No change to seasonal determinations
The Resource Manager for northern Victoria today updated the 2024/25 seasonal determinations.
Seasonal determinations in the Murray, Goulburn and Loddon systems are unchanged at 100 per cent of high-reliability water shares (HRWS).
The Bullarook system remains at 12 per cent HRWS.
The Campaspe system seasonal determination is unchanged at 100 per cent HRWS and 48 per cent low‑reliability water shares (LRWS).
In the Broken system, seasonal determinations remain at the maximum available 100 per cent HRWS and 100 per cent LRWS.
Resource Manager Mark Bailey said there was no additional water available to increase seasonal determinations.
“There has been no significant rainfall across the catchment areas in recent weeks,” Dr Bailey said.
“The dry and warm conditions have meant evaporation and operating losses remain close to our estimates.”
The seasonal determinations for northern Victorian water systems on Monday, 17 February are:
| Murray |
100% |
0% |
| Broken |
100% |
100% |
| Goulburn |
100% |
0% |
| Campaspe |
100% |
48% |
| Loddon |
100% |
0% |
| Bullarook |
12% |
0% |
Trading Opportunities
Allocation trade from New South Wales to Victoria is limited to the lesser of a net annual volume of 200 GL or a volume that keeps the risk of spill in Victoria’s share of both Hume and Dartmouth reservoirs below 50 per cent. The current risk of spill in the Murray system allows 200 GL of net trade from New South Wales to Victoria.
Customers participating in the water trading market can monitor trade availability on the Water Register website.
Customers can monitor trading opportunities from above the Barmah Choke to downstream of the Choke on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority website.
Upcoming Resource Manager Announcements
- The next 2024/25 seasonal determination announcement will be released on Monday, 3 March 2025.
- The 2025/26 seasonal determination outlooks will be updated on Thursday, 15 May 2025.
- The first 2025/26 seasonal determination announcement will be released on Tuesday, 1 July 2025 and will include an updated outlook and an assessment of the probability of spill in the Murray, Goulburn and Campaspe systems.