Sentences with phrase «water entitlements»

Environmental water can only be delivered if there is water available, the same as other water entitlement holders.

Webster acquired 220,000 hectares of farmland and 150,000 megalitres of water entitlements from southern Queensland to the NSW Riverina in short period of time in 2015 and has been looking to expand.

Record rainfall and growing concern over the politics of the Murray Darling Basin have not been enough to dent the values and demand for water entitlements in Australia's booming farming regions such as the Murrumbidgee.

Carryover is provided for in regulated parts of the Murray - Darling Basin and allows water entitlement holders to hold water in storages so that it is available in subsequent years.

The report is a joint collaboration of the state and Commonwealth agencies that hold and manage water entitlements for environmental benefit within the Basin.

Approximately 13,000 ML of environmental water entitlements from the Barwon River near Collarenebri and the Darling River entitlements at Toorale remained in - stream and contributed to protecting and restoring ecosystem functions and aquatic habitats in the Barwon - Darling River system by supporting:

The Commonwealth owns water entitlements in the Murray - Darling Basin (the Basin), and receives water allocations against them, in the same way that other entitlement holders do.

About 440 hectares of Kaladbro have been developed to a combination of centre pivot and flood irrigation, and the property features a 7471 megalitre Ground Water Entitlement.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder is able to use three water management tools to make best use of water according to conditions, just like other water entitlement holders.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder is selling a small portion of its annual allocations; it is not selling permanent water entitlements.

A small number of global investors in the closed end five - year fund have been looking to sell out their stakes in Eastern Australia, which owns and operates one of the largest irrigated parcels of land in southern Queensland and one of the largest water entitlements in the country.

While in August, the founder of the $ 870 million Duxton Asset Management, Ed Peter, also launched a $ 99 million raising for a new water entitlements fund to be listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and position itself to expand across the Murray Darling Basin.

The Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder's substantial water entitlements and allocations have been acquired through the Australian Government's investment in water - saving infrastructure and water buybacks throughout the irrigation districts of the Murray - Darling Basin, as part of national water reforms (as per the Water Act 2007 and the Murray - Darling Basin Plan).

The Commonwealth environmental water holdings operate under the same carryover rules as equivalent water accounts managed by consumptive water entitlement holders.

This water becomes part of Commonwealth's environmental water holdings, which as at 30 April 2013 had reached over 1,500 gigalitres (billion litres) of registered water entitlements.

Carryover therefore provides water entitlement holders with greater flexibility to manage their own water availability across years.

The Commonwealth environmental water portfolio is large and complex with 80 water entitlement types across 17 Basin Plan regions.

But finding it requires rethinking water entitlements, and more flexibility than existing laws allow.

Carryover is provided for in regulated parts of the Murray - Darling Basin (the Basin) and allows water entitlement holders to hold water in storages so that it is available in subsequent years.

The Commonwealth owns water entitlements, and receives water allocations against them, in the same way that other entitlement holders do.

«The Murrumbidgee Valley within the Southern Riverina has become a huge draw for institutional and corporate investment and I think that is because investors are drawn to the scale of the region and access to both surface and ground water entitlements.»

The Commonwealth environmental water holdings are a set of water entitlements and associated allocations.

Water entitlements are used by environmental water managers to improve water quality, increase native fish and bird populations and promote the growth of native vegetation, among other benefits.

The Commonwealth environmental water holdings comprise of a portfolio of assets (water entitlements) and the accumulated annual yield of water (allocations) against those entitlements.

The rules associated with the water entitlements and allocations are set by States and apply to all entitlement holders including the Commonwealth.

The rules associated with the water entitlements and allocations are set by the Basin States and apply to all entitlement holders.

State water management legislation sets out the rules that apply to all water entitlements, including those that form part of the Commonwealth environmental water holdings.

Over the longer term it is expected that the percentage of Commonwealth environmental water that is carried over will be similar to other water entitlement holders - although like all water entitlement holders it will vary from year to year.

The Commonwealth can carry over water in the same way as occurred when the water entitlements were managed for agricultural use.

Farmers in the Sacramento - San Joaquin River Delta recently volunteered to cut their water entitlement by 25 percent this year, with the understanding that the state government won't ask for further reductions beyond that amount.

Ozzie farmland looks v cheap vs. the rest of the developed world, but unfortunately reflects its poor utility (in terms of the nutrition & irrigation required — explaining the importance of water entitlements).

«water entitlements that are legally and beneficially owned by the Indigenous Nations of a sufficient and adequate quantity and quality to improve the spiritual, cultural, environment, social and economic conditions of those Indigenous Nations».

The Indigenous Nations of the Murray - Darling Basin define cultural flows as «water entitlements that are legally and beneficially owned by the Indigenous Nations of a sufficient and adequate quantity and quality to improve the spiritual, cultural, environment, social and economic conditions of those Indigenous Nations.»