ATM_2025_3992: 2025 Strategic purchase of groundwater rights to bridge the gap in the northern Murray-Darling Basin

Description

An invitation to Tenderers who hold eligible groundwater rights in the Queensland (Qld) Condamine-Balonne catchment to submit a tender, for the sale of those water rights (either whole or in part), to the Australian Government.The Australian Government (represented by the Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (Department)) is seeking to purchase up to 3.2 GL/y (long-term diversion limit equivalence; LTDLE) of groundwater comprising:• 0.25 GL/y from the Qld Upper Condamine Alluvium (Central Condamine Alluvium); and• 2.95 GL/y from the Qld Upper Condamine Alluvium (Tributaries).Water rights that are purchased will help to meet the Sustainable Diversion Limits in the northern Murray-Darling Basin as part of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan 2012.