Small seasonal determination increases for Murray and Broken systems
The Resource Manager for northern Victoria today updated the 2024/25 seasonal determinations.
The Murray system seasonal determination increases from 88 per cent of high-reliability water shares (HRWS) to 89 per cent HRWS.
The Broken system increases from 29 per cent HRWS to 31 per cent HRWS.
Seasonal determinations in the Goulburn, Campaspe, Loddon and Bullarook systems remain unchanged.
Resource Manager Mark Bailey said there had been little improvement in the volume available to support seasonal determinations.
“The small increases in the Murray and Broken systems came from higher than estimated flows into the storages and in the tributaries downstream of storages,” he said.
“Elsewhere, actual flows were near to our estimates and did not contribute additional resource.
“In the Bullarook system, more flow into the storages is needed before a seasonal determination can be made.
"The gap is closing and will close more quickly with further rainfall in the system.
"Customers with carryover allocation can access their water when needed.”
The seasonal determinations for northern Victorian water systems on Tuesday, 1 October are:
| Murray |
89% |
0% |
| Broken |
31% |
0% |
| Goulburn |
100% |
0% |
| Campaspe |
100% |
25% |
| Loddon |
100% |
0% |
| Bullarook |
0% |
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. As the risk of spill from Victoria’s share of Hume and Dartmouth is currently greater than 50 per cent, allocation trade from New South Wales to Victoria is not possible. The volume available for trade is updated monthly with each risk of spill announcement.
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 MDBA website
Upcoming Resource Manager Announcements
- The risk of spill in the Murray, Goulburn and Campaspe systems will be updated on Thursday, 10 October 2024.
- The next 2024/25 seasonal determination announcement will be released on Tuesday, 15 October 2024.