20 Lachlan Fold Belt NSW

54,402

0

54,402
GW10 Lachlan Alluvium GS12 Belubula Alluvium NSW

2,847

36

2,883
GS44 Upper Lachlan Alluvium NSW

87,888

6,280

94,168
GW9 Murrumbidgee Alluvium GS21 Lake George Alluvium NSW

1,243

25

1,268
Mid Murrumbidgee Alluvium GS31 NSW

52,674

799

53,473
GW8 Murray Alluvium GS13 Billabong Creek Alluvium NSW

6,865

635

7,500
GW4 SA Murray Region GS03 Mallee (Pliocene Sands, Murray Group Limestone and Renmark Group) SA

0

1,160

1,160
GW2 Goulburn–Murray GS08 Goulburn–Murray (Shepparton Irrigation Region, sedimentary plain, highlands and deep) Vic.

–

–

1,430
Sub-total Southern Basin

205,919

8,935

216,284
Total for the region

256,923

11,756

270,109

– = Data not available

Increased long term extraction estimates and basic landowner rights were the result of implementation of new groundwater sharing plans during the 2012–13 year.

Quantification approach

Data source

The data sources were:

  • jurisdictional groundwater sharing plans
  • New South Wales Office of Water: water access licence statistics 
  • Victorian Permissible Consumptive Volume Groundwater Order 2011 
  • Victorian Water Account 2011–12.

Provided by

Bureau of Meteorology.

Method

Values were extracted from cited data sources.

Assumptions, limitations, caveats and approximations

It has been assumed that groundwater basic right is included in the permissible consumptive volume provided in relevant water sharing plan if no information is available to decide otherwise.

Uncertainty information

The uncertainty estimate was not quantified.