Water allocations

2020/21 Annual Allocation  

Murrumbidgee Regulated Users

*General security account limit is 100% of entitlement, therefore, carryover plus new allocations in 2020/21 will be limited to 100% of entitlement. Water users who carried over water into 2020/21 will forego allocation improvement to the extent of the carryover volume.

Click here for the latest Murrumbidgee Valley Water allocation statement from The Department of Planning, Industry, Environment – Water

3/8/20: 3% MI allocation enhancement announced. This 3% enhancement was credited to eligible customer accounts on 1 September. Eligible customers are irrigation customers (excluding Towns, S&D and Cudgel customers) who have more than 250DEs and who paid their annual accounts or were in an approved payment arrangement as at 31 August 2020.

15/10/20: 1% MI allocation enhancement announced. This 1% enhancement was additional to the 3% issued on 1 September and was automatically credited to eligible customer accounts on 20 October

Carryover

General Security customers can carryover unused water at the end of a season into the following season, up to a limit of 30% of their General Security Water Entitlements.

General Security Limits

Any combination of a customer’s Carryover, General Security available water determinations and Surplus Use (non-debited use) cannot exceed 100% of their general security water entitlements.
Note: this 100% limit does not include additional allocation from trade, MI savings announcements or Supplementary Allocation accounts.

References

Clauses 45 (2) % 48 (2) of the:

• Water Sharing Plan
• Surplus Water Rules

Dam levels

Click here for the WaterNSW dam levels