Water allocations unchanged in GMW

By Geoff Adams

Mar 15, 2021

Water allocations for the Goulburn-Murray Water districts are unchanged following the regular review by the resource manager.

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The seasonal determinations in the Murray, Goulburn, Campaspe and Loddon systems remain at 100 per cent of high-reliability water shares (HRWS).

The Broken and Bullarook systems remain at 100 per cent HRWS and 100 per cent of low reliability water shares (LRWS).

Resource manager Mark Bailey said there had been very little change to water availability during the past month.

“Since the last assessment, there has been very little rainfall and the volume of water reserved for 2021-22 remains relatively unchanged,” Dr Bailey said.

“It is very unlikely that any of the Murray, Goulburn, Campaspe or Loddon systems will receive an allocation against low reliability water this season.”

The Bureau of Meteorology's seasonal rainfall outlook favours slightly above-average rainfall across northern Victoria for the three-month period from April to June.

“The bureau says the current La Niña event is weakening, but still could influence rainfall across eastern Australia during autumn,” Dr Bailey said.

By Geoff Adams

Shepparton News assistant editor