Belsar-Yungera Floodplain Management Project Victoria Installation of pumps and regulators to provide sustained floodplain inundation under low and average flow conditions. SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 12 January 2015. $55.63 million Currently unknown Burra Creek Floodplain Management Proposal Victoria Construction of levees in Burra North and South and two regulators in Burra North to retain water on the floodplain and improve environmental outcomes. SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 12 January 2015. $12.14 million Currently unknown Gunbower Forest TLM Project Victoria 'The Living Murray' (TLM) project. SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Agreed to proceed to confirmation on 19 February 2016. Nil. Funding has been provided through the TLM program of agreed works. Potentially greater than 20 GL/year Gunbower National Park Floodplain Management Project Victoria Construction of 50m channel for water delivery from Torrumbarry weir to the forest to water floodplain in upper Gunbower National Park at regulated river levels. Includes and offtake regulator with vertical slot fishway and turtle ramp to control releases; a road crossing, drainage works at Baggot Creek and levee improvements to remove artificial flow barriers SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 12 January 2015. $14.13 million Potentially greater than 20 GL/year Guttrum and Benwell State Forests Floodplain Environmental Works Project Victoria Construction of works and minor channel works to improve duration of floodplain inundation. SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 12 January 2015. $28.45 million Currently unknown Hattah Lakes North Floodplain Management Project Victoria Construction works designed to capitalise on existing 'The Living Murray' works, comprising additional physical infrastructure works at key locations on the floodplain designed to provide enhance inundation extent. SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 12 January 2015. $8.81 million Currently unknown
Hattah Lakes Environmental Flows TLM Project Victoria The Living Murray (TLM) project. SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Agreed to proceed to confirmation on 19 February 2016. Nil. Funding has been provided through the TLM program of agreed works. Potentially greater than 20 GL/year Lindsay Island (Stage 1) Upper Lindsay watercourse Enhancement TLM Project Victoria The Living Murray (TLM) project, currently under construction. SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Agreed to proceed to confirmation on 19 February 2016. Nil. Funding has been provided through the TLM program of agreed works. Currently unknown Lindsay Island (Stage 2) Floodplain Management Project Victoria Construction of a regulator across Lindsay River at Berribee Homestead and associated works at 6 sites (small regulators, access crossings, levee banks) to inundate mid and upper reaches of Lindsay Island floodplain at regulated river level. SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 12 January 2015. $72.83 million Potentially greater than 20 GL/year Mulcra Island Environmental Flows TLM Project Victoria The Living Murray (TLM) project, currently under construction SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Agreed to proceed to confirmation on 19 February 2016. Nil. Funding has been provided through the TLM program of agreed works. Currently unknown Nyah Floodplain Management Project Victoria Installation of pumps, levees, culverts and regulating structures to improve floodplain inundation. SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 12 January 2015. $10.94 million Currently unknown Vinifera Floodplain Management Project Victoria Installation of a pump, levee, flood runner cut-off, culverts and regulating structures to improve floodplain inundation. SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 12 January 2015. $9.12 million Currently unknown Wallpolla Island Floodplain Management Project Victoria Construction of integrated works including a regulator on Wallpolla Creek, weirs, levees, access crossings and alteration of river heights to improve inundation of Wallpolla floodplain and provide an increase in flowing habitat. SS2 Victorian Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 12 January 2015. $59.52 million Potentially greater than 20 GL/year
Barmah-Millewa Forest Environmental Water Allocation Victoria /New South Wales Potential rule change option: Vary the rules associated with the water set aside by Victoria and NSW in an environmental account (BMFEWA) to water the Barmah-Millewa Forest proposed to allow the use of other environmental entitlements to target the environmental requirements specified in the Basin Plan. SS2 Victorian Murray, and SS14 New South Wales Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 1 April 2015. Nil Currently unknown Flexible Rates of Fall in River Levels Downstream of Hume Dam Victoria / New South Wales Potential rule change option: Allow Hume releases to be reduced more quickly when flows have not been elevated for an extended period beforehand, with the water saved released at a different point in time or in a different flow pattern that would provide additional environmental benefits. SS2 Victorian Murray, and SS14 New South Wales Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 10 June 2015. Nil Currently unknown Hume Dam airspace management and rules Victoria / New South Wales Potential rule change options: Pre-releases executed to better contribute to meeting flow targets at Barmah-Millewa Forest. Translucent operations that ‘pass through’ inflows from the dam when managing airspace target levels. This type of operations would provide more natural variability of flows below Hume Dam and help meet environmental flow targets at Barmah-Millewa Forest. SS2 Victorian Murray, and SS14 New South Wales Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 1 April 2015. Nil Currently unknown Computer Aided River Management (CARM) Murrumbidgee New South Wales CARM is a series of operational tools to better process river data such as flows, extractions and releases and to forecast flows and weather related flow trends. SS2 Victorian Murray, SS11 South Australian Murray, SS14 NSW Murray, and SS15 Murrumbidgee Supply measure Business case submitted 14 October 2015. Nil – already funded by Water for Rivers. Potentially more than 20 GL/year release
Improved Flow Management Works at the Murrumbidgee River - Yanco Creek Offtake New South Wales Increase weir pool capacity and operational control of Yanco regulator and weir pool to the benefit of the environment providing a potential SDL adjustment SS15 Murrumbidgee Supply measure Business case submitted 12 August 2015. $50.5 million Potentially more than 10 - 15 GL/year Modernising Supply Systems for Effluent Creeks – Murrumbidgee River New South Wales These systems are not efficient carriers and efficiency works could improve delivery. Potential water savings arise from piping of licensed domestic and stock supply. SS14 NSW Murray SS15 Murrumbidgee (potentially all valleys) Supply measure Business case submitted 20 November 2015. $35.07 million Potentially more than 20 GL/year Nimmie Caira Infrastructure Modifications Proposal New South Wales Reconfigure water delivery infrastructure to more effectively deliver environmental flows to the floodplain and other parts of the Lowbidgee, and deliver flows through the floodplain back to the Murrumbidgee River. SS15 Murrumbidgee Supply measure Business case submitted 12 August 2015. $9.25-9.75 million Potentially 20 - 50 GL/year SDL offsets in the Lower Murray NSW New South Wales An integrated package of works, (including Locks 8 and 9 weir pool manipulation Carrs, Capitts and Bunberoo Creeks connectivity, Frenchmans Creek fish passage) to restore and enhance river habitat in the Lower Murray region of New South Wales. SS14 NSW Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 12 August 2015. $28.6 million Potentially less than 5 GL/year 2011 Snowy Water Licence Schedule 4 Amendments to River Murray Increased Flows Call Out Provisions New South Wales Amendment to Snowy Hydro licence in 2011 allow the water recovered by the Murray River Increased Flows to be held and called out. Previously the of the water was at the discretion of Snowy Hydro and was generally at times suited to Snowy Hydro’s commercial outcomes. This water can now be called out to meet environmental outcomes. SS2 Victorian Murray, SS11 South Australian Murray, and SS14 NSW Murray Supply measure Business case submitted 20 November 2015. Nil Potentially more than 20 GL/year
Structural and operational changes at Menindee Lakes New South Wales NSW is undertaking extensive consideration of options, with detailed analysis being carried out by NSW on a water savings proposal. This involves exploring: a solution for Broken Hill's long-term water security; rule variations for the change point of shared control of the Lakes; and changed management arrangements for the lakes and increasing release rates to improve water efficiency of the Lakes system. SS2 Victorian Murray SS11 South Australian Murray SS14 NSW Murray SS 18 Lower Darling Supply measure Agreed to proceed to business case development 10 December 2015. Up to $156m is available from SRWUIP. Potentially 50 - 80 GL/year TLM environmental works and measures - Koondrook-Perricoota Forest Flood Enhancement proposal New South Wales The Living Murray (TLM) project. SS14 New South Wales Murray Supply measure Agreed to proceed to confirmation on 19 February 2016. Nil. Funding has been provided through the TLM program of agreed works. Currently unknown Murray and Murrumbidgee Valley National Parks SDL Adjustment Supply Measure New South Wales A suite of works aimed at delivering a more appropriate watering regime to core wetland communities within these national parks. SS14 NSW Murray SS15 Murrumbidgee Supply measure Business case submitted 20 November 2015. $31.29 million Potentially more than 20 GL/year Goulburn key focus area Victoria Investigation of opportunities to address physical and policy constraints to the delivery of higher regulated flows (up to 40,000 ML/day at Shepparton). Investigations will include the potential effects of higher flows on third parties and mitigation options to address negative impacts (including easements and/or infrastructure) to allow the delivery of these flows (to support improved river and wetland health outcomes). n/a Constraint measure Agreed to proceed to business case development 17 October 2014. Estimated by MDBA $30- $46 million (assuming levee upgrades) Not applicable Gwydir key focus area New South Wales Exploring options to allow greater ability to deliver environmental water to wetlands on the Gingham watercourse, lower Gwydir River and Mallowa watercourse. n/a Constraint measure Agreed to proceed to business case development 17 October 2014. Uncertain at this stage of development Not applicable