Murray–Darling Basin
36.1 Lease of surface water entitlement within region

Supporting information

Lease of surface water entitlement occurs in the Murray–Darling Basin (MDB) region. The volumetric value for the line item for the 2012–13 year was 19,433 ML. Information on leases was available only for Queensland, Victoria, and South Australia. The following table provides the details of the leases.

Movement of water associated with the leases is included in line item 37.1 Surface water allocation trade within region.

 

Surface water leases in SDL areas in the MDB region for the 2012–13 year

Surface water resource plan area

Sustainable diversion limit area

State

 Volume (ML) for the 2012–13 year

Code

Name

SW3 Northern Victoria

SS6

Goulburn

Vic.

6,806

SW2 Vic Murray

SS2

Victorian–Murray

Vic.

8,758

SW6 SA River Murray

SS11

SA Murray

SA

3,869

Sub–total Southern Basin

19,433

Total for the region

19,433

 All the leases included in the above table were within the relevant water resource plan areas.

Quantification approach

Data source

National Water Commission's water trading data for the 2012–13 year

Provided by

Bureau of Meteorology.

Method

Lease volumes were extracted from the National Water Commission's 2012–13 water trading database .

Assumptions, limitations, caveats and approximations

Nil.

Uncertainty information

The uncertainty estimate was not quantified.