Past water use – Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys

The following tables show, where and how much water we’ve delivered in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in previous water years. We first delivered water in the Border Rivers in 2011–12 and Moonie Valleys in 2010–11.

'CEW' refers to Commonwealth environmental water. All water volumes are in megalitres (ML).

For any watering actions completed this water year, visit Latest water use.

Past water use tables

Table 15: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2024–25
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
QLD Dumaresq-Macintyre rivers (unregulated)	CEW used: 4,945.88	November 2024 to April 2025	Supported movement and improved access to food and habitat for native fish and other river animals. Helped to maintain a more natural flow regime and improved connectivity, including with the Barwon-Darling.
QLD Macintyre Brook (unregulated)	CEW used: 241.5	November 2024 to June 2025	Helped to maintain a more natural flow regime. Supported movement and improved access to food and habitat for native fish and other river animals.
QLD Severn (unregulated)	CEW used: 209.87*	November to December 2024	Helped to maintain a more natural flow regime.
QLD Moonie River (unregulated)	CEW used: 4,891.96	August 2024 to January 2025	Contributed to the maintaining the health and resilience of native fish and aquatic ecosystem.
NSW Border Rivers (supplementary)	CEW used: 1,283.9	November 2024 to April 2025	Helped to maintain a more natural flow regime and improved connectivity, including with the Barwon-Darling.

* Final volume to end June 2025 will be updated once confirmed with state agencies

Table 14: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2023–24
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
QLD Dumaresq-Macintyre rivers (unregulated)	CEW used: 4,697	November 2023 - April 2024	Supported movement and improved access to food and habitat for native fish and other river animals. Helped to maintain a more natural flow regime and improved connectivity, including with the Barwon-Darling.
QLD Macintyre Brook (unregulated)	CEW used: 256	November 2023 - April 2024	Helped to maintain a more natural flow regime. Supported movement and improved access to food and habitat for native fish and other river animals.
QLD Moonie River (unregulated)	CEW used: 5,671	July 2023 – June 2024	Contributed to the maintaining the health and resilience of native fish and aquatic ecosystem.
NSW Border Rivers (unregulated)	CEW used: 1,437	December 2023 – April 2024	Helped to maintain a more natural flow regime and improved connectivity, including with the Barwon-Darling.

Table 13: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2022–23
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
QLD Severn River (unregulated)	CEW use: 879.75	October 2022	Contributed to in-stream flows.
QLD Dumaresq-Macintyre rivers (unregulated)	CEW use: 9,412	July 2022 August to October 2022	Contributed to more naturally variable unregulated flows.
Moonie River (unregulated)	CEW use: 5,486.6	July to November 2022	Contributed to more natural unregulated flows.

Table 12: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2021–22
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
QLD Severn River (unregulated)	CEW use: 2,120.25	October to November 2021	Improved fish recruitment through increased habitat access and food availability.
QLD Dumaresq-Macintyre rivers (unregulated)	CEW use: 17,425.44	July to August 2021 October to November 2021 Early December 2021	Contributed to in-stream native fish outcomes. Improved connection with the downstream Barwon–Darling.
Moonie River (unregulated)	CEW use: 5,616.75	2021–22	Contributed to in-stream fresh flows. Contributed to downstream flows in the Barwon–Darling.

Table 11: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2020–21
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
Dumaresq-Macintyre rivers (unregulated)	CEW use: 14,047	March to April 2021 June 2021	Contributed to more naturally variable unregulated flows in the Lower Macintyre and Barwon–Darling Rivers.
Severn River and Macintyre River (general security)	CEW use: 896 NSW use: 2,000 Total: 2,896	December 2020	Supported native fish populations in the Barwon–Darling Topped up and connected refuge pools for native fish, platypus and other native plants and animals.
Moonie River (unregulated)	CEW use: 5,671	2020–21	Replenished and reconnected waterholes following a period of no flow in the system. Contributed to downstream flows in the Barwon–Darling.

Table 10: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2019–20
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
QLD Severn River (unregulated)	CEW use: 879	January to February 2020	Improved fish recruitment through increased habitat access and food availability.
QLD Dumaresq-Macintyre rivers (unregulated)	CEW use: 2,122	2019–20	Contributed to more naturally variable unregulated flows in the Lower Macintyre River.
Moonie River (unregulated)	CEW use: 4,651	2019–20	Replenished and reconnected waterholes following a period of no flow in the system. Contributed to downstream flows in the Barwon–Darling.

Table 9: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2018–19
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
Mungindi (via the Dumaresq and lower Macintyre rivers)	CEW use: 7,400	23 April to 15 May 2019	Provided a connecting flow to the Barwon–Darling. Supported native fish resilience, topped up refuge pools and improved water quality.
Moonie River (unregulated)	CEW use: 1,022.31	2018–19	Supported a more naturally variable flow regime in this system. Supported key ecosystem functions such as carbon and nutrient cycling.

Table 8: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2017–18
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
Dumaresq River (regulated)	CEW use: 3,252	October 2017	Provided stable baseflows that supported successful breeding and recruitment of native fish, including Murray cod, freshwater catfish and olive perchlet.
QLD Severn River (unregulated)	CEW use: 301.95	Spring 2017	Improved fish recruitment through increased habitat access and food availability.
QLD Dumaresq-Macintyre rivers (unregulated)	CEW use: 641.5	July 2017 October 2017	Helped protect and restore water-dependent ecosystems by increasing flow variability.
NSW Severn River (regulated)	CEW use: 684	August to October 2017	Provided increased access to food and habitat before recruitment, followed by a stable baseflow to maintain access to core habitat throughout recruitment.
Northern connectivity event (regulated)	CEW use: 4,286	May 2018	Provided a connecting flow to the Barwon–Darling, giving native fish an opportunity to move and disperse. Improved tributary conditions to maintain native fish populations.
Moonie River (unregulated)	CEW use: 2,323	2017–18	Supported a more naturally variable flow regime in this system. Supported key ecosystem functions such as carbon and nutrient cycling.

Table 7: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2016–17
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
QLD Severn River (unregulated)	CEW use: 823.53	February 2017	Helped protect and restore water-dependent ecosystems by increasing flow variability, end of system flows and flows to some anabranches.
QLD Dumaresq-Macintyre rivers (unregulated)	CEW use: 21,783.20	July to August 2016 October 2016 March 2017	Helped protect and restore water-dependent ecosystems by increasing flow variability, end of system flows and flows to some anabranches.

Table 6: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2015–16
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
QLD Severn River (unregulated)	CEW use: 22.22	February 2016	Helped protect and restore water-dependent ecosystems by increasing flow variability, end of system flows and flows to some anabranches.
QLD Lower Macintyre (unregulated)	CEW use: 1,024.82	July to August 2015 November 2015 February 2016	Helped protect and restore water-dependent ecosystems by increasing flow variability, end of system flows and flows to some anabranches.

Table 5: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2014–15
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
QLD Severn River and Lower Macintyre (unregulated)	CEW use: 1,814	December 2014 to April 2015	Increased flow variability, productivity and connectivity.

Table 4: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2013–14
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
NSW Severn River and Macintyre River (regulated)	CEW use: 4,000 NSW use: 4,000 Total: 8,000	August 2013	Achieved target peak flows needed to remove algae and reset the growth of biofilm. Provided migration and dispersal cues for native fish, minimising the impact of cold water. Connected riparian areas, wetlands and in channel benches in the Severn River.
QLD Lower Macintyre (unregulated)	CEW use: 92	March to April 2013	Enhanced in-stream flows in the lower Macintyre River. Improved natural flow variability and restored some key flows.
Moonie River (unregulated)	CEW use: 1,415	2013–14	Supported a more naturally variable flow regime in this system. Supported key ecosystem functions such as carbon and nutrient cycling.

Table 3: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2012–13
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates	Outcomes
Border Rivers (regulated)	CEW use: 895 NSW use: 4,000 Other: 7,105 Total: 12,000	December 2012	Scoured rocks and gravel in the bed of the river to stimulate aquatic production. Connected riparian areas, wetlands and in channel benches in the Severn River to support nutrient and carbon cycling.
QLD Severn River (unregulated)	CEW use: 976	January to February 2013	Provided a more naturally variable flow regime in the Severn River within Sundown National Park. Improved riverbank plants and wetland connectivity. Promoted carbon and nutrient cycling through the system.
Lower Macintyre (unregulated)	CEW use: 687	January to February 2013 June 2013	Provided a more naturally variable flow regime in the lower Macintyre system. Improved riverbank plants and wetland connectivity. Improved native fish habitat, movement and recruitment. Promoted carbon and nutrient cycling through the system.
Moonie River (unregulated)	CEW use: 1,415	2012–13	Supported a more naturally variable flow regime in this system. Supported key ecosystem functions such as carbon and nutrient cycling.

Table 2: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2011–12
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates
Severn River	CEW use: 1,000	2011–12
Moonie River	CEW use: 1,415	2011–12

Table 1: Watering actions we completed in the Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys in 2010–11
Location	Water delivered (ML)	Delivery dates
Moonie River	CEW use: 1,415	2010–11

Past water use – Border Rivers and Moonie Valleys

Past water use tables

2024–25

2023–24

2022–23

2021–22

2020–21

2019–20

2018–19

2017–18

2016–17

2015–16

2014–15

2013–14

2012–13

2011–12

2010–11