Current Environmental Flows as at 30 June 2008

 

Reach
Ordinary Entitlement under Bulk Entitlement
Current Environmental Flow under Qualification of Rights
Proposed future flows

Campaspe River System

Reach 1: Coliban River - down stream of Malmsbury Reservoir
Passing flow of 8 ML per day or natural inflow (Whatever is less)

No current environmental release

No planned releases
Reach 2: Campaspe River down stream of Eppalock
10 ML per day or actual inflow

No current environmental release

No planned releases
Reach 3: Campaspe River down stream of Campaspe Weir
No Environmental entitlement No current environmental release No planned releases
Reach 4: Campaspe River down stream of Campaspe Siphon
35 ML per day or natural flow December to June

No current environmental release

No planned releases

Loddon River System

Reach 1: Loddon River - Cairn Curran Reservoir to Laanecoorie Reservoir
Passing flow of 20 ML per day

River Freshening Flow of 35 ML per day for a duration of 7 days

No current environmental release

No current environmental release

No planned releases
Reach 2: Tullaroop Creek - Tullaroop Reservoir to Laanecoorie Reservoir

Passing flow of 10 ML per day


River freshening flow of 13.5 ML per day for a duration of 7 days

1 ML per day base flow

Objectives of this flow are:

  • Maintain habitat for regionally significant natural populations of River blackfish
  • Maintain water quality

No current environmental release

Continuation of 1 ML per day base flow
Reach 3a: Loddon River - Laanecoorie Reservoir to Serpentine Weir
Passing flow of 15 ML per day

River freshening flow of 52 ML per day for a duration of 13 days

No current environmental release

No current environmental release

No planned releases
Reach 3b: Loddon River - Serpentine Weir to Loddon Weir
Passing flow of 20 ML per day

River Freshening flow of 35 ML per day for a duration of 11 days

No current environmental release

No current environmental release

No planned releases
Reach 4: Loddon River - Loddon Weir to Kerang Weir
Passing flow of 7-12 ML per day

River freshening flow of 50 ML per day for a duration of 14 days

No current environmental release

No current environmental release

No planned releases
Reach 5: Loddon River - Kerang Weir to Murray River
Part of the Murray Bulk Entitlement for the Torrumbarry Irrigation District No current environmental release No planned releases

Boort District Wetland Entitlement

  • Little Lake Boort
  • Lake Yando
  • Lake Leaghur
  • Lake Meran
  • Little Lake Meran
2000 ML per annum (allocation dependant)

 

No current environmental release 

 

 

No planned releases

 

Wetlands

Murray Flora and Fauna Bulk Entitlement

 

Bulk Entitlement

Current Environmental Flow Release

Proposed future flows
Murray Floodplain Wetlands within the North Central Catchment Management Authority Area
Up to 27,600 GL* surplus flows

No current environmental release

No planned releases

The Living Murray

Living Murray Icon sites within the North Central Catchment Management Authority Area
  • Gunbower, Koondrook, Perricoota Forest
 

 

 

 

  • River Murray Channel
Up to 500 GL#

 

 

Environmental release of 7,700 ML delivered to the Gunbower Forest Wetland between 28 April and 21 May 2008

 

 

 

 

No Current Environmental release

No planned releases


* The Murray Flora and Fauna Bulk Entitlement is a 27,600 ML/annum environmental water allocation to protect flora and fauna values of wetlands along the River Murray. Surplus flows under this entitlement can be delivered to Gunbower Forest. This entitlement is managed by the Department of Sustainability and Environment through the Environmental Water Advisory Committee.


# The Living Murray aims to recover up to 500 GL of environmental water to achieve environmental benefits for the six Icon Sites along the River Murray, which includes Gunbower Forest in the North Central region. This entitlement is managed by the Murray Darling Basin Commission Environmental Watering Group.