Small seasonal determination increase for the Bullarook system
The Resource Manager for northern Victoria today updated the 2024/25 seasonal determinations.
The Bullarook system seasonal determination increases from 12 per cent of high-reliability water shares (HRWS) to 14 per cent HRWS.
Seasonal determinations in the Murray, Goulburn and Loddon systems remain at 100 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 Dr Mark Bailey said system operations had helped availability in the Bullarook system.
“The efficiency of the Bullarook system has been better than forecast for the past month,” Dr Bailey said.
“The accumulated savings led to the small improvement announced today.”
The seasonal determinations for northern Victorian water systems on Monday, 17 March are:
| Murray |
100% |
0% |
| Broken |
100% |
100% |
| Goulburn |
100% |
0% |
| Campaspe |
100% |
48% |
| Loddon |
100% |
0% |
| Bullarook |
14% |
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 Tuesday, 1 April 2025.