1.
Use:
Domestic and stock
Method of take:
Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline, groundwater bore or take from a waterway. In the Wimmera-Mallee, the water user typically takes water from the pipeline and stores it in tank(s)
Right or entitlement:
- Supply by agreement (between water user and water corporation) to take from the pipeline.
- Statutory right – section 8 of the Victorian Water Act for domestic and stock purposes.
2.
Use:
Traditional Owner
Method of take:
Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline, groundwater bore or instream release
Right or entitlement:
- Statutory right – section 8A of the Act for Traditional Owner groups to use water for traditional purposes, where there is an agreement.
3.
Use:
Environmental
Method of take:
Wimmera-Mallee in-stream release, and Wimmera-Mallee pipeline to wetlands
Right or entitlement:
- Environmental entitlement – environmental outcomes are actively managed with held environmental water under an environmental entitlement and minimum passing flows delivered under bulk entitlements.
4.
Use:
Any
Method of take:
Rain collected from roofs
Right or entitlement:
- Exempted from entitlement regime. People or businesses may collect and store water that falls on their roof without seeking authorisation to collect, store and use that water.
5.
Use:
Any
Method of take:
Interception by a farm dam or ‘runoff dam’. People or businesses may collect water running over their land and store the water
Right or entitlement:
- Statutory right – right to take and use water under section 8 of the Victorian Water Act for domestic and stock purposes.
- A take and use licence issued under section 51 of the Act is required for all other uses.
6.
Use:
Irrigation or commercial
Method of take:
Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline, interception by farm dams or pump from a waterway
Right or entitlement:
- Take and use licence issued under section 51 of the Act and supply by agreement. This can be from surface water.
7.
Use:
Any
Method of take:
Groundwater extraction. People or businesses may construct a bore (subject to authorisation under a works licence) to pump groundwater
Right or entitlement:
- Statutory right – right to water under section 8 of the Act for domestic and stock use.
- Take and use licence issued under section 51 of the Act for all other uses.
8.
Use:
Commercial Plantation
Method of take:
Interception
Right or entitlement:
- Currently outside the entitlement framework.
9.
Use:
Regulating flows
Method of take:
Harvesting inflows and managing losses
Right or entitlement:
- Storage and system losses are effectively shared between the entitlement holders as they are deducted before allocations are made. Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water (GWMWater) holds a bulk entitlement for losses associated with operating the Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline.
10.
Use:
Recreational
Method of take:
Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline for nominated recreational lakes
Right or entitlement:
- GWMWater holds a bulk entitlement for delivery to nominated lakes via the Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline.
Method of take:
Headworks storages and waterways
Right or entitlement:
- No specific entitlement for shared benefits.
11.
Use:
Town water supply
Method of take:
Wimmera-Mallee Pipeline or pump from a waterway
Right or entitlement:
- Bulk entitlement held by water corporation (no right or entitlement required by individual households).