Last updated: 15 March 2024
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
- 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.
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 |
733 GL |
300 GL |
61 GL |
New allocations |
1,080 GL |
617 GL |
105 GL |
Trade in |
518 GL |
234 GL |
26 GL |
Returned from spillable water accounts |
0 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
Return flows |
0 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
Transferred into spillable water accounts |
650 GL |
123 GL |
44 GL |
Spill from special carryover accounts** |
0 GL |
78 GL |
0 GL |
Trade out |
645 GL |
238 GL |
53 GL |
Used* |
467 GL |
325 GL |
13 GL |
Volume remaining in spillable water accounts |
288 GL |
54 GL |
4 GL |
Volume spilled from spillable water accounts |
362 GL |
70 GL |
39 GL |
*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.
*Volume of spill from environmental entitlements with special carryover rules.
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 |
502 GL |
447 GL |
36 GL |
New allocations |
1,194 GL |
630 GL |
127 GL |
Trade in |
992 GL |
257 GL |
3 GL |
Returned from spillable water accounts |
63 GL |
48 GL |
4 GL |
Return flows* |
0 GL |
293 GL* |
1 GL |
Transferred into spillable water accounts |
271 GL |
251 GL |
18 GL |
Spill from special carryover accounts** |
0 GL |
105 GL
|
0 GL |
Trade out* |
871 GL |
898 GL |
50 GL |
Used^ |
533 GL
|
162 GL |
12 GL |
*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 from environmental entitlements with special carryover rules.
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 |
14.1 GL |
13.6 GL |
3.8 GL |
New allocations |
20.9 GL |
37.2 GL |
15.1 GL |
Trade in |
3.2 GL |
6.0 GL |
0 GL |
Returned from spillable water accounts |
0 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
Transferred into spillable water accounts |
14.1 GL |
8.4 GL |
3.8 GL |
Spill from special carryover accounts* |
0 GL |
1.7 GL |
0 GL |
Trade out |
3.9 GL |
6.0 GL |
8.3 GL |
Used |
5.5 GL |
19.8 GL |
0 GL |
*Volume of spill from environmental entitlements with special carryover rules.
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 |
8.0 GL |
4.0 GL |
0.9 GL |
New allocations |
16.9 GL |
9.3 GL |
2.0 GL |
Trade in |
1.0 GL |
5.3 GL |
0 GL |
Spill from special carryover accounts* |
0 GL |
4.0 GL |
0 GL |
Trade out |
4.8 GL |
3.6 GL |
0.3 GL |
Used |
3.9 GL |
6.5 GL |
0.1 GL |
*Volume of spill from environmental entitlements with 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 |
0.2 GL |
0.2 GL |
New allocations |
13.4 GL |
0.5 GL |
0.2 GL |
Trade in |
0.5 GL |
2.4 GL |
0 GL |
Trade out |
3.9 GL |
0.5 GL |
0 GL |
Used |
2.7 GL |
1.1 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 |
0.1 GL |
0.2 GL |
New allocations |
0.8 GL |
0.1 GL |
0.3 GL |
Trade in |
0 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
Spill from special carryover accounts* |
0 GL |
0.1 GL |
0 GL |
Trade out |
0 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
Used |
0.4 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
*Volume of spill from environmental entitlements with 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 GL |
0 GL |
Trade out |
0.7 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |
Used |
1.8 GL |
0 GL |
0 GL |