Murray-Darling Basin /
Psi Delta provides market price information on water entitlements in the Murray-Darling Basin for the Department of the Environment. This summary report includes the Volume Weighted Average Price (VWAP) and 25th and 75th percentile price for approved permanent water transfers in the Murray-Darling Basin for the September quarter 2014. These data are collected from publicly available water registers. Price data has also been collected from water trading exchanges. Exchange data show buyer bid and seller offer prices for High Security/ Reliability (HS/ HR), General Security (GS) and Low Reliability (LR) water entitlements. Further information about these prices, including data sources, is contained in the full market price report on the Department’s website.
Region/Entitlement / September quarter 2014 VWAP$/ML / September quarter 2014 25th and 75th percentile *
$/ML / Water exchange prices
$/ML
Buyer Bid / Seller Offer
Murrumbidgee HS / 2,076 / 1,990 / 2,200 / 2,150 – 2,200 / 2,250
Murrumbidgee GS / 957 / 863 / 1,000 / 950 – 1,000 / 1,000 – 1,050
NSW Murray HS / 1,839 / 1,700 / 1,825 / 1,950 / 2,000
NSW Murray GS / 873 / 850 / 900 / 875 – 980 / 1,000
Murray Irrigation Limited / 800 / 786 / 835 / 700 – 850 / 800
Macquarie GS / 1,050 / 1,050 / 1,050 / No price reported
Gwydir GS / 2,280 / 2,280 / 2,280 / No price reported
Namoi GS / No trade / No trade / No price reported
Lachlan GS / 399 / 380 / 425 / 350 – 380 / 450 – 518
Goulburn HR / 1,468 / 1,300 / 1,473 / 1,600 / 1,700 – 1,750
Goulburn LR / 199 / 150 / 210 / 220 / 250
Vic Murray below Barmah Choke HR / 1,492 / 1,400 / 1,520 / 1,750 / 1,800
Vic Murray below Barmah Choke LR / 223 / 198 / 250 / 230 / 250
Vic Murray above Barmah Choke HR / 1,324 / 1,275 / 1,441 / 1,250 – 1,300 / 1,450
Vic Murray above Barmah Choke LR / 191 / 166 / 215 / 190 / 200
Campaspe HR / 1,200 / 1,200 / 1,200 / No price reported
South Australian Murray Class 3A / 1,628 / 1,500 / 1,700 / 1,850 / 1,900
Qld Border Rivers supplemented / 1,727 / 1,362 / 1,669 / No price reported
Qld Border Rivers unsupplemented / 1,770 / 1,750 / 1,800 / No price reported
Qld Condamine-Balonne supplemented / 1,042 / 1,041 / 2,000 / No price reported
Qld Condamine-Balonne unsupplemented / 1,901 / 1,450 / 2,000 / No price reported
Loddon HR / 1,285 / 1,200 / 1,350 / No price reported
Lower Darling HS / 1,544 / 1,544 / 1,544 / No price reported
Note: * For systems where there are fewer than or equal to four transactions, the price range is reported instead of price quartiles. In the September quarter 2014, these systems are Murrumbidgee HS, Macquarie GS, Gwydir GS, Lachlan GS, Campaspe HR, Qld Border Rivers unsupplemented, Qld Condamine-Balonne supplemented, Qld Condamine-Balonne unsupplemented and Lower Darling HS.
Water exchange prices include allocation.
See full report for more detail.
Data in this report is collected from publicly available sources such as water registers and water exchanges. The data is indicative only and may be incomplete. Psi Delta accepts no responsibility for its accuracy or for any use of the data.