Make the most of unused water

Apr 17, 2025

G-MW customers entering the last weeks of the irrigation season with unused water have different options they can explore.

With the 2024-25 irrigation season coming to an end soon, Goulburn-Murray Water is encouraging customers to utilise any unused water they have.

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The irrigation season closes on May 15, and the final day people can place orders is May 10.

G-MW water delivery services general manager Warren Blyth said customers entering the last weeks of the irrigation season with unused water had different options they could explore.

“Even after a busy irrigation season like this one, there are still invariably irrigators who end the season with unused water in their accounts,” Mr Blyth said.

“We are eager to ensure our customers make the most of any allocation they have left.

“If customers aren’t planning to use their allocation before the end of the irrigation season, they have the option of selling this allocation, or — depending on the region they are in — carrying over their allocation.”

Carrying over water allows customers to keep some or all of their unused allocation for the next irrigation season.

Customers with water shares in the Broken, Bullarook, Campaspe, Goulburn, Loddon and Murray systems can all carryover unused allocation, however, the rules between these systems vary.

Customers can sell unused allocation regardless of the system they are in and can either find a buyer themselves or use a broker to do so.

The sale of unused water allocation must be completed by 12pm on June 30.

The Victorian Water Register’s carryover calculator is a helpful tool to understand how carryover rules work in northern Victoria and explore how carryover, spills and seasonal determinations affect the amount of water available against customers’ entitlements in different scenarios.

The calculator can be found on the Victorian Water Register website at: https://www.waterregister.vic.gov.au/

For further details on carryover and the rules that apply to different systems, go to: https://www.gmwater.com.au/endofseason

Water entitlement holders on the Campaspe, Goulburn and Murray systems can opt to relinquish water that they do not wish to carryover. Further details on relinquishing water are available at: https://www.gmwater.com.au/relinquishing-allocation

For more information on options for unused water, phone GMW’s Customer Experience Team on 1800 013 357.