Annual Permitted Water Take for the Border Rivers Region

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water provides modelled data for Annual Permitted Take (APT) in the Border Rivers region. APT is the maximum annual water volume allowed for consumptive use, enforced since July 2019 to ensure compliance with the Murray-Darling Basin Plan's Sustainable Diversion Limits. The data is modelled based on estimates of crop areas, water user patterns, and storage operations over the historical reference period from 1895 to 2009.

Use Cases

• Track compliance with Sustainable Diversion Limits based on the cumulative difference between permitted and actual take.
• Model annual water availability for consumptive use based on climatic conditions and water availability.
• Analyze the impact of irrigation and storage operations on permitted water take volumes.
• Support water resource planning by comparing modelled APT against actual water usage patterns.

Strengths

• Enforced policy mechanism with a clear start date of July 2019.
• Modelled using a defined historical reference period from 1895 to 2009.
• Includes estimates for key factors like irrigated crop area and storage operations.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au.

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Collection Method

Modelled data calculated using methods from Water Resource Plans developed under the Commonwealth Water Act 2007.

Time Range

Reference period 1895–2009; enforcement from July 2019.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-12 19:48:01.540955; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Border Rivers region within the Murray-Darling Basin.