Division 2State Entitlements to Water

Division 2—State Entitlements to Water

Measurement of South Australia’s entitlement

72. (1) Water flowing in the River Murray past the eastern boundary of the State of South Australia shall be deemed to be supplied to and received by that State.

(2) The quantity of water so flowing in any month shall be deemed to be the sum of the quantities, as determined by the Commission by appropriate measurements, flowing in the same month in—

(i) the River Murray between the confluences of the Rufus and Lindsay Rivers with the River Murray, and

(ii) the Lindsay River near its confluence with the River Murray

or shall be determined in such other manner as the Commission may from time to time decide.

South Australia’s monthly entitlement

73. The State of South Australia shall be entitled to receive—

(a) at times other than a period of restriction, the following monthly quantities:

July................108,500 megalitres

August..............124,000 megalitres

September............135,000 megalitres

October..............170,500 megalitres

November............180,000 megalitres

December............217,000 megalitres

January..............217,000 megalitres

February.............194,000 megalitres

March...............186,000 megalitres

April................135,000 megalitres

May.................93,000 megalitres

June.................90,000 megalitres

(b) during a period of restriction, monthly quantities equal to the lesser of:—

(i) the monthly quantities to which the State of South Australia is entitled under clause 108, and

(ii) the monthly quantities set out in paragraph 73 (a) for the months occurring in that period.

Variation of South Australia’s entitlements

74. The Commission may from time to time, at the request of the Commissioner for South Australia, vary for a specified sequence of months any of the monthly quantities which that State is entitled to receive under clause 73 without increasing the total of those quantities for that sequence.

Use of Lake Victoria

75. If the Commission decides that the flow or prospective flow of the River Murray downstream of its junction with the Great Darling Anabranch is, or will be for any month in excess of the sum of—

(a) the quantities which the State of South Australia is entitled to receive in that month under clause 73 or 74;