Tuesday 30 April 2019

March quarter invoices • Orders must be placed before 6.30am Invoices for the March 2019 quarter have Wednesday 1 May (tomorrow) to Announced allocation been applied to customer accounts. guarantee supply until system closure Class C General Security ..... ……...…. 0% Invoices are being sent today. The balance • All deliveries after Wednesday 8 Water resource distribution …………... 10% (issued against Delivery Entitlements) brought forward on your invoice will show May will be opportunistic only; Murray your Water Entitlement rebate and Irrigation cannot guarantee supply Sustainability Product. Payments are due after Wednesday 8 May Water availability and deliveries 5.00pm 31 May 2019. Please contact • With the cut-off date in mind, all on- (30/04/19) YTD deliveries ...... 484 GL Finance through Customer Support on farm dams should be filled to Weekly deliveries ...... 8,111 ML 1300 138 265 for assistance. accommodate stock and domestic requirements. Weekly crop usage .. summer crops (51%) On-farm balance ...... 61,101 ML The customer portal is changing! WE in customer accounts ...... 831 WE The customer portal is changing to better New Entitlements Contract Vol. % remaining...... 7% serve customer needs and reflect Murray As part of a Board objective to strengthen Irrigation’s modernisation journey. Features Murray Irrigation’s governance Channel flows today to be updated or added include: arrangements, the company is conducting Offtake ...... 257 ML a full review of its contracts, policies and Offtake ...... 969 ML - Stronger passwords for increased procedures. As part of that review, Billabong Escape ...... 0 ML security opportunities to improve the Entitlements Edward River Escape ...... 257 ML - Look and feel of the site Contract (version 19) and Transfer Rules Perricoota Escape ...... 0 ML Wakool River Escape ...... 0 ML - Increased functionality including Policy have been identified. Updated the ability to search and download versions of both documents have been invoices mailed to customers. Water trade data - Ability to pay online Net trade week...... 1,224 ML Net trade YTD ...... 74,209 ML The amended documents provide a suite Talking Water will describe a new function of improved conditions which directly and what to expect each week. Stay tuned! benefit customers. Marked-up versions, Water exchange data showing all amendments made, and a (24/04/19 – 29/04/19) Internal listings (No. & ML) ... 36; 1,621 ML End of season system closure summary of changes are available on our website here. For more information, External listings (No. & ML) ...... 3; 300 ML Mulwala Canal and Wakool Canal offtakes Int. purchasers (No. & ML).... 32; 1,087 ML contact Customer Support on 1300 138 will close at 8.00am on Wednesday 8 May Ext purchasers (No. & ML) ...... 6; 506 ML 265. to commence major off-season works. The major off-season works will be the last in Water for sale (30/04/2019) ...... 2,928 ML the PIIOP program which has seen the Closure dates for trade Weighted average sale price ...... $613.14 largest major infrastructure upgrade ever Below are key dates for the closure of Price range ...... $597 - $700 for Murray Irrigation. internal and external annual trade for the Buy offer range ...... $550 - $315 2018/19 season: Key dates Rainfall and evaporation Wednesday 1 May 2019 – 6.30am • 5.00pm Monday 17 June – closure of 23/04/19 – 29/04/19 ...... Rain ...... Evap Deadline for orders if they are to be Water Exchange Finley ...... 0.0mm .... 23.6mm guaranteed. • 5.00pm Thursday 20 June – closure Tullakool ...... 0.0mm .... 24.9mm of external transfers to/from Murray Wednesday 8 May 2019 Irrigation Storages Mulwala Canal and Wakool Canal offtakes • 11.59pm Sunday 23 June – closure 8.30am today (mdba.gov.au) will close. Major lateral offtakes closed. of internal annual transfers and access Dartmouth……………...2,443 GL….…63 % Accredited escapes opened at maximum to water accounts through the Hume…………………...... 406 GL…….15 % Lake Victoria……………..168 GL…….25 % rates allowed by WaterNSW. Water customer portal • 9.00am Monday 1 July – reopening of Menindee Lakes ……….....17 GL…...... 1 % remaining in the Wakool system will be Total Storage…..……....3,034 GL.…...33 % available as off allocation to Wakool Water Exchange and customer water customers only. accounts. Rivers 8.30am today (mdba.gov.au) Wednesday 24 July 2019 Latest River Reach out now Murray @ Doctors Point ...... 6,554 ML/d Mulwala Canal and Wakool Canal offtakes The MDBA’s newest bi-monthly newsletter, Murray d/s Yarra. Weir...... 6,593 ML/d opened to commence filling system. River Reach, details recent developments Goulburn @ McCoy Bridge ...... 960 ML/d around the Basin and explains complex M’Bidgee d/s ...... 194 ML/d For more details on system closure, contact water concepts. To read the latest Darling @ Burtundy…………...... 1 ML/d Customer Support on 1300 138 265. instalment of River Reach, click here. Flow to SA ...... 5,173 ML/d Murray to the sea ...... 12 gates open Crucial actions before system close Return flows – what are they? This information is provided for general reference purposes • If you completed the Autumn Irrigation After water is used, some of it can return only. Murray Irrigation takes best endeavours to ensure accuracy. It is collated at 8.00am Tuesdays and is subject Intentions Survey, confirm this back to the river system – this water is to change. information by placing an order as known as a ‘return flow’. The MDBA have early as possible. It will help finalise released a small clip explaining what return delivery schedules and drainage plans flows are. View the video here.

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