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Please note: all PCV orders made prior to July 2024 were revoked, this enabled the consolidation of all previous Orders and amendment Orders into one PCV Order for surface water and one for groundwater.
A copy of the revocation Orders can be found at Historical PCV Orders made by the Minister for Water.
Surface water PCV Orders
Permissible Consumptive Volume Surface Water Order 2024
Description: Consolidates all previous PCV surface water Orders and amendment Orders into one overarching PCV surface water Order.
Allows appropriate accounting for and broader application of section 51 take and use licences with the condition to return water taken back to the system.
Effective date: 25 July 2024
Victorian Government Gazette Reference: G 30 25 July 2024 pp 1487– 1490
PCV Order: Permissible Consumptive Volume Surface Water Order 2024
Groundwater PCV Orders
Consolidated PCV Groundwater Order
Description: This is a consolidated version of the PCV Groundwater Order 2024 (G30 25 July 2024) and subsequent amendments made under 22A(1) of the Water Act 1989 (the Act) as at 3 July 2025 (for details of the Order and subsequent amendment Orders see Appendix 1).
Copies of the groundwater PCV Order and amendment Order can be found below. This document has been created as a working record for staff of the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, and may also be a convenient record for water corporations and members of the public.
Consolidated PCV Groundwater Order 25 July 2024 to 3 July 2025: Permissible Consumptive Volume Groundwater Order as at 3 July 2025 (PDF, 245.0 KB)
Permissible Consumptive Volume Groundwater Order 2024
Description: Consolidates all previous PCV groundwater Orders and amendment Orders into one overarching PCV groundwater Order.
Allows appropriate accounting for and broader application of section 51 take and use licences with the condition to return water taken back to the system.
Corrects a legacy administrative error to allow existing groundwater licences to be reassigned against the correct water supply system to ensure accurate water reporting.
Effective date: 25 July 2024.
Victorian Government Gazette: G 30 25 July 2024 pp 1490–1499
PCV Order: Permissible Consumptive Volume Groundwater Order 2024 (PDF, 411.3 KB)
Permissible Consumptive Volume Groundwater Amendment Order 2025
Description:. The purpose of this Order is to amend the PCV Groundwater Order 2024 to provide for dewatering activities within the Moorabbin Groundwater Management Area associated with the Suburban Rail Loop infrastructure projects until 31 December 2031.
Effective date: 3 July 2025
Victorian Government Gazette: G27 3 July 2025 pp 44-45
PCV order: Permissible Consumptive Volume Groundwater Amendment Order 2025 (PDF, 169.8 KB)
Page last updated: 15/07/25