NSW Opening Allocations
Murrumbidgee High Security opens at 95%
Murrumbidgee General Security opens at 3%
NSW Murray High Security opens at 97%
NSW Murray General Security has not opened with any allocation
Lachlan High Security has received 100% allocation
Lachlan General Security has not opened with any allocation
Macquarie High Security has received 100% allocation
Macquarie General Security has not opened with any allocation
Namoi Upper & Lower High Security both has received 100%
Upper Namoi General Security has received 100%, and Lower Namoi has not opened with any allocations
Gwydir High Security has received 100%
Gwydir General Security has not opened with any allocations
Border Rivers High Security has received 100%
Border Rivers General Security A has opened with 23% allocation, and General Security B has not opened with any allocation
For a list of all NSW allocations please press here
The Murrumbidgee IVT remains closed, and will not open until the IVT balance reaches 15GL or more.
Victoria Opening Allocations
VIC Murray High Reliability opens at 41%
Goulburn High Reliability opens at 32%
Broken High Reliability has not opened with any allocation
Campaspe High Reliability have received 100% allocation
Loddon High Reliability opens at 32%
Bullarook High Reliability has not opened with any allocation
All Low Reliability licences have not opened with any allocation.
The risk of spill in Murray, Goulburn and Campaspe systems are all above the 10 per cent threshold needed to declare a low risk of spill. The risk of spill in the Murray system during 2018/19 is about 59 per cent. The risk of spill in the Goulburn system is about 12 per cent and the Campaspe system has a 24 per cent risk.
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 the Murray system below 50 per cent. As the risk of spill in the Murray system is above 50 per cent, trade from New South Wales to Victoria is limited to the volume traded from Victoria to New South Wales.
Trading opportunities from New South Wales to Victoria are next updated on July 10, 2018.
The Goulburn system’s inter-valley trade (IVT) account owes about 232 GL to the Murray system. The Goulburn, Campaspe and Loddon systems can trade to the Victorian Murray system, New South Wales and South Australia while the total volume owed to the Murray system is less than 200 GL.
The Goulburn, Campaspe and Loddon systems can trade from the Victorian Murray system, New South Wales and South Australia while the total volume owed to the Murray system is greater than zero.
Trade from the Broken system re-opens at the start of each water year and is allowed when the Broken system’s IVT account owes less than 1,500 ML to the Goulburn system.
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) has announced that trading of water allocations from above the Barmah Choke to downstream of the Choke is restricted to protect the delivery of downstream water entitlements. Customers can monitor trading opportunities across the Barmah Choke on the MDBA website.
For further info on Victoria water allocations please click here
South Australian licences have received 100% allocation
