The Victorian Water Trading Annual Report for 2015-16 is now available.

See the Minister for Water’s media release here.

This report summarises all water trades recorded in the Victorian Water Register for the 2015-16 year.  It presents information about the number, volume, price and location of trades for water shares, allocation, and groundwater and surface water take and use licences.

The total volume of allocation traded in 2015-16 was the highest annual volume on record.  Significantly more trade occurred in southern Victoria in 2015-16 compared to past years.  Water share prices increased in 2015-16 reaching record highs in northern Victoria.

This is the ninth year that this report has been published. Copies of reports from previous years are available here.