Understanding Victoria's water budget
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New information is now available explaining how allocations are determined and why there have been no allocations to low-reliability entitlements on the Goulburn and Murray systems this season.
This information on how Victoria's water budget works is provided by the Northern Victorian Resource Manager and the Water & Natural Resources Group of the Department of Environment and Primary Industries.
Download PDF Understanding Victoria's water budget (PDF - 189 Kb)
Welcome to the new website
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Victoria’s Water Register has a new streamlined website.
The website has been redesigned so it’s easier to find what you’re looking for.
User-friendly versions are also available for mobile phones and tablets to get essential water information wherever you are.
Trading improvements cut red tape
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Improvements to the Victorian Water Register have been launched to make important water transactions cheaper, easier and faster for irrigators and other water users.
Download PDF Walsh - Water trading improvements cut irrigator red tape (PDF - 45 Kb)
The changes include:
- Online allocation trading with near instant approval, and application fees cut by nearly 50%
- Simpler processes for customers selling land and water together, reorganising the farm within a family or looking to streamline their water services
2012-13 water trading report
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The Victorian Annual Water Trading Report 2012/13 is now available.
Download PDF Victorian Annual Water Trading Report 2012/13 (version 2 - 9 Dec 2013) (PDF - 1,521 Kb)Copies of reports from previous years are available here.
Updated information for water share buyers
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The document below provides information for water share buyers on the potential impact of carryover recorded against a water share on either:
- allocations available under that water share in the current season, or
- any above entitlement storage charges levied against that water share in the current season.
Water use by irrigators, towns & the environment
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Summary information on water availability for irrigators, town supplies and the environment in northern Victoria during the 2012-13 season, and how it was used, is now available in the report below.
Download PDF 2012-13 Water Entitlements allocations and use summary (PDF - 392 Kb)
Allocation account statements for 2012-13
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Allocation account statements for 2012-13 are now being mailed to Victorian entitlement holders. For more information click here.
Net trade from NSW to Victoria
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Northern Victoria water user trends
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Some new information on water use trends in northern Victoria over the last ten years is now available here.
This includes information on tracking use against Murray-Darling Basin caps, and a map of changes in water use in Goulburn-Murray Water's irrigation districts.
Carryover trade-off decisions
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A discussion paper is now available highlighting some of the trade-offs to consider in making carryover decisions. It uses some simple case studies to illustrate some of the financial costs and benefits of decisions to carry over or trade unused allocation in different scenarios.
Download PDF Understanding the trade-offs associated with carryover decisions (PDF - 307 Kb)
More information on carryover is available in questions and answers here.
Carryover Calculator 2013/14
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A new version of the carryover calculator for 2013/14 is now available. This updated calculator includes the new cap on carryover that applies on the Goulburn and Campaspe this year and on the Murray from June 2014.
Click on the icon below to try the new calculator.
Carryover resources added
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Some videos are now available from a recent presentation to irrigators in northern Victoria on carryover and the changes from the recent review of carryover rules in the Murray, Goulburn and Campaspe systems.
Click here to watch the carryover videos.
Key year end dates
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Key dates for year-end trade applications in northern Victoria are as follows:
Allocation trades:
Submit by 14 June to guarantee processing by 30 June. Trades submitted later will be done as soon as possible, and may be processed by 30 June.
Water share applications:
For processing in the 2012/13 season - Must be received by 14 June.
For processing in the 2013/14 season - Any application received after 14 June that affects the 4% limit will be held in date order for processing in July once the 4% limits reopen. There is no ballot this year.
Application fees
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Victorian Water Register fees for some applications will increase on Monday 1 July 2013. For more information click here.
Reliquish allocation applications
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Entitlement holders can now apply to relinquish allocation if they do not wish to carry over their unused water at the end of the season. For more information on how to do this see the fact sheet below.
Download PDF How to relinquish allocation (PDF-193 KB)
NSW to Victoria trade limits
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The limit on trade from NSW to Vic, announced on 21 Nov 2012, comes into effect today. For more information see News item below and Allocation trade opportunities and limits
End of season cap
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The end of season cap on carryover will now not come into effect for the Murray system until 30 June 2014. This will give Murray system irrigators more time to adjust their enterprises, as at December 2012 a low-risk-of-spill declaration on the Murray has still not been made.
See the Minister for Water's full announcement below.
Download PDF Walsh - Extension to carryover cap to assist irrigators (PDF - 45 Kb)
The new cap will still come into effect for entitlement holders on the Goulburn and Campaspe on 30 June 2013 at the end of the current season.
The document below illustrates when each of the changes from the carryover review come into effect.
Download PDF When the changes from the carryover review come into effect (PDF - 59 Kb)
Refinement of Victoria's allocation trade
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The Victorian Government has refined its controls on some of Victoria's allocation trade to protect ongoing allocations to Victorian water entitlement holders.
This removes the need for ad-hoc suspensions which were necessary in the last two autumns, because of high storage levels and high use of carryover.
The new controls apply to trades of water allocation –
from the Goulburn, Campaspe or Loddon systems to either the Victorian River Murray system or to interstate; and
from New South Wales to Victoria (from 10 January 2013).
The controls are necessary to prevent situations where, when a trade occurs, the increased obligation to deliver water to users is not accompanied by storages receiving a matching secure volume of water. If there is no matching volume of water, there is less water available for new allocations.
Further details are available in a fact sheet here and the attached explanatory note.
Carryover Calculator
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A new carryover calculator tool is now available to help you improve your understanding of how the carryover rules in northern Victoria work in different scenarios
Carryover Review 2012
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The Minister for Water has announced the outcomes of the 2012 carryover review. To find out more click here.