Water Holdings
The ‘Water Holdings’ are the environmental water entitlements held by the VEWH as at 30 April 2012.
The table below outlines the environmental entitlements and bulk entitlements currently held by the VEWH, including those held in trust for the Living Murray.
|
System |
Entitlement |
Volume (ML) |
Reliability |
|
Latrobe |
Latrobe River Environmental Entitlement 2011 |
n/a1 |
Unregulated |
|
Thomson |
Bulk Entitlement (Thomson River – Environment) Order 2005 |
10,000 n/a |
High Passing flows |
|
Macalister |
Macalister River Environmental Entitlement 2010 |
7,111 3,555 |
High Low |
|
Yarra |
Yarra Environmental Entitlement 2006 |
17,000 55 n/a |
High Unregulated Passing flows |
|
Tarago |
Tarago and Bunyip Rivers Environmental Entitlement 20092 |
3,0002 n/a |
% share of inflows Passing flows |
|
Werribee |
Werribee River Environmental Entitlement 2011 |
n/a2 n/a |
% share of inflows Passing flows |
|
Barwon |
Barwon River Environmental Entitlement 2011 |
n/a1 |
Unregulated |
|
Moorabool |
Moorabool River Environmental Entitlement 20102 |
2,5002 n/a |
% share of inflows Passing flows |
|
Wimmera and Glenelg |
Wimmera and Glenelg Rivers Environmental Entitlement 20108 |
41,560 n/a |
High Passing flows |
|
Goulburn |
Environmental Entitlement |
04 |
n/a |
|
|
Goulburn River Environmental Entitlement 2010 |
1,432 |
High |
|
|
Environmental Entitlement (Goulburn System – Living Murray) 2007 |
39,625 156,980 |
High Low |
|
|
Bulk Entitlement (Goulburn System – Snowy Environmental Reserve) Order 2004 |
16,812 |
High |
|
|
Water Shares – Snowy River Environmental Reserve |
6,121 17,852 |
High Low |
|
Campaspe |
Environmental Entitlement (Campaspe River – Living Murray Initiative) 2007 |
126 5,048 |
High Low |
|
Loddon |
Bulk Entitlement (Loddon River – Environmental Reserve) Order 20058 |
2,000 7,490 2,024 |
High Trigger based Low |
|
|
Environmental Entitlement (Birch Creek – Bullarook System) 2009 |
100 n/a |
Trigger based Passing flows |
|
|
Water Shares – Snowy River Environmental Reserve |
470 |
High |
|
Murray |
Bulk Entitlement (River Murray – Flora and Fauna) Conversion Order 1999 |
27,600 40,000 |
High Unregulated |
|
|
Bulk Entitlement (River Murray – Flora and Fauna) Conversion Order 1999 – Barmah-Millewa Forest Environmental Water Allocation13 |
50,000 25,000 |
High Low |
|
|
Bulk Entitlement (River Murray – Flora and Fauna) |
5,710 101,850 34,300 |
High Low Unregulated |
|
|
Environmental Entitlement (River Murray – Environmental Water Reserve) 2010 |
04 |
n/a |
|
|
Bulk Entitlement (River Murray – Snowy Environmental Reserve) |
29,794 |
High |
|
|
Water shares – Snowy Environmental Reserve |
10,544 6,415 |
High Low |
Notes:
n/a = not applicable
- Use of these entitlements is dependent upon suitable river heights, as specified in both the Latrobe and Barwon environmental entitlements.
- This volume represents the average annual entitlement volume. The entitlements consist of passing flows and a percentage share of inflows into storage (10.3 percent – Tarago; 10 percent – Werribee; 11.9 percent – Moorabool), with the actual volume available in any year varying depending upon inflow conditions.
- In addition to volumetric entitlement, the entitlement also consists of above cap water.
- The volume available under this entitlement will be amended upon confirmation of water savings associated with Stage 1 of the Northern Victoria Irrigation Renewal Program (NVIRP). In the interim period, the environment’s 1/3 share of the annual water savings achieved from Stage 1 of NVIRP are provided under a supply agreement, with actual volumes determined and allocated after audit of water savings in July each year. The long-term average audited savings for the environment from 2011 are: Murray 4,539 ML; and Goulburn 24,375 ML.
