Frequently Asked Questions

 Questions sent to Mr Jarrod Eaton Dept of Environment and Water These questions were regarding the classifications, water prioritising and allocations as per the graph displayed in the 2020-21 Allocation Webinar. The quantities supplied add up to 1,403 GL which is 90 GL below the 1,495 entitlement required for irrigators to receive 100% and well below the States entitlement 1850 GL

 Questions and Answers from Murray Darling Basin Authority

This link contains the questions and answers sent to the MDBA regarding Consumptive use, inflow measurement and allocation, trigger points affecting Sth. Aust. Entitlement and the formulae used in low flow years

This is a series of Questions sent to Mr Jarrod Eaton from Department of Environment and Water Sth Aust

Mr Tim Whetstone, Minister for Infrastructure, member for Chaffey

Mr David Speirs, Minister for Water.

  • Does DEWNR own Class 3 water?

                                       Is it tradable?

  • How much Class 3 water does SA Water own?      
                                       Is it Tradable?

  • What strategic plan do you have in place should the scenario arise again whereby action needs to
     be taken to ensure water supply for the environment, communities and irrigators from Lock 1 Blanchetown to the River Murray Mouth at the
     entrance to Lake Alexandrina.?

  • In times of low flow and when class 3 water restrictions are likely, why does the Minister  quarantine a second volume of 210gl of
    water in the one year for Critical Human Needs when the desalination plant could produce and guarantee nearly the same 220gl of water for Critical Human Needs if run in the current year and again in the following year?

  • What is the average 5-year consumptive use of River Murray Water in South Australia?

  • What is the quantity of water traded into and out of South Australia?

  • What is the volume of ‘Horded Water’ in South Australia?

  • What increase or decrease in consumptive use has there been over past 10 years post millennial drought?

 

This is a series of questions sent to Mr Tony Pasin, Member for Barker.

MDBA, Murray Bridge

  • What increase or decrease in consumptive use has there been over past 10 years post millennial drought?

  • Post Milllennial Drought have any changes to how the methology of inflows are measurement?

  • What is the volume of ‘Hoarded Water’ in states other than for South Australia?

  • What are the trigger points for not receiving South Australia’s entitlement of 1850 Gigalitres?

  • What are the formulae for when 1850 gigalitres is not received by South Australia?

 

The following questions were asked of Michelle Campbell, Commonwealth Environment Officer.

The Commonwealth holds a variety of entitlements across most of the catchments inthe Basin. The total volume of entitlement is 2,861 gigalitres

The response is from the Commonwealth Environmental Water holder. The answers have raised issues that require questions for the Sth. Aust. DEW