1. Introduction This June 2015 quarter water entitlement1 market prices report was prepared by Marsden Jacob Associates (Marsden Jacob) for the Australian Government Department of the Environment. The report includes:  Southern MDB market activity and price information by region and entitlement type (Section 2); and  Northern MDB market activity and price information by region and entitlement type (Section 3);  Catchment and water sources list (Appendix 1). Region, entitlements and key statistics The entitlement price report is broadly split into southern and northern Murray-Darling Basin (MDB), as detailed in Table 1. Interactive maps showing the location of these trading regions are available on the Murray-Darling Basin Authority’s website2. The water sources included in each of the regions are listed in Appendix 1. Table 1: Regions and entitlement types Southern MDB Northern MDB Region Entitlement Type Region Entitlement Type SA Murray Class 3a Macquarie General Security VIC Murray above Barmah Choke High Reliability Namoi General Security VIC Murray above Barmah Choke Low Reliability Gwydir General Security Vic Murray below Barmah Choke High Reliability NSW Border Rivers General Security Vic Murray below Barmah Choke Low Reliability Barwon Darling Unregulated Goulburn High Reliability Lachlan General Security Goulburn Low Reliability Condamine Balonne (St George) Supplemented Campaspe High Reliability Condamine Balonne (Upper Condamine and Lower Balonne) Unsupplemented Campaspe Low Reliability Upper Condamine Alluvium Groundwater (1, 2, 3 and 4) Groundwater (Sub Areas 1, 2, 3 and 4) Loddon High Reliability QLD Border Rivers Supplemented NSW Murray General Security QLD Border Rivers Unsupplemented NSW Murray High Security Lower Balonne Overland Flow NSW Murray Irrigation Limited General Security Murrumbidgee General Security 1 Water access entitlement is a perpetual or ongoing entitlement to exclusive access to a share of water from a specified consumptive pool as defined in the relevant water plan, Source: Schedule B(ii), Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative (NWI) 2
2.6 Goulburn: High Reliability Figure 13: Entitlement market prices and volumes Table 7: Entitlement market prices and volumes Volume weighted average price ($/ML) Month of June 2015 June 2015 Quarter YTD June 2015 Quarter Volume (ML) June 2015 Market Spot Quarter # of trades Price ($/ML) June 2015 Quarter (in $/ML) 25th 75th percentile percentile Median Mean Mode 1,698 1,673 1,591 1,400 1,850 1,750 1,658 1,400 18,071 254 1,700 – 2,400 Figure 14: Entitlement market price range by volume Note: Some trades which are outside two standard deviations of the average price of water entitlements have been included for this region. Data Sources: VIC Water Register (waterregister.vic.gov.au/water-trading/water-share-trading), National Water Exchange (www.waterexchange.com.au), Waterfind
3.5 Barwon Darling: Unregulated Figure 38: Entitlement market prices and volumes Table 22: Entitlement market prices and volumes Volume weighted average price ($/ML) Month of June 2015 June 2015 Quarter YTD June 2015 Quarter Volume (ML) June 2015 Market Spot Quarter # of trades Price ($/ML) June 2015 Quarter (in $/ML) 25th 75th percentile percentile Median Mean Mode - 1,000 985 - - - - - 500 1 No listings Data Sources: NSW Water RegisterWaterfind (www.waterfind.com.au)