Client: Murray Dairy DG Consulting prepared a concise, plain language booklet providing an explanation of water entitlements and trading processes as a reference for use by dairy farmers in northern Victoria and Southern NSW. The project included summary descriptions of the key water access entitlement frameworks in NSW and Victoria, the sources of water used [...]

Client: Goulburn-Murray Water DG Consulting undertook this project for Goulburn-Murray Water. The project involved a review of the Waterbank entitlement purchase and lease back scheme and the Water Entitlements Sale scheme being operated by Murray Irrigation Limited, together with an analysis of the applicability of such scheme to G-0MW and its customers. The project required [...]

Client: Victorian DPI This project was undertaken in partnership with Frontier Economics. It explored the potential options and benefits of co-ordination and targeting strategies for infrastructure renewal and water entitlement buy-back schemes, with the aim of maximising the combined benefits of these two policy approaches. Major irrigation renewal projects such as the Northern Victoria Irrigation [...]

Client: North Central Catchment Management Authority The Gunbower Forest is one of The Living Murray icon sites. North Central CMA had undertaken a range of technical studies to identify options for delivery of environmental water requirements to this important wetland. Independent works to supply the forest watering needs were potentially feasible, but involved significant capital [...]

Client: Department of Sustainability and Environment The cost of purchasing or creating environmental water entitlements is significant, and has been the focus of much attention. One aspect of the management of environmental entitlements that has received only limited attention is the ongoing costs associated with management and delivery of environmental water allocations. This project, undertaken [...]

Client: Bureau Of Meteorology Denis Flett now of DG Consulting led the project that produced the Stocktake and Analysis of Australia’s Water Accounting Practice, which set the framework for the development of water accounting in Australia. He has been involved in the National Water Accounting Development project since its inception, and is currently a member [...]

Client: Bureau of Meteorology Through the NWI, governments across Australia have committed to improve the accounting for water as part of moves to improve the management of this critical resource. The Commonwealth Water Act 2007 allocated responsibility for producing a National Water Account to the Bureau of Meteorology. The Bureau has undertaken a range of [...]

Client: Murray-Darling Basin Commission In the late 1990s, growing concerns from downstream landholders over the operation of Hume and Dartmouth Dams led the MDBC to establish an independent review of the operation of these dams. DG Consulting’s Garry Smith (who was at that time working for Goulburn-Murray Water) was appointed as the Victorian representative on [...]

Client: Northern Victorian Irrigation Renewal Project (NVIRP) In order to meet the environmental approval conditions established for the renewal of the northern Victorian irrigation system, NVIRP was required to establish an Expert Review Panel. This panel is required to assess the adequacy of the Water Change Management Framework and associated documents including Environmental Watering Plans [...]

Client: Department of Sustainability and Environment The Western Region Sustainable Water Strategy is being developed to provide a framework for the future management of water resources in western Victoria. The region is facing finite or declining water resources together with increased demand for water. Trade is a measure that can help with reallocation of water [...]