Last updated: 17 January 2022
NOTE: The Current Water Ownership tables will be updated on Tuesday 15 February 2022.
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 Subtotals are recorded for each ownership type.
| Carryover estimate |
489 GL |
243 GL |
58 GL |
| New allocations |
763 GL |
436 GL |
71 GL |
| Trade in |
319 GL |
246 GL |
32 GL |
| Returned from spillable accounts |
170 GL |
162 GL |
34 GL |
| Return flows |
0 GL |
4 GL |
0 GL |
| Transferred into spillable accounts |
170 GL |
162 GL |
34 GL |
| Trade out |
361 GL |
246 GL |
70 GL |
| Used* |
298 GL |
263 GL |
10 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 Subtotals are recorded for each ownership type.
| Carryover estimate |
423 GL |
229 GL |
33 GL |
| New allocations* |
1,137 GL |
637 GL |
66 GL |
| Trade in |
573 GL |
178 GL |
1 GL |
| Returned from spillable accounts |
0 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
| Return flows* |
0 GL |
248 GL |
0 GL |
| Transferred into spillable accounts |
350 GL |
185 GL |
20 GL |
| Trade out* |
466 GL |
467 GL |
8 GL |
| Used^ |
428 GL |
152 GL |
2 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.Estimated allocation to unregulated environmental entitlements has been included, as use from these accounts has been included int he environmental use volume. .
^The volume of water used includes water that has been used that has been sourced from other systems by tagged use.
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 Subtotals are recorded for each ownership type.
| Carryover |
9.6 GL |
5.8 GL |
3.4 GL |
| New allocations |
14.2 GL |
27.4 GL |
3.0 GL |
| Trade in |
2.0 GL |
7.0 GL |
0.0 GL |
| Returned from spillable accounts |
4.4 GL |
5.4 GL |
0.0 GL |
| Transferred into spillable accounts |
4.4 GL |
5.4 GL |
0.0 GL |
| Trade out |
1.7 GL |
7.0 GL |
0.0 GL |
| Used |
3.0 GL |
26.4 GL |
0.0 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 Subtotals are recorded for each ownership type.
| Carryover |
5.1 GL |
3.4 GL |
0.9 GL |
| New allocations |
14.3 GL |
5.9 GL |
2.0 GL |
| Trade in |
6.2 GL |
8.4 GL |
0.0 GL |
| Trade out |
3.6 GL |
3.4 GL |
0.3 GL |
| Used |
1.9 GL |
8.8 GL |
0.1 GL |
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 Subtotals are recorded for each ownership type.
| Carryover |
6.2 GL |
0.0 GL |
0.2 GL |
| New allocations |
13.8 GL |
0.6 GL |
0.2 GL |
| Trade in |
0.7 GL |
1.6 GL |
0.0 GL |
| Trade out |
3.5 GL |
0.5 GL |
0.0GL |
| Used |
1.0 GL |
1.1 GL |
0.0 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 Subtotals are recorded for each ownership type.
| Carryover estimate |
0.4 GL |
0.0 GL |
0.2 GL |
| New allocations |
0.7 GL |
0.1 GL |
0.3 GL |
| Trade in |
0.0 GL |
0.0 GL |
0.0 GL |
| Trade out |
0.0 GL |
0.0 GL |
0.0 GL |
| Used |
0.1 GL |
0.0 GL |
0.0 GL |
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 Subtotals are recorded for each ownership type.
| New allocations |
25.9 GL |
0.1 GL |
7.9 GL |
| Trade in |
0.1 GL |
0.0 GL |
0.0 GL |
| Trade out |
0.1 GL |
0.0 GL |
0.0 GL |
| Used |
1.2 GL |
0.0 GL |
0.0 GL |