Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin Program: Murrumbidgee River catchment
- MDB Catchments
- Murrumbidgee
Major irrigation areas
- Lowbidgee Irrigation Area
- Hay Irrigation Area
- Murrumbidge Irrigation Area
- Coleambally Irrigation Area
Examples of high value environmental assets
Murrumbidgee River catchment
State: New South Wales
Water purchased from the Murrumbidgee River catchment can be used to benefit environmental assets in this catchment and downstream.
Australian Government water purchases in the Murrumbidgee River catchment
| Catchment | Entitlement Type | Secured Purchases (ML) | Secured Entitlement Purchases - Long Term Average Annual Yield (ML) | Other Purchases - Long Term Average Annual Yield (ML) (3) | Average price paid per trade ($/ML)(2) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Murrumbidgee | High security | 3,736 | 3,549 | 1,704 | |
| General security | 184,092 | 117,819 | 914 | ||
| Supplementary | 20,821 | 2,915 | 218 |
Refer to caveats on the 'Purchases Secured under the Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin Program as at 31 January 2013' table on the 'Progress of water recovery under the Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin program' page.
Where to obtain information on market prices
Information on market prices in New South Wales is available from the New South Wales Department of Water and Energy .
Private water auction houses or brokers can also provide information on historical entitlement trades.
CSIRO Sustainable Yields Report
Note that the catchment boundaries referred to in this report may not directly align with the catchment boundaries represented on this web site.