Increase in Northern Victorian Seasonal Allocations

Determination Data

Seasonal determinations for northern Victoria regulated river systems.

Further Information

The Resource Manager for northern Victorian regulated water systems today updated the seasonal allocations and outlooks for 2011/12.

Seasonal Allocations

The seasonal allocation in the Murray system has increased by 2% of high-reliability water shares (HRWS) to be 35% HRWS. The seasonal allocation in the Goulburn and Loddon systems increased by 9% to be 69% HRWS. The Broken system seasonal allocation is now 25% HRWS, which is an increase of 5%. The seasonal allocation in the Campaspe system is 100% HRWS and 52% of low-reliability water shares (LRWS), an increase of 5% LRWS.

The Bullarook system seasonal allocation remains unchanged at 100% HRWS and 100% LRWS.

“The allocations reflect the state of the catchments across northern Victoria,” said Dr Mark Bailey, Resource Manager. “As there has been relatively little rain during the past fortnight, the inflows to major storages have declined. However, the catchments are still yielding enough resource improvement to provide increases across all eligible systems.”

“A proportion of the Goulburn system allocation has come from the current pre-releases at Lake Eildon. Approximately 100,000 megalitres has been released since 15 July. Approximately 16% has been debited from Goulburn spillable water accounts, the Goulburn inter-valley trade account, and Living Murray environmental entitlements,” said Dr Bailey.

Volumes of Goulburn Spill at 1 August 2011