Last updated: 15 May 2023
Please note that the information published in these tables will vary from the information published on the Victorian Water Register website as it includes:
- Preliminary environmental water holder use, return flow and trade volumes
- Volumes of operational use by Goulburn-Murray Water private water share holders
Goulburn System Current Water Ownership
Table of Goulburn system water ownership by Owner Type. There are three ownership types - Private, Environmental or Water Corporation ownership. The water ownership for the In or Credit and Out or Debit sub-categories and the total currently available are recorded for each ownership type. As is the spillable water account balance and volume spilt from spillable water accounts.
| Carryover |
629 GL |
184 GL |
64 GL |
| New allocations |
1,179 GL |
669 GL |
128 GL |
| Trade in |
497 GL |
340 GL |
20 GL |
| Returned from spillable accounts |
0 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
| Return flows |
0 GL |
1 GL |
0 GL |
| Transferred into spillable accounts |
628 GL |
164 GL |
47 GL |
| Trade out |
490 GL |
346 GL |
89 GL |
| Used* |
482 GL |
233 GL |
10 GL |
| Volume remaining in spillable accounts |
0 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
| Volume spilled from spillable accounts |
628 GL |
164 GL |
47 GL |
This shows all water available to use or trade in allocation accounts recorded in the Victorian Water Register. It does not include other water in the system like minimum flows.
*The volume of water used excludes water that has been used in other systems by tagged use.
Some water is also reserved in the Goulburn system to cover the 30 GL water quality reserve, for savings to be allocated from modernisation, and for supplies to lower Broken Creek irrigators.
Murray System Current Water Ownership
Table of Murray system water ownership by Owner Type. There are three ownership types - Private, Environmental or Water Corporation ownership. The water ownership for the In or Credit and Out or Debit sub-categories and the total currently available are recorded for each ownership type. As is the spillable water account balance and volume spilt from spillable water accounts.
| Carryover |
388 GL |
409 GL |
22 GL |
| New allocations |
1,194 GL |
624 GL |
126 GL |
| Trade in |
936 GL |
255 GL |
3 GL |
| Returned from spillable accounts |
0 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
| Return flows* |
0 GL |
373 GL* |
0 GL |
| Transferred into spillable accounts |
388 GL |
304 GL |
10 GL |
| Trade out* |
771 GL |
634 GL |
58 GL |
| Used^ |
692 GL
|
189 GL |
20 GL |
This shows all water available to use or trade in allocation accounts recorded in the Victorian Water Register. It does not include other water in the system like minimum flows.
*Return flows and trade is used as a mechanism to account for environmental water deliveries from the Murray, Goulburn and other tributaries to South Australia. Due to long travel times to South Australia there can be delays in the traded volumes corresponding to return flows and used volumes. Because of these delays the environmental trade and recredit volumes are displayed here are estimated figures.
^The volume of water used includes water that has been used that has been sourced from other systems by tagged use.
**Volume of spill includes spill from environmental accounts that don't have regular spillable water accounts.
Campaspe System Current Water Ownership
Table of Campaspe system water ownership by owner type. There are three ownership types - Private, Environmental or Water Corporation ownership. The water ownership for the In or Credit and Out or Debit sub-categories and the total currently available are recorded for each ownership type. As is the spillable water account balance and volume spilt from spillable water accounts.
| Carryover |
13.1 GL |
3.4 GL |
4.8 GL |
| New allocations |
20.9 GL |
37.2 GL |
15.1 GL |
| Trade in |
3.2 GL |
2.0 GL |
0 GL |
| Returned from spillable accounts |
0 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
| Transferred into spillable accounts |
13.2 GL |
3.4 GL |
4.8 GL |
| Trade out |
2.6 GL |
12.0 GL |
8.4 GL |
| Used |
5.7 GL |
10.0 GL |
0 GL |
Loddon System Current Water Ownership
Table of Loddon system water ownership by owner type. There are three ownership types - Private, Environmental or Water Corporation ownership. The water ownership for the In or Credit and Out or Debit sub-categories and the total currently available are recorded for each ownership type.
| Carryover* |
5.8 GL |
0.6 GL* |
0.9 GL |
| New allocations |
19.4 GL |
9.9 GL |
2.0 GL |
| Trade in |
2.2 GL |
4.9 GL |
0 GL |
| Trade out |
4.6 GL |
3.4 GL |
0.4 GL |
| Used |
3.4 GL |
6.4 GL |
0.8 GL |
*Carryover minus spill for accounts that have special carryover rules.
Broken System Current Water Ownership
Table of Broken system water ownership by owner type. There are three ownership types - Private, Environmental or Water Corporation ownership. The water ownership for the In or Credit and Out or Debit sub-categories and the total currently available are recorded for each ownership type.
| Carryover |
6.6 GL |
0.0 GL |
0.2 GL |
| New allocations |
13.3 GL |
0.6 GL |
0.2 GL |
| Trade in |
1.0 GL |
3.7 GL |
0 GL |
| Trade out |
5.1 GL |
0.5 GL |
0 GL |
| Used |
2.4 GL |
3.2 GL |
0 GL |
Bullarook System Current Water Ownership
Table of Bullarook system water ownership by owner type. There are three ownership types - Private, Environmental or Water Corporation ownership. The water ownership for the In or Credit and Out or Debit sub-categories and the total currently available are recorded for each ownership type.
| Carryover* |
0.4 GL |
0.0 GL* |
0.2 GL |
| New allocations |
0.7 GL |
0.1 GL |
0.3 GL |
| Trade in |
0.1 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
| Trade out |
0.1 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
| Used |
0.5 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
*Carryover minus spill for accounts that have special carryover rules.
Ovens System Current Water Ownership
Table of Ovens system water ownership by owner type. There are three ownership types - Private, Environmental or Water Corporation ownership. The water ownership for the In or Credit and Out or Debit sub-categories and the total currently available are recorded for each ownership type.
| New allocations |
25.9 GL |
0.1 GL |
7.9 GL |
| Trade in |
0.7 GL |
0.2 GL |
0 GL |
| Trade out |
0.8 GL |
0.1 GL |
0 GL |
| Used |
2.0 GL |
0.2 GL |
1.6 GL |