Murray and Goulburn Allocations Increase
| Announcement Date: |
16 Nov 2009 |
| Next Announcement Due: |
1 Dec 2009 |
Determination Data
Seasonal determinations for northern Victoria regulated river systems.
| Murray |
55% |
+2% |
- |
| Broken |
% |
% |
- |
| Goulburn |
41% |
+1% |
- |
| Campaspe |
% |
% |
- |
| Loddon |
% |
% |
- |
| Bullarook Creek |
% |
% |
- |
Further Information
Goulburn-Murray Water (G‑MW), the resource manager for northern Victorian water systems, announced increased allocations for the Murray and Goulburn systems today. The allocations in the Broken, Campaspe, Loddon and Bullarook systems remained unchanged at zero.
The Murray system allocation is 55% of high-reliability water shares (HRWS), which is an increase of 2%. The seasonal allocation in the Goulburn system is 41% HRWS, which is an increase of 1%.
"The lack of rain and the very high temperatures of recent days have combined to reduce inflows across northern Victoria," said G-MW's Resource Manager, Graeme Hannan. "The inflows occurring in the Murray and Goulburn systems were enough to produce the increases announced today. However, there hasn't been enough inflow in the Broken, Campaspe, Loddon and Bullarook systems to remove the shortfalls to allocation."
Updated outlooks for Murray and Goulburn system allocations are presented in the tables below. The improved inflow conditions and associated allocation rises during October have increased the outlooks for all scenarios in the Murray system, and improved the likely Goulburn allocation under the ‘Dry' scenario.
The Broken, Campaspe, Loddon and Bullarook systems are unlikely to receive any allocations this season, even under ‘Wet' conditions.
The outlooks use the following terminology:
‘Wet' - Inflow volumes that have 1 chance in 10 of being exceeded
‘Average' - Inflow volumes that have 5 chances in 10 of being exceeded
‘Dry' - Inflow volumes that have 9 chances in 10 of being exceeded
Murray System
|
Inflow Conditions
|
15 December 2009
|
15 February 2010
|
|
Wet
|
82%
|
88%
|
|
Average
|
70%
|
77%
|
|
Dry
|
59%
|
62%
|
Goulburn System
|
Inflow Conditions
|
15 December 2009
|
15 February 2010
|
|
Wet
|
57%
|
71%
|
|
Average
|
51%
|
59%
|
|
Dry
|
44%
|
49%
|
This is the last outlook update for the 2009/10 irrigation season. With the winter/spring period complete and low inflows occurring at the start of the summer months, future allocation increases due to inflows are likely to be minor.
The next allocation announcement will be issued on Tuesday 1 December 2009.
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Media Contact: Graeme Hannan
Position: Executive Manager Water Resources
Telephone: (03) 5833 5498