Connectivity Pulsed baseflow days in July over past three 2012 (~500 ML/day) from years. Wet low Chaffey Dam and point bars Environmental Connectivity Fresh flow (1 000–4 000 2–3 Flows greater Not met Not met could contribute to than 1 000 ML/day) to provide Average return HIGH quality Low ML/day over providing a fresh flow if connectivity and wet interval Demand has not Fish spawning, 3 days in July Improve allocations become Moderate to high medium-level benches, been fully met in recruitment, 2012 available and there point bars and riparian recent years. movement and are other adequate zone High condition flows in the system. See references at Table 2a Carryover Due to small holdings, Low to moderate Level of carryover will potential low to moderate proportion of depend on environmental proportion of allocations may be demands and resource allocations carried into carried over to availability. 2016–17. 2017–18, but will depend upon resource availability NOTE: No carryover and demands. provisions in the Peel Valley. Trade potential Moderate to high need Moderate need to Potential to trade will to augment supply, augment available depend on environmental recent dry conditions. allocations. Sale of demands and resource Therefore should allocations may be availability. market conditions considered, improve there is likely although there is to be the desire to expected to still be purchase allocation or some moderate to supplementary flow high demands access to assist in requiring water. meeting high demands. Sale of allocations unlikely considering moderate and high demands.
Connectivity Wet low and point bars Pulsed baseflow (~500 ML/day) from Chaffey Dam days in July 2012 over past three years. Connectivity quality Fish spawning, recruitment, movement and condition Fresh flow (1 000–4 000 ML/day) to provide connectivity and wet medium-level benches, point bars and riparian zone 2–3 Average return interval Flows greater than 1 000 ML/day over 3 days in July 2012 Not met Not met HIGH Demand has not been fully met in recent years. Improve Environmental could contribute to providing a fresh flow if allocations become available and there are other adequate flows in the system. Moderate to high Low High See references at Table 2a Carryover potential Due to small holdings, low to moderate proportion of allocations carried into 2016–17. NOTE: No carryover provisions in the Peel Valley. Low to moderate proportion of allocations may be carried over to 2017–18, but will depend upon resource availability and demands. Level of carryover will depend on environmental demands and resource availability. Trade potential Moderate to high need to augment supply, recent dry conditions. Therefore should market conditions improve there is likely to be the desire to purchase allocation or supplementary flow access to assist in meeting high demands. Sale of allocations unlikely considering moderate and high demands. Moderate need to augment available allocations. Sale of allocations may be considered, although there is expected to still be some moderate to high demands requiring water. Potential to trade will depend on environmental demands and resource availability.
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