Murray–Darling Basin
18.7 Groundwater extractions – other statutory rights

Supporting information
Quantification approach

Supporting information

The volumetric value for the line item for the 2012–13 year was 230,416 ML. The line item represents groundwater extractions made under other statutory rights. The other statutory rights include land owner basic rights, riparian rights, and stock and domestic rights.

The following table provides detailed volumetric information on groundwater extraction under other statutory rights in the region.

Groundwater extraction under other statutory rights in the Murray–Darling Basin region in the 2012–13 year
Groundwater resource plan area	Sustainable diversion limit area		State	Volume (ML) for the 2012–13 year	Data source
Groundwater resource plan area	Code	Name	State	Volume (ML) for the 2012–13 year	Data source
GW22 Warrego–Paroo–Nebine	GS60, GS63, and GS66	Sediments above the Great Artesian Basin (GAB): Warrego–Paroo–Nebine St George Alluvium: Warrego–Paroo–Nebine Warrego Alluvium	Qld	1,135	Qld water audit monitoring (WAM) 2012–13
GW21 Condamine–Balonne	GS53, GS58, GS61, GS64 and GS65	Condamine Fractured Rock, Sediments above the GAB: Condamine–Balonne, St George Alluvium: Condamine-Balonne (shallow and deep), Upper Condamine Alluvium (Central Condamine Alluvium and Tributaries), and Upper Condamine Basalts	Qld	19,112	Qld WAM 2012–13
GW20 Moonie	GS59 and GS62	Sediments above the GAB: Moonie and St George Alluvium: Moonie	Qld	63	Qld WAM 2012–13
GW19 Qld Border Rivers	GS54, GS55, and GS57	Qld Border Rivers Alluvium, Qld Border Rivers Fractured Rock and Sediments above the GAB: Border Rivers	Qld	2,251	Qld WAM 2012–13
GW18 New South Wales Border Rivers Alluvium	GS32 and GS33	NSW Border Rivers Alluvium and NSW Border Rivers Tributary Alluvium	NSW	380	Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Border Rivers Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
GW17 New England Fractured Rock and Northern Basalts	GS18	Inverell Basalt	NSW	1,073	Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Murray–Darling Basin Fractured Rock Groundwater Sources 2011
	GS22	Liverpool Ranges Basalt	NSW	1,828
	GS37	New England Fold Belt	NSW	14,520
	GS49	Warrumbungle Basalt	NSW	540
GW16 Eastern Porous Rock	GS17	Gunnedah–Oxley Basin MDB	NSW	5,778	Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Murray–Darling Basin Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2011
GW16 Eastern Porous Rock	GS41	Sydney Basin MDB	NSW	465
GW15 Gwydir Alluvium	GS24	Lower Gwydir Alluvium	NSW	700	Water Sharing Plan for the Gwydir Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012, and Water Sharing Plan for the Lower Gwydir Groundwater Source 2003
GW15 Gwydir Alluvium	GS43	Upper Gwydir Alluvium	NSW	73	Water Sharing Plan for the Gwydir Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
GW14 Namoi Alluvium	GS29	Lower Namoi Alluvium	NSW	3,304	Water Sharing Plan for Upper and Lower Namoi Groundwater Sources 2003
	GS30	Manilla Alluvium	NSW	25	Water Sharing Plan for the Namoi Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
	GS40	Peel Valley Alluvium	NSW	4,292	Water Sharing Plan for the Peel Valley Regulated, Unregulated, Alluvium and Fractured Rock Water Sources 2010
	GS47	Upper Namoi Alluvium	NSW	2,832	Water Sharing Plan for Upper and Lower Namoi Groundwater Sources 2003
	GS48	Upper Namoi Tributary Alluvium	NSW	36	Water Sharing Plan for the Namoi Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
GW13 New South Wales Great Artesian Basin Shallow	GS34 to GS36	New South Wales GAB: Surat Shallow, Warrego Shallow and Central Shallow	NSW	3,268	Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Great Artesian Basin Shallow Groundwater Sources 2011, and Water Sharing Plan for the Intersecting Streams Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2011
GW12 Macquarie–Castlereagh Alluvium	GS11	Bell Valley Alluvium	NSW	6	Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie Bogan Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
	GS14	Castlereagh Alluvium	NSW	84	Water Sharing Plan for the Castlereagh (below Binnaway) Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2011
	GS15	Collaburragundry–Talbragar Alluvium	NSW	69	Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie Bogan Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
	GS16	Cudgegong Alluvium	NSW	27
	GS26	Lower Macquarie Alluvium	NSW	1,730	Water Sharing Plan for Lower Macquarie Groundwater Sources 2003
	GS45	Upper Macquarie Alluvium	NSW	304	Water Sharing Plan for the Macquarie Bogan Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
GW11 Lachlan and South Western Fractured Rock	GS19	Kanmantoo Fold Belt	NSW	8,154	Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Murray–Darling Basin Fractured Rock Groundwater Sources 2011
GW7 Darling Alluvium	GS42	Upper Darling Alluvium	NSW	2,281	Water Sharing Plan for Barwon–Darling Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
*Sub-total Northern Basin*				*74,329*
GW11 Lachlan and South Western Fractured Rock	GS10	Adelaide Fold Belt	NSW	2,143	Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Murray– Darling Basin Fractured Rock Groundwater Sources 2011
	GS20	Lachlan Fold Belt	NSW	75,464
	GS39	Orange Basalt	NSW	1,158
	GS51	Young Granite	NSW	759
GW7 Darling Alluvium	GS23	Lower Darling Alluvium	NSW	730	Water Sharing Plan for the Lower Murray–Darling Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2011
GW10 Lachlan Alluvium	GS12	Belubula Alluvium	NSW	36	Water Sharing Plan for the Lachlan Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
	GS25	Lower Lachlan Alluvium	NSW	4,000	Water Sharing Plan for Lower Lachlan Groundwater Source 2003
	GS44	Upper Lachlan Alluvium	NSW	6,280	Water Sharing Plan for the Lachlan Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
GW9 Murrumbidgee Alluvium	GS21	Lake George Alluvium	NSW	25	Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
	GS28	Lower Murrumbidgee Alluvium (deep: Calivil Formation and Renmark Group, and shallow: Shepparton Formation)	NSW	4,000	Water Sharing Plan for Lower Murrumbidgee Groundwater Source 2003
	GS31	Mid Murrumbidgee Alluvium	NSW	799	Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
GW8 Murray Alluvium	GS13	Billabong Creek Alluvium	NSW	635	Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2012
	GS27	Lower Murray Alluvium (Deep; Renmark Group and Calivil Formation, and shallow; Shepparton Formation)	NSW	2,513	Water Sharing Plan for the Lower Murray Shallow Groundwater Source 2012
	GS46	Upper Murray Alluvium	NSW	402	Water Sharing Plan for the Murray Unregulated and Alluvial Water Sources 2011
GW6 Western Porous Rock	GS50	Western Porous Rock	NSW	26,747	Water Sharing Plan for the NSW Murray–Darling Basin Porous Rock Groundwater Sources 2011
GW2 Goulburn–Murray	GS08	Goulburn–Murray	Vic.	24,778	Victorian Water Accounts 2011–12, Loddon Highlands Water Supply Protection Area Groundwater Management Plan, Lower Campaspe Valley Water Supply Protection Area Groundwater Management Plan, and Upper Ovens River Water Management Plan
GW3 Wimmera–Mallee (groundwater)	GS09	Wimmera–Mallee	Vic.	2,488	Victorian Water Accounts 2011–12
GW5 Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges	GS04	Marne Saunders (Murray Limestone Group and Renmark Group)	SA	270	Water Allocation Plan for the Marne Saunders Prescribed Water Resources Area
GW4 SA Murray Region	GS03	Mallee (Pliocene Sands, Murray Group Limestone and Renmark Group)	SA	2,260	Water Allocation Plan for Mallee Prescribed Wells Area, and Water Allocation Plan for the Noora Prescribed Wells area
	GS05	Peake–Roby–Sherlock (confined)	SA	410	Water Allocation Plan for the Peake, Roby and Sherlock Prescribed Wells Area
	GS05	Peake–Roby–Sherlock (unconfined)	SA	190
*Sub-total Southern Basin*				*156,087*
Total for the region				230,416

The above table provides information about New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia. Sustainable diversion limit (SDL) areas not shown in the table may have values relevant to the line item, however, relevant information was not available for the 2013 Account. No information was available to be reported from Australian Capital Territory as there are currently no approved groundwater sharing plans for this jurisdiction.

Quantification approach

Data source

New South Wales water sharing plans, Victorian Water Accounts 2011–12, South Australia water allocation plans, and water audit monitoring (WAM) data received from Queensland (5 February 2014). WAM data are stored in the Murray.Darling Basin Authority HYDRO database.

Provided by

Bureau of Meteorology (the Bureau).

Method

Extractions were extracted from the relevant clauses in the jurisdictional groundwater plans.

Assumptions, limitations, caveats and approximations

The Bureau assumed that the volume of groundwater extracted under other statutory rights is the same as the water requirements estimated for these rights at the commencements of the water management plans.

The volume reported for groundwater extracted under other statutory rights is likely to be underestimated as limited data was available.

Uncertainty information

The uncertainty estimate was not quantified.

Murray–Darling Basin 18.7 Groundwater extractions – other statutory rights