Water is recovered by the Australian Government through a combination of investments in water-saving infrastructure, water purchases and other water recovery programs. This water becomes part of the Commonwealth's environmental water holdings. For further information on the management of water holdings see Our management cycle and approach.
Commonwealth Environmental Water Holdings
Figure 1: Entitlements and Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (LTDLE), 2008 to 2027 (31 August 2026)
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A multi-series or grouped bar chart with two categories - Entitlements and Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalents (LTDLE). The y axis shows financial years from 2008–2009 to 2026–2027. The x axis shows gigalitres (GL) from 0 to 3500. The bars for both categories show a relatively rapid increase in amount of GL in the first few years with a flattening out over time.
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Figure 2: Commonwealth Environmental Surface Water Availability and Use, 2008 to 2027 (31 August 2026)
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A multi-series bar chart, including a stacked bar chart with three categories – Surface Water Delivered, Surface Water Annual Allocation and Surface Water Carryover. The y axis shows financial years from 2008–2009 to 2026–2027. The x axis shows gigalitres (GL) from 0 to 3500.
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Overview
The following tables provide details of the Commonwealth environmental water holdings at 31 August 2026*.
Holdings at 31 August 2026*.
| River system | Security | Registered entitlements 1,2,3,4(ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML)5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Border Rivers | High | - | - |
| Medium | 15,540 | 6,202 | |
| Unsupplemented | 19,986 | 8,214 | |
| Condamine Balonne | Unsupplemented | 87,574 | 52,748 |
| Overland flow | 96,741 | 39,072 | |
| Moonie | Unsupplemented | 5,671 | 2,840 |
| Nebine | Unsupplemented | 5,920 | 3,842 |
| St George | Medium | 45 | 40 |
| Upper Condamine | Unsupplemented | 841 | 809 |
| Groundwater | 40,324 | 35,248 | |
| Warrego | Unsupplemented | 39,455 | 20,112 |
| Total QLD | High | - | - |
| Medium | 15,585 | 6,242 | |
| Unsupplemented | 158,605 | 87,755 | |
| Overland flow | 96,741 | 39,072 | |
| Groundwater | 40,901 | 35,248 |
| River system | Security | Registered entitlements 1,2,3,4(ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML)5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barwon-Darling | Unregulated | 28,948 | 31,930 |
| Border Rivers | High | - | - |
| General | 4,445 | 1,467 | |
| Supplementary | 2,140 | 1,254 | |
| Unregulated | 14 | 10 | |
| Gwydir | High | 4,508 | 3,994 |
| General | 89,525 | 34,020 | |
| Supplementary | 20,451 | 9,919 | |
| Lachlan | High | 933 | 839 |
| General | 89,230 | 33,997 | |
| Lower Darling | High | 4,234 | 3,108 |
| General | 21,564 | 20,076 | |
| Macquarie/Cudgegong | High | - | - |
| General | 126,224 | 55,412 | |
| Supplementary | 8,292 | 2,272 | |
| Murray | High | 33,636 | 29,499 |
| General | 462,825 | 323,054 | |
| Conveyance | 20,214 | 18,213 | |
| Supplementary | 211 | 157 | |
| Groundwater | 1,522 | 1,522 | |
| Unregulated | 2,230 | 2,230 | |
| Murrumbidgee | High | 17,177 | 16,559 |
| General | 308,406 | 181,959 | |
| Conveyance | 59,087 | 50,578 | |
| Supplementary | 27,084 | 11,228 | |
| Supplementary (Lowbidgee) | 406,623 | 183,118 | |
| Groundwater | 5,077 | 5,077 | |
| Unregulated | 164 | 85 | |
| Namoi (upper) | High | - | - |
| General | 105 | 79 | |
| Namoi (lower) | High | - | - |
| General | 16,441 | 12,380 | |
| Supplementary | 9,883 | 2,757 | |
| Namoi | Unregulated | 6,168 | 3,911 |
| Peel | General | 1,257 | 263 |
| Warrego | Unregulated | 17,826 | 15,794 |
| Total NSW | High | 60,489 | 53,906 |
| General | 1,120,021 | 661,779 | |
| Conveyance | 79,301 | 69,971 | |
| Supplementary | 474,684 | 210,705 | |
| Unregulated | 55,350 | 53,959 | |
| Groundwater | 6,599 | 6,599 |
| River system | Security | Registered entitlements 1,2,3,4(ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML)5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Molonglo | Unregulated | 6,360 | 6,360 |
| Total ACT | Unregulated | 6,360 | 6,360 |
| River system | Security | Registered entitlements 1,2,3,4(ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML)5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broken | High | 534 | 304 |
| Low | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Campaspe | High | 6,624 | 6,289 |
| Low | 395 | 226 | |
| Goulburn | High | 389,632 | 376,774 |
| Low | 62,006 | 36,149 | |
| Loddon | High | 3,940 | 2,459 |
| Low | 527 | 26 | |
| Murray | High | 417,584 | 406,727 |
| Low | 63,671 | 34,573 | |
| Ovens | High | 123 | 55 |
| Wimmera-Mallee | Bulk entitlement | 28,000 | 23,184 |
| Total Victoria | High | 818,437 | 792,607 |
| Low | 126,604 | 70,975 | |
| Bulk entitlement | 28,000 | 23,184 |
| River system | Security | Registered entitlements 1,2,3,4(ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML)5 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Murray | High | 169,041 | 149,954 |
| Total SA | 169,041 | 149,954 |
| Security | Registered entitlements 1,2,3,4(ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML)5 |
|---|---|---|
| High | 1,047,966 | 996,466 |
| General/medium/low | 1,262,209 | 738,996 |
| Conveyance | 79,301 | 68,791 |
| Bulk entitlement | 28,000 | 23,184 |
| Supplementary | 474,684 | 210,705 |
| Unsupplemented/unregulated4 | 220,315 | 148,074 |
| Overland flow | 96,741 | 39,072 |
| Groundwater | 47,500 | 41,847 |
| Grand total | 3,256,716 | 2,267,136 |
| Security | Registered entitlements 1,2,3,4(ML) | Long term diversion limit equivalent (ML)5 |
|---|---|---|
| High | 1,042,372 | 991,554 |
| General/low | 919,398 | 595,137 |
| Conveyance | 79,301 | 68,791 |
| Supplementary | 433,918 | 194,503 |
| Total | 2,474,989 | 1,849,986 |
| Security | Registered entitlements 1,2,3,4(ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML)5 |
|---|---|---|
| High | 5,594 | 4,912 |
| General/medium/low | 342,812 | 143,859 |
| Bulk entitlement | 28,000 | 23,184 |
| Supplementary | 40,766 | 16,202 |
| Unregulated/unsupplemented4 | 220,315 | 148,074 |
| Overland flow | 96,741 | 39,072 |
| Groundwater | 47,500 | 41,847 |
| Total |
781,727 |
|
Notes
*All figures are rounded to the nearest megalitre (ML)
- Formal transfer of ownership to the Commonwealth takes place on registration of the entitlement by the relevant State water authority. The entitlement becomes part of the Commonwealth environmental water holdings at that time.
- Registration can occur a number of months after the exchange of contract, so the amount in the holdings differs from the volume of entitlements secured under contract through the Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin program and the Sustainable Rural Water Use and Infrastructure program.
- Allocations of water against entitlements held in regulated systems are made periodically and will depend on factors including seasonal inflows and rules associated with water held in storages.
- Unsupplemented and unregulated entitlement figures represent the annual volumetric limit of water that may be available when licence conditions are met. Where the licence conditions specify the annual volumetric limit as a maximum volume of water that may be accessed in a multi-year period, the entitlement volume reported reflects the average annual volumetric limit available.
- The Long-Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (LTDLE) factors used for this table are consistent with the factors used by the Murray Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) and the Department of Climate Change, Energy and Water (DCCEEW) to calculate the volume of water recovered towards the Murray-Darling Basin Plan Sustainable Diversion Limit recovery targets.
- Southern Connected Basin entitlements include Murrumbidgee, Murray, Lower Darling, Goulburn-Broken, Campaspe (excluding Coliban) and Loddon titles.
Subject to water accounting adjustments. Slight discrepancies may exist due to rounding. Allocations of water against entitlements held in regulated systems are made periodically and will depend on factors including seasonal inflows and rules associated with water accounts.
Northern catchments
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New Allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unregulated (A class) | 390 | 430 | N/A | 8 | 0 | 8 | N/A |
| Unregulated (B class) | 16,060 | 17,714 | |||||
| Unregulated (C class) | 12,498 | 13,785 | |||||
| Total | 28,948 | 31,930 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 |
For unregulated entitlements, no ‘carryover’ or ‘water account balance’ is reported. 'New allocations’ and ‘available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly’ are accounted at the time of take.
| Security | Registered entitlements2 (ML) | Nominal Volume (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations1 in 2026–27 (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medium (QLD) | 15,540 | 15,540 | 6,202 | 8,352 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 8,350 |
| Unsupplemented (QLD) | 19,986 | 8,094 | 8,214 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Supplementary (NSW) | 2,140 | N/A | 1,254 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| General (NSW) | 4,445 | N/A | 1,467 | 3,906 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,906 |
| Unregulated (NSW) | 14 | N/A | 10 | - | 0 | 0 | - | |
| Total | 42,125 | 23,634 | 17,147 | 12,258 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 12,256 |
For unsupplemented entitlements, no ‘carryover’ or ‘water account balance’ is reported. 'New allocations’ and ‘available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly’ are accounted at the time of take.
1. New allocations in the Border Rivers in continuous water accounting areas include inflows, evaporative loss and seepage from storage. This may be negative if losses are greater than inflows.
2. QLD entitlement figures represent the annual volumetric limit of water that may be available when licence conditions are met. Where the licence conditions specify the annual volumetric limit as a maximum volume of water that may be accessed in a multi-year period, the entitlement volume reported reflects the average annual volumetric limit available.
| Security | Registered entitlements1 (ML) | Nominal Volume (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nebine Creek unsupplemented | 5,920 | 1,000 | 3,842 | Not applicable | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not applicable |
| Lower Balonne unsupplemented | 83,516 | 53,108 | 50,140 | 0 | ||||
| Condamine-Balonne unsupplemented | 2,217 | 1,982 | 1,799 | 0 | ||||
| Condamine-Balonne overland flow | 96,741 | 40,268 | 39,072 | 0 | ||||
| Upper-Condamine unsupplemented | 1,841 | 813 | 809 | Not applicable | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not applicable |
| Upper-Condamine groundwater | 40,901 | 40,224 | 35,248 | 0 | 40,224 | 0 | 0 | 40,224 |
| St George - medium | 45 | 45 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
| Total | 231,180 | 137,440 | 130,950 | 40 | 40,223 | 0 | 0 | 40,261 |
For unsupplemented entitlements, no ‘carryover’ or ‘water account balance’ is reported. 'New allocations’ and ‘available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly’ are accounted at the time of take.
1. QLD entitlement figures represent the annual volumetric limit of water that may be available when licence conditions are met. Where the licence conditions specify the annual volumetric limit as a maximum volume of water that may be accessed in a multi-year period, the entitlement volume reported reflects the average annual volumetric limit available.
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | 4,508 | 3,994 | 105,307 | 4,508 | 0 | 0 | 109,815 |
| General | 89,525 | 34,020 | 0 | ||||
| Supplementary | 20,451 | 9,919 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 114,484 | 47,932 | 105,307 | 4,508 | 0 | 0 | 109,815 |
For supplementary entitlements, no ‘carryover’ or ‘water account balance’ is reported. 'New allocations’ and ‘available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly’ are accounted at the time of take.
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | 933 | 839 | 65,332 | 4,502 | 0 | 55,850 | 13,984 |
| General | 89,230 | 33,997 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 90,163 | 34,835 | 65,332 | 4,502 | 0 | 55,850 | 13,984 |
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | 126,224 | 55,412 | 77,717 | 0 | 0 | 45,000 | 32,717 |
| Supplementary2 | 8,292 | 2,272 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 134,516 | 57,684 | 77,717 | 0 | 0 | 45,000 | 32,717 |
1. Includes the Cudgegong regulated river system.
2. For supplementary entitlements, no ‘carryover’ or ‘water account balance’ is reported. 'New allocations’ and ‘available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly’ are accounted at the time of take.
| Security | Registered entitlements1 (ML) | Nominal Volume (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsupplemented | 5,671 | 2,609 | 2,840 | Not applicable | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not applicable |
For unsupplemented entitlements, no ‘carryover’ or ‘water account balance’ is reported. 'New allocations’ and ‘available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly’ are accounted at the time of take.
1. QLD entitlement figures represent the annual volumetric limit of water that may be available when licence conditions are met. Where the licence conditions specify the annual volumetric limit as a maximum volume of water that may be accessed in a multi-year period, the entitlement volume reported reflects the average annual volumetric limit available.
| Location | Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2024–25 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Namoi | General | 105 | 79 | 21,594 | 105 | 0 | 1,600 | 20,099 |
| Lower Namoi | 16,441 | 12,380 | ||||||
| Lower Namoi | Supplementary | 9,883 | 2,757 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Namoi | Unregulated | 6,168 | 3,911 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 32,596 | 19,127 | 21,594 | 105 | 0 | 1,600 | 20,099 |
1. Includes the Upper and Lower Namoi catchments.
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net Portfolio Management Transfers (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General | 1,257 | 263 | 0 | 1,119 | - | 0 | 0 | 1,119 |
| Security | Registered entitlements1 (ML) | Nominal Volume (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unsupplemented (Qld) | 39,455 | 18,961 | 20,112 | Not applicable | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not applicable |
| Unregulated (NSW) | 17,826 | Not applicable | 15,794 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 57,281 | 18,961 | 35,906 | Not applicable | 0 | 0 | 0 | Not applicable |
For unregulated and unsupplemented entitlements, no ‘carryover’ or ‘water account balance’ is reported. 'New allocations’ and ‘available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly’ are accounted at the time of take.
1. QLD entitlement figures represent the annual volumetric limit of water that may be available when licence conditions are met. Where the licence conditions specify the annual volumetric limit as a maximum volume of water that may be accessed in a multi-year period, the entitlement volume reported reflects the average annual volumetric limit available.
Southern catchments
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net Portfolio Management Transfers (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | 1,042,372 | 991,554 | 368,651 | 776,334 | 0 | 0 | 355,736 | 789,249 |
| General/low | 919,398 | 595,137 | ||||||
| Conveyance | 79,301 | 68,791 | ||||||
| Supplementary3 | 433,918 | 194,503 | 0 | 7,792 | 0 | 0 | 7,792 | 0 |
| Total | 2,474,989 | 1,849,986 | 368,651 | 784,126 | 0 | 0 | 363,528 | 789,249 |
1. Water allocations in southern-connected Basin catchments can, with some restrictions, be traded to other catchments in the southern-connected Basin. This gives the Commonwealth the capacity to move water between catchments of the southern-connected Basin to get the best outcomes for the environment.
2. Southern connected basin includes the following hydrologically connected catchments: Goulburn, Campaspe, Loddon, Murray (SA, Victoria, and NSW), Lower Darling, and Murrumbidgee.
3. For supplementary entitlements, no ‘carryover’ or ‘water account balance’ is reported. 'New allocations’ and ‘available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly’ are accounted at the time of take.
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net Portfolio Management Transfers (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High1 | 6,624 | 6,289 | 3,464 | 3,544 | 0 | 0 | 5,772 | 1,236 |
| Low | 395 | 226 | ||||||
| Total | 7,020 | 6,514 | 3,464 | 3,544 | 0 | 0 | 5,772 | 1,236 |
1. Includes 30 ML of entitlement in the Coliban Water system. This entitlement was obtained as part of the Murray-Darling Basin Small Block Irrigators Exit Grant Package. It is not possible to trade this entitlement out of the Coliban system for use in the wider Campaspe system or for use in the connecting Murray River.
| Location | Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net Portfolio Management Transfers (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vic | High (Goulburn) | 389,632 | 376,774 | 124,939 | 149,720 | -16,000 | 0 | 65,000 | 193,659 |
| Low (Goulburn) | 62,006 | 36,149 | |||||||
| High (Broken) | 534 | 304 | 254 | 280 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 534 | |
| Low (Broken) | 4 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 452,176 | 413,228 | 125,193 | 150,000 | -16,000 | 0 | 65,000 | 194,193 |
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net Portfolio Management Transfers (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | 3,940 | 2,459 | 475 | 1,655 | 0 | 0 | 593 | 1,537 |
| Low | 527 | 26 | ||||||
| Total | 4,467 | 2,485 | 475 | 1,655 | 0 | 0 | 593 | 1,537 |
| Location | Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net Portfolio Management Transfers (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NSW | High1 | 37,870 | 32,514 | 37,976 | 128,889 | 0 | 0 | 25,703 | 141,162 |
| General2 | 484,389 | 342,203 | |||||||
| Conveyance | 20,214 | 18,213 | |||||||
| Unregulated | 2,230 | 2,230 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Supplementary3 | 211 | 157 | |||||||
| Groundwater | 1,522 | 1,522 | 2,783 | 1,522 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,305 | |
| Vic | High | 417,584 | 406,727 | 113,888 | 182,729 | 16,000 | 0 | 55,000 | 257,616 |
| Low | 63,671 | 34,573 | |||||||
| SA | High | 169,041 | 149,954 | 0 | 168,941 | 0 | 0 | 101,168 | 67,773 |
| Total | 1,196,731 | 988,092 | 154,647 | 482,081 | 16,000 | 0 | 181,871 | 470,856 |
1. Includes 4,234 ML of High security entitlement in the Lower Darling.
2. Includes 21,564 ML of General security entitlement in the Lower Darling.
3. For supplementary entitlements, no ‘carryover’ or ‘water account balance’ is reported. 'New allocations’ and ‘available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly’ are accounted at the time of take.
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net Portfolio Management Transfers (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | 17,177 | 16,559 | 87,656 | 140,594 | 0 | 0 | 102,500 | 125,750 |
| General | 308,406 | 181,959 | ||||||
| Conveyance | 59,087 | 50,578 | ||||||
| Supplementary | 27,084 | 11,228 | 0 | 7,792 | 0 | 0 | 7,792 | 0 |
| Supplementary (Lowbidgee) | 406,623 | 183,118 | ||||||
| Unregulated | 164 | 85 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Groundwater | 5,077 | 5,077 | 10,154 | 5,077 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15,231 |
| Total | 823,618 | 448,605 | 97,810 | 153,463 | 0 | 0 | 110,292 | 140,981 |
For supplementary entitlements, no ‘carryover’ or ‘water account balance’ is reported. 'New allocations’ and ‘available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly’ are accounted at the time of take.
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net Portfolio Management Transfers (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unregulated | 6,360 | 6,360 | 6,360 | 6,360 | - | 0 | 0 | 12,720 |
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | 123 | 55 | 0 | 123 | 0 | 0 | 123 |
| Security | Registered entitlements (ML) | Long Term Diversion Limit Equivalent (ML) | Carryover from 2025–26 (ML) | New allocations in 2026–27 (ML) | Net trade (ML) | Available water transferred for delivery or delivered directly in 2026–27 (ML) | Estimated current Commonwealth water account balance (ML) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bulk entitlement1 | 28,000 | 23,184 | 2,135 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,135 |
1. This water is held through a Supply by Agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water Corporation.