2024 Strategic Purchase of Water Rights
in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin

The Australian Government, through the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water, is inviting eligible water rights owners in the Queensland Condamine Balonne and New South Wales Border Rivers catchments to tender for the sale of their water rights. This strategic initiative aims to secure approximately 13.57 gigalitres (GL) of long-term diversion limit equivalence (LTDLE) to support the Sustainable Diversion Limits under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

Figure 1 - Selected catchments for 2024 Strategic Purchase of Water Rights in the Northern Murray-Darling Basin

This Approach to Market outlines the eligibility criteria, submission process, and key requirements for water rights holders. Successful tenders will contribute to the ongoing efforts to manage Australia’s water resources sustainably and meet critical environmental outcomes across the Basin.

Key details:

Water Purchase: 8.48 GL from Queensland Condamine Balonne and 5.09 GL from New South Wales Border Rivers.
Tender Deadline: 13 November 2024, 11:00 am AEDT.
Eligible Water Rights: Surface water rights, including supplemented and unsupplemented allocations, as well as rights within specified water supply schemes.

Waterfind’s EOI process will close at 5PM on Friday, 18 October 2024

To receive a more detailed summary or to submit an expression of interest (EOI), please contact Waterfind via the link below.