This means seasonal determinations in the Murray system are at 100 per cent high-reliability water shares and 100 per cent low-reliability water shares.
The Goulburn, Loddon, Broken, Campaspe and Bullarook systems remain unchanged.
Northern Victoria resource manager Mark Bailey said flows into the Murray system were the main contributor to the increase announced on Friday, March 15.
“Recent flows in the Murray system have been greater than forecast,” Dr Bailey said.
“The additional water has met demand and enabled the improvement announced today.
“The flows into the Goulburn system have been close to our estimates, providing no scope for improvement to the current seasonal determination.”
The Goulburn system is sitting on 100 per cent HRWS and 77 per cent LRWS, as is the Loddon system.
The Broken, Campaspe and Bullarook systems all have 100 per cent HRWS and 100 per cent LRWS.
Trading opportunities
Allocation trade from NSW to Victoria is limited to the lesser of a net annual volume of 200 Gl or a volume that keeps the risk of spill in Victoria’s share of both Hume and Dartmouth reservoirs below 50 per cent.
The 200 Gl of net trade from NSW to Victoria remains available. The volume available for trade is updated with each risk of spill announcement.
Customers participating in the water trading market can monitor trade availability on the Victorian Water Register website
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority has announced that trading of water allocations from above the Barmah Choke to downstream of the choke is restricted to protect the delivery of downstream water entitlements.
Customers can monitor trading opportunities across the Barmah Choke on the MDBA website.
The last 2023-24 seasonal determination announcement will be released on Tuesday, April 2. The risk of spill in the Goulburn and Campaspe systems will be updated on Wednesday, April 10.
