1. Introduction This June 2015 quarter water entitlement1 market prices report was prepared by Marsden Jacob Associates (Marsden Jacob) for the Australian Government Department of the Environment. The report includes:  Southern MDB market activity and price information by region and entitlement type (Section 2); and  Northern MDB market activity and price information by region and entitlement type (Section 3);  Catchment and water sources list (Appendix 1). Region, entitlements and key statistics The entitlement price report is broadly split into southern and northern Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), as detailed in Table 1. Interactive maps showing the location of these trading regions are available on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s website2. The water sources included in each of the regions are listed in Appendix 1. Table 1: Regions and entitlement types Southern MDB Northern MDB Region Entitlement Type Region Entitlement Type SA Murray Class 3a Macquarie General Security VIC Murray above Barmah High Reliability Namoi General Security Choke VIC Murray above Barmah Low Reliability Gwydir General Security Choke Vic Murray below Barmah High Reliability NSW Border Rivers General Security Choke Vic Murray below Barmah Low Reliability Barwon Darling Unregulated Choke Goulburn High Reliability Lachlan General Security Condamine Balonne (St Goulburn Low Reliability Supplemented George) Condamine Balonne Campaspe High Reliability (Upper Condamine and Unsupplemented Lower Balonne) Upper Condamine Groundwater Campaspe Low Reliability Alluvium Groundwater (1, (Sub Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4) 2, 3 and 4) Loddon High Reliability QLD Border Rivers Supplemented NSW Murray General Security QLD Border Rivers Unsupplemented NSW Murray High Security Lower Balonne Overland Flow NSW Murray Irrigation General Security Limited Murrumbidgee General Security Water access entitlement is a perpetual or ongoing entitlement to exclusive access to a share of water from a specified 1 consumptive pool as defined in the relevant water plan, Source: Schedule B(ii), Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative (NWI) 2
1. Introduction This June 2015 quarter water entitlement1 market prices report was prepared by Marsden Jacob Associates (Marsden Jacob) for the Australian Government Department of the Environment. The report includes:  Southern MDB market activity and price information by region and entitlement type (Section 2); and  Northern MDB market activity and price information by region and entitlement type (Section 3);  Catchment and water sources list (Appendix 1). Region, entitlements and key statistics The entitlement price report is broadly split into southern and northern Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), as detailed in Table 1. Interactive maps showing the location of these trading regions are available on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s website2. The water sources included in each of the regions are listed in Appendix 1. Table 1: Regions and entitlement types Southern MDB Northern MDB Region Entitlement Type Region Entitlement Type SA Murray Class 3a Macquarie General Security VIC Murray above Barmah Choke High Reliability Namoi General Security VIC Murray above Barmah Choke Low Reliability Gwydir General Security Vic Murray below Barmah Choke High Reliability NSW Border Rivers General Security Vic Murray below Barmah Choke Low Reliability Barwon Darling Unregulated Goulburn High Reliability Lachlan General Security Goulburn Low Reliability Condamine Balonne (St George) Supplemented Campaspe High Reliability Condamine Balonne (Upper Condamine and Lower Balonne) Unsupplemented Campaspe Low Reliability Upper Condamine Alluvium Groundwater (1, 2, 3 and 4) Groundwater (Sub Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4) Loddon High Reliability QLD Border Rivers Supplemented NSW Murray General Security QLD Border Rivers Unsupplemented NSW Murray High Security Lower Balonne Overland Flow NSW Murray Irrigation Limited General Security Murrumbidgee General Security 1 Water access entitlement is a perpetual or ongoing entitlement to exclusive access to a share of water from a specified consumptive pool as defined in the relevant water plan, Source: Schedule B(ii), Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative (NWI) 2