The 2008/09 water year was another extremely difficult for Victorian irrigators. Many people made use of the water market to buy or sell water to meet their farm or business needs during prolonged extreme drought.
Water trade in Victoria 2008/09 provides Water Register data on trade and comments on trends in trades of allocation and water shares.
Water trade in Victoria 2008/09 (PDF - 718 Kb)
Water trade in Victoria 2007/08 provides Water Register data on trade in northern Victoria during 2007/08.
Water trade in northern Victoria 2007/08 (PDF - 186 Kb)
The report Water Trading in Northern Victoria 1991/92 – 2005/06 (DSE 2008) draws together data to describe activity in Victoria’s water market over a 15-year period since trade was enabled.
Water Trading in Northern Victoria 1991-92 - 2005-06 (PDF - 1,553 Kb)
WTNV Table of contents; Appendix A & B (PDF - 511 Kb)
WTNV Appendix C (PDF - 1,782 Kb)
WTNV Appendix D & E (PDF - 137 Kb)
The Value of Water: a guide to water trading in Victoria was published in 2001. It explains how water trading developed since its origins, the benefits and hazards, the influences and participants, and the reasons behind various rules. It covers special situations like trade between States.
The Value of Water, Table of contents & Part 1 (PDF - 2,880 Kb)
The Value of Water, Part 2 (PDF - 1,430 Kb)
The Value of Water, Part 3 (PDF - 1,791 Kb)
The Value of Water, Part 4 (PDF - 1,215 Kb)
The Value of Water, Part 5 (PDF - 1,827 Kb)