Murray–Darling Basin
32.3 Surface water access entitlement for allocated diversions

Supporting information
Quantification approach

Supporting information

The volumetric value for the line item for the 2012–13 year was 12,561,743 ML. The line item includes surface water entitlement or other arrangement that may produce a surface water liability. For the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) region, the line item includes surface water access entitlements that give access to regulated flow for non-urban and urban purposes.

The following table presents summarised information for the line item on Water Resource Plan (WRP) area basis. Subsequent tables provide breakdown information of entitlements separately for non-urban and urban purposes on sustainable diversion limit (SDL) area basis.

Summary of surface water access entitlement for allocated diversion in the MDB region as applicable in the 2012–13 year
WRP area		State/Territory	Volume (ML) for the 2012–13 year
Code	Name	State/Territory	Entitlements excluding urban and environmental purposes	Urban entitlements	Environmental entitlements	Total
SW20	Warrego–Paroo–Nebine	Qld	2,612	0	0	2,612
SW19	Condamine–Balonne	Qld	114,981	0	0	114,981
SW18	Moonie	Qld	0	0	0	0
SW17	Qld Border Rivers	Qld	92,555	0	11,684	104,239
SW16	NSW Border Rivers	NSW	265,442	620	298	266,360
SW12	Barwon–Darling Watercourse	NSW	0	0	0	0
SW13	NSW Intersecting Streams	NSW	0	0	0	0
SW15	Gwydir	NSW	420,295	3,836	108,241	532,372
SW14	Namoi	NSW	286,409	19,186	7,212	312,807
SW11	Macquarie–Castlereagh	NSW	490,950	18,845	164,529	674,324
*Sub-total Northern Basin*			*1,673,244*	*42,487*	*291,964*	*2,007,695*
SW10	Lachlan	NSW	547,559	15,545	139,430	702,534
SW9	Murrumbidgee	NSW	2,226,652	43,585	472,026	2,742,263
SW8	NSW Murray and Lower Darling	NSW	1,782,460	46,827	516,459	2,345,746
SW3	Northern Victoria	Vic.	1,291,580	97,960	455,293	1,844,833
SW2	Vic. Murray	Vic.	1,364,620	58,154	452,998	1,875,772
SW4	Wimmera–Malee	Vic.	30,960	47,310	41,560	119,830
SW5 and SW7	SA Murray Region and Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges	SA	0	0	0	0
SW6	SA River Murray	SA	498,191	180,000	145,879	824,070
SW1	ACT	ACT	0	71,000	0	71,000
*Sub-total Southern Basin*			*7,742,022*	*560,381*	*2,251,645*	*10,554,048*
Total for the region			9,415,266	602,868	2,543,609	12,561,743

Details of surface water access entitlement for allocation diversion for non-urban purposes in the MDB region as applicable in the 2012–13 year
WRP area	SDL limit area		Entitlement class	State	Limit Type	Volume (ML) for the 2012–13 year			Data source	Additional comments
WRP area	Code	Name	Entitlement class	State	Limit Type	Entitlements excluding urban and environmental purposes	Environmental	Total	Data source	Additional comments
SW20 Warrego– Paroo–Nebine	SS28	Warrego	supplemented water allocations	Qld	nominal	2,612	0	2,612	Qld WAM 2012–13 data
SW19 Condamine–Balonne	SS26	Condamine–Balonne	supplemented water allocations	Qld	nominal	114,981	0	114,981	Qld WAM 2012–13 data
SW17 Qld Border Rivers	SS24	Qld Border Rivers	supplemented water allocations	Qld	nominal	92,555	11684	104,239	Qld WAM 2012–13 data	(i) water access entitlements on regulated flows (ii) individual irrigator holder
SW16 NSW Border Rivers	SS23	NSW Border Rivers	domestic and stock	NSW	entitlement	1,002	0	1,002	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	regulated Border rivers
			high security	NSW	entitlement	1,500	0	1,500	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	regulated Border rivers
			general security	NSW	entitlement	262,940	298	263,238	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	regulated Border rivers
SW15 Gwydir	SS22	Gwydir	domestic and stock	NSW	entitlement	2,744	0	2,744	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Gwydir regulated river
			high security	NSW	entitlement	14,503	1,624	16,127	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Gwydir regulated river
			general security	NSW	entitlement	403,048	106,617	509,665	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Gwydir regulated river
SW14 Namoi	SS21	Namoi	domestic and stock	NSW	entitlement	2,289	0	2,289	NSW Office of Water – Accounting	includes Upper Namoi, Lower Namoi, and Peel regulated rivers
			high security	NSW	entitlement	4,788	0	4,788	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Upper Namoi, Lower Namoi, and Peel regulated rivers
			general security	NSW	entitlement	279,332	7,212	286,544	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Upper Namoi, Lower Namoi, and Peel regulated rivers.
SW11 Macquarie–Castlereagh	SS20	Macquarie–Castlereagh	domestic and stock	NSW	entitlement	5,590	0	5,590	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Macquarie regulated
			high security	NSW	entitlement	18,173	0	18,173	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Macquarie regulated; includes 4,345 ML for research activities
			general security	NSW	entitlement	467,187	164,529	631,716	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	Includes Macquarie regulated
*Sub-total Northern Basin*						*1,673,244*	*291,964*	*1,965,208*
SW10 Lachlan	SS16	Lachlan	domestic and stock	NSW	entitlement	13,072	184	13,256	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Lachlan and Belubula regulated rivers
			high security	NSW	entitlement	26,047	2,728	28,775	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Lachlan and Belubula regulated rivers
			general security	NSW	entitlement	490,529	136,518	627,047	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Lachlan and Belubula regulated rivers; include environmental entitlements, 12,000 ML, created outside the Cap for Lake Brewster
			conveyance	NSW	entitlement	17,911	0	17,911	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Lachlan regulated river
SW9 Murrumbidgee NSW	SS15	Murrumbidgee NSW	stock and domestic	NSW	entitlement	35,936	0	35,936	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Murrumbidgee regulated river
			high security	NSW	entitlement	354,830	40,781	395,611	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Murrumbidgee regulated river; includes entitlements for Aboriginal Culture (2,150 ML), research (300 ML) and irrigated agriculture, and include environmental entitlements 40,781 ML (6,131 ML high security and 34,650 ML entitlements created outside the Cap for the Forrest Creek)
			general security	NSW	entitlement	1,493,274	397,889	1,891,163	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Murrumbidgee Regulated River
			coleambally irrigation conveyance	NSW	entitlement	96,644	33,356	130,000	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Murrumbidgee regulated river; includes environmental entitlements for Coleambly, irrigation, Murrumbidgee irrigation and regulated river
			Murrumbidgee irrigation conveyance	NSW	entitlement	243,000	0	243,000	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Murrumbidgee regulated River
			regulated river (conveyance)	NSW	entitlement	2,968	0	2,968	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Murrumbidgee regulated River
SW8 NSW Murray and Lower Darling	SS18	Lower Darling	domestic and stock	NSW	entitlement	1,370	0	1,370	NSW Office of Water: Accounting
			high security	NSW	entitlement	7,133	500	7,633	NSW Office of Water: Accounting
			general security	NSW	entitlement	29,807	48,292	78,099	NSW Office of Water: Accounting
	SS14	NSW Murray	domestic and stock	NSW	entitlement	17,173	0	17,173	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes NSW Murray regulated river
			high security	NSW	entitlement	172,729	21713	194,442	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes NSW Murray regulated river; includes 171,882 ML high security, 47 ML of community and education, 800 ML of research entitlement, and environmental entitlement 21,713 ML (including 6054 ML for Murray wetland group and TLM).
			general security	NSW	entitlement	1,255,478	414,724	1,670,202	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes NSW Murray regulated river
			regulated river (conveyance)	NSW	entitlement	298,770	31,230	330,000	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes NSW Murray regulated river
SW3 Northern Victoria	SS4	Ovens	high reliability water share	Vic.	entitlement	22,939	70	23,009	Vic WAM 2012–13 data	excludes urban bulk entitlements but may include some commercial or industrial use
	SS5	Broken	high reliability water share– Broken (regulated private diverters)	Vic.	entitlement	17,578	47	17,625	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
	SS5	Broken	low reliability water share– Broken (regulated private diverters)	Vic.	entitlement	3,051	4	3,055	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
	SS6	Goulburn	high reliability water share–Goulburn	Vic.	entitlement	147,925	0	147,925	Vic WAM 2012–13 data	water sourced from the Goulburn and used in the Campaspe - Rochester area. Environmental entitlement of 6,581 ML used in Campaspe is recorded under Campaspe.
			high reliability water share–Goulburn	Vic.	entitlement	435,752	268,568	704,320	Vic WAM 2012–13 data	Shepparton and Central Goulburn irrigation areas
			high reliability water share–Goulburn (regulated river diverters)	Vic.	entitlement	34,293	0	34,293	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
			high reliability water share– Goulburn	Vic.	entitlement	150,574	0	150,574	Vic WAM 2012–13 data	water sourced from the Goulburn and used in the Loddon–Pyramid–Boort irrigation area
			low reliability water share– Goulburn	Vic.	entitlement	74,907	0	74,907	Vic WAM 2012–13 data	water sourced from the Goulburn and used in the Campaspe - Rochester area. Environmental entitlement of 5,443 ML used in Campaspe is recorded under Campaspe.
			low reliability water share– Goulburn	Vic.	entitlement	230,773	167,810	398,583	Vic WAM 2012–13 data	Shepparton and Central Goulburn irrigation areas
			low reliability water share– Goulburn (regulated river diverters)	Vic.	entitlement	8,655	0	8,655	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
			low reliability water share–Goulburn	Vic.	entitlement	90,896	0	90,896	Vic WAM 2012–13 data	water sourced from the Goulburn and used in the Loddon–Pyramid–Boort irrigation area
	SS7	Campaspe	high reliability water share (Campaspe District and regulated diverters)	Vic.	entitlement	31,405	6,581	37,986	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
	SS7	Campaspe	low reliability water share (Campaspe District and regulated diverters)	Vic.	entitlement	18,780	5,443	24,223	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
	SS8	Loddon	high reliability water share – Loddon (regulated diverters)	Vic.	entitlement	17,006	4,746	21,752	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
	SS8	Loddon	low reliability water share – Loddon (regulated diverters)	Vic.	entitlement	7,046	2,024	9,070	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
SW2 Vic. Murray	SS2	Vic. Murray	high reliability water share – Murray gravity districts and irrigation areas	Vic.	entitlement	652,031	0	652,031	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
			high reliability water share – Murray private diverters	Vic.	entitlement	428,273	315,391	743,664	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
			low reliability water share – Murray gravity districts and irrigation areas	Vic.	entitlement	263,100	0	263,100	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
			low reliability water share – Murray private diverters	Vic.	entitlement	21,216	137,607	158,823	Vic WAM 2012–13 data
SW4 Wimmera–Malee	SS9	Wimmera–Malee	high reliability water share	Vic.	entitlement	30,960	69,560	100,520	Vic WAM 2012–13 data	Wimmera Mallee water supply system: irrigation (19,000 ML), system losses (11,960 ML) and environment (69,560 ML)
SW6 SA River Murray	SS11	SA Murray	class 1: stock, domestic and stock and domestic purposes	SA	entitlement	8,700	0	8,700	SA WAM 2012–13 data
			class 3a: irrigation and holding other than in the Qualco Sunlands groundwater control area (non-swamp irrigation)	SA	entitlement	434,441	85,512	519,953	SA WAM 2012–13 data
			class 3b: irrigation and holding in the Qualco Sunlands	SA	entitlement	45,107	–	45,107	SA WAM 2012–13 data
			class 4: recreation	SA	entitlement	4,424	0	4,424	SA WAM 2012–13 data
			class 5: industrial and industrial dairy (industrial)	SA	entitlement	5,520	0	5,520	SA WAM 2012–13 data
			class 7: environment	SA	entitlement	0	38,367	38,367	SA WAM 2012–13 data
			class 8: environmental land management	SA	entitlement	0	22,000	22,000	SA WAM 2012–13 data
*Sub-total Southern Basin*						*7,742,022*	*2,251,645*	*9,993,667*
Total for the region						9,415,266	2,543,609	11,958,875

– = Data not available;

WAM = Water audit monitoring

Other information on values provided in the above table:

As stated in the 'Additional comments' column, values provided in the table except for Warrego and Condamine–Balonne SDL areas include entitlement volumes held / owned by environmental managers in the MDB region as applicable in the 2012–13 year.
Queensland entitlement class of supplemented water allocations includes entitlements for urban purpose.

Details of surface water access entitlement for allocation diversion for urban purposes in the MDB region as applicable in the 2012–13 year
WRP area	SDL area		Entitlement class	State/Territory	Limit Type	Volume (ML) for the 2012–13 year	Data source	Additional comments
WRP area	Code	Name	Entitlement class	State/Territory	Limit Type	Volume (ML) for the 2012–13 year	Data source	Additional comments
SW20 Warrego–Paroo–Nebine	SS28	Warrego	supplemented water allocations–urban	Qld	nominal	0	Qld WAM 2012–13 data
SW19 Condamine–Balonne	SS26	Condamine–Balonne	supplemented water allocations–urban	Qld	nominal	0	Qld WAM 2012–13 data
SW17 Qld Border Rivers	SS24	Qld Border Rivers	supplemented water allocations–urban	Qld	nominal	0	Qld WAM 2012–13 data
SW16 NSW Border Rivers	SS23	NSW Border Rivers	local water utility	NSW	entitlement	620	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	regulated Border rivers
SW15 Gwydir	SS22	Gwydir	local water utility	NSW	entitlement	3,836	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Gwydir regulated river
SW14 Namoi	SS21	Namoi	local water utility	NSW	entitlement	19,186	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Upper Namoi, Lower Namoi, and Peel regulated rivers
SW11 Macquarie–Castlereagh	SS20	Macquarie–Castlereagh	high security–urban	NSW	entitlement	40	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Macquarie regulated
SW11 Macquarie–Castlereagh	SS20	Macquarie–Castlereagh	local water utility	NSW	entitlement	18,805	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Macquarie regulated
*Sub-total Northern Basin*						*42,487*
SW10 Lachlan	SS16	Lachlan	local water utility	NSW	entitlement	15,545	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Lachlan regulated river
SW9 Murrumbidgee NSW	SS15	Murrumbidgee NSW	high security–urban	NSW	entitlement	19,769	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Murrumbidgee regulated; includes 19,769 ML of town water supply.
SW9 Murrumbidgee NSW	SS15	Murrumbidgee NSW	local water utility	NSW	entitlement	23,816	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes Murrumbidgee regulated river
SW8 NSW Murray and Lower Darling	SS18	Lower Darling	local water utility	NSW	entitlement	10,135	NSW Office of Water: Accounting
	SS14	NSW Murray	high security–urban	NSW	entitlement	3,195	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes NSW Murray regulated river
	SS14	NSW Murray	local water utility	NSW	entitlement	33,497	NSW Office of Water: Accounting	includes NSW Murray regulated river
SW3 Northern Victoria	SS4	Ovens	urban bulk entitlements– regulated	Vic.	entitlement	7,832	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data	Oxley, Moyhu, Wangaratta
	SS5	Broken	urban bulk entitlements– Broken	Vic.	entitlement	296	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data	Benalla supply entitlement
	SS6	Goulburn	urban bulk entitlements– Goulburn 'channel'	Vic.	entitlement	1,663	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data	water sourced from the Goulburn and used in the Campaspe; includes Goulburn entitlements supplied to Coliban via Goulburn channel
			urban bulk entitlements– Goulburn to Coliban	Vic.	entitlement	0	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data	water sourced from the Goulburn and used in the Campaspe
			urban bulk entitlements– Goulburn 'channel'	Vic.	entitlement	7,058	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data	Shepparton and Central Goulburn irrigation areas
			urban bulk entitlements– Goulburn 'river'	Vic.	entitlement	26,299	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data
			urban bulk entitlements– Goulburn 'channel'	Vic	entitlement	890	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data	water sourced from the Goulburn and used in the Loddon–Boort 425 ML, Dingee 50 ML, Macorna 40 ML, Mitiamo 60 ML, Mysia 15 ML, and Pyramid Hill 300 ML.
	SS7	Campaspe	urban and rural bulk entitlements– Coliban	Vic.	entitlement	50,260	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data	domestic, stock, commercial and industrial--Coliban System (from Malmsbury, Lauriston and Eppalock)
			urban bulk entitlements– Campaspe 'channel'	Vic.	entitlement	–	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data	includes Rochester and Lockington supplied via Campaspe channel; accounted to Goulburn
			urban bulk entitlements– Campaspe regulated river	Vic.	entitlement	819	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data	Rochester from Campaspe River, Axedale and Goornong and Woodend bulk entitlement
	SS8	Loddon	urban bulk entitlements– Loddon	Vic.	entitlement	2,843	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data
SW2 Vic. Murray	SS2	Vic. Murray	urban bulk entitlements– regulated	Vic.	entitlement	54,912	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data
SW2 Vic. Murray	SS2	Vic. Murray	domestic and stock, urban supplies–Northern Mallee	Vic.	entitlement	3,242	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data
SW4 Wimmera–Malee	SS9	Wimmera–Malee	domestic, stock, town and industrial supplies	Vic.	entitlement	47,310	Vic. WAM 2012–13 data
SW6 SA River Murray	SS11	SA Murray	class 6–urban water use(Metropolitan Adelaide and associated country areas)	SA	entitlement	130,000	SA WAM 2012–13 data	five-year rolling average volume
SW6 SA River Murray	SS11	SA Murray	class 2–urban water use (SA country towns)	SA	entitlement	50,000	SA WAM 2012–13 data
SW1 ACT	SS1	ACT	ACTEW–dam extractions	ACT	entitlement	71,000	ACT WAM 2012–13 data
Sub-total Southern Basin						560,381
Total for the region						602,868

WAM = Water audit monitoring

The entitlement volume reported in the 2012 Account for SS1 Australian Capital Territory SDL area for urban purposes was 70,000 ML for the 2011–12 year. This volume was updated as 71,000 ML for the 2013 Account for the same year based on updated information.

Quantification approach

Data source

See the 'Data source' stated in the tables provided under 'Supporting information'.

Provided by

Bureau of Meteorology.

Method

Values originated from jurisdictional water sharing plans were extracted from 'Data source' (See two breakdown tables provided under 'Supporting information').

Assumptions, limitations, caveats and approximations

See 'Additional comments' in the breakdown tables in 'Supporting information'.

Uncertainty information

The uncertainty estimate was not quantified.

Murray–Darling Basin32.3 Surface water access entitlement for allocated diversions