Welcome to the Elders Water Market Update for the 2024/25 season, for the week beginning 21 July 2025.
Impacts of the Water Amendment on Regional Communities Hearings
The Legislative Assembly Committee on Investment, Industry and Regional Developments rescheduled hearings on the Impacts of the Water Amendment (Restoring Our Rivers) Act 2023 on NSW regional communities have been rescheduled to:
- Wednesday 23 July for Griffith (at the Burley Griffin Room, Griffith Regional Theatre from 8:45am). Read the Griffith schedule
- Tuesday 22 July for Deniliquin (at the Deniliquin Town Hall from 10:00 am). Read the Deniliquin schedule.
Allocations
Allocations are as follows:
| Zone | Allocation | 1 year ago | +/- per cent |
Murrumbidgee | |||
High Security | 95 pc | 95 pc | Same |
General Security | 9 pc | 33 pc | - 24 pc |
NSW Murray (Zones 10 & 11) | |||
High Security | 97 pc | 97 pc | Same |
General Security | 1 pc | 42 pc | -41 pc |
Lachlan | |||
High Security | 100 pc | 100 pc | Same |
General Security | 3 pc | 8 pc | - 5 pc |
Vic Murray (Zones 6 & 7) | |||
High Reliability | 40 pc | 68 pc | -28 pc |
Low Reliability | 0 pc | 0 pc | Same |
SA Murray | 100 pc | 100 pc | Same |
Murrumbidgee Deep Groundwater | 100 pc | 100 pc | Same |
Lower Murray Deep Groundwater | 100 pc | 100 pc | Same |
Lower Lachlan Groundwater | 100 pc | 100 pc | Same |
Trade Restrictions
MURRUMBIDGEE/MURRAY IVT
Is currently open for Murrumbidgee to Murray but closed for Murray to Murrumbidgee trade, with balances as follows:
- Murray to Murrumbidgee – 1.3GL
- Murrumbidgee to Murray – 98.7GL
BARMAH CHOKE is closed.
Storages
According to the Bureau of Meterorology (BOM), storage levels are currently as follows:
| As at 9am | Current | 1 Day | 7 Days | 30 Days | 1 Year | |
| Murrumbidgee | 21 July 25 | 50.1 pc | NIL | +1.0 pc | +4.1 pc | - 26.1 pc |
| Blowering | 19 July 25 | 51.0 pc | +0.02 pc | +1.4 pc | +3.5 pc | - 24.5 pc |
| Burrinjuck | 17 July 25 | 48.6 pc | NIL | + 1.0 pc | +5.1 pc | - 28.0 pc |
| Murray | 21 July 25 | 55.2 pc | NIL | + 0.4 pc | + 2.6 pc | - 27.4 pc |
| Hume | 19 July 25 | 42.0 pc | +0.2 pc | + 1.6 pc | +7.9 pc | - 27.2 pc |
| Dartmouth | 20 July 25 | 66.0 pc | NIL | - 0.1 pc | - 1.4 pc | - 28.5 pc |
| Lachlan | 21 July 25 | 82.9 pc | NIL | + 0.3 pc | +3.3 pc | - 8.7 pc |
| Wyangala | 19 July 25 | 82.5 pc | NIL | + 0.6 pc | +3.3 pc | -8.9 pc |
Current Temporary Market
Indicative pricing is as follows:
| Zone | Buyers | Sellers | Last trade | Trend |
| Murrumbidgee | $300 | $300 | $300 | Up |
| NSW Murray 10 (Above Choke) | $250 | $250 | $250 | Up |
| NSW Murray 11 (Below Choke) | $300 | $300 | $300 | Up |
| Vic Murray 6 (Above Choke) | $250 | $250 | $260 | Up |
| Vic Murray 7 (Above Choke) | $300 | $300 | $300 | Up |
| SA Murray | $300 | $300 | $300 | Up |
| Lachlan | $130 | $130 | $130 | Up |
| Murrumbidgee Deep Aquifer Zone 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Murrumbidgee Deep Aquifer Zone 2 | $200 | $200 | $200 | - |
| Murrumbidgee Deep Aquifer Zone 3 | - | $150 | $150 | - |
| Lower Murray Groundwater | - | - | - | - |
| Lower Lachlan Groundwater | - | - | - | - |
Current Permanent Market
Indicative pricing is as follows:
| Zone | Price per mL |
| Murrumbidgee | |
| High Security | $8,500 to $8,700 |
| General Security | $2,600 to $2,700 |
| Supplementary | $800 to $850 |
| NSW Murray Above Choke (Zone 10) | |
| High Security | $7,500 to $7,600 |
| General Security | $1,600 to $1,700 |
| NSW Murray Below Choke (Zone 11) | |
| High Security | $8,550 to $8,650 |
| General Security | $2,500 to $2,600 |
| VIC Murray Above Choke (Zone 6) | |
| High Reliability | $4,150 to $4,250 |
| Low Reliability | $1,000 to $1,150 |
| VIC Murray Below Choke (Zone 7) | |
| High Reliability | $7,200 to $7,300 |
| Low Reliability | $2,000 to $2,200 |
| SA Murray Class 3 | $7,250 to $7,350 |
| Murrumbidgee Deep Aquifer (zone dependent) | $3,800 to $4,200 |
| Lachlan (Upper & Lower) | |
| General Security | $1,700 to $1,800 |
| High Security | $4,500 to $4,550 |
| Lower Murray Deep Groundwater | $2,700 to $2,800 |
| Lower Lachlan Groundwater | $3,500 to $4,000 |
Seasonal Outlook
The BOM released an updated outlook on 17 July. In summary, the long-range forecast for August to October shows:
- Rainfall is likely to be above average for most of the eastern two-thirds of Australia, with roughly equal chances of being above, below or near-average for much of Western Australia and Tasmania.
- Warmer than average days are likely across northern, western and south-eastern Australia, with an increased chance of unusually high daytime temperatures in parts of far northern Australia and Tasmania.
- Warmer than average nights are likely to very likely across Australia, with an increased chance of unusually high overnight temperatures.
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