ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´

The ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ has released its sixteenth annual water monitoring report under the Water Act 2007. The report provides information on the state of the rural water sector in the Murray-Darling Basin for the 2024–25 financial year.

It covers:

• transformation and termination activity reported by off-river infrastructure operators
• changes in regulated water charges and location, network type and Basin state for both on and off-river infrastructure operators
• tradeable water rights activity for off-river infrastructure operators
• spending on water planning and management activities and revenue from WPM charges reported by Basin states
• compliance with the Water Charge Rules and Water Market Rules enforced by the ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´.

The ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ invites stakeholders to submit any comments, feedback, or questions on the report to the Water inbox: water@accc.gov.au.

Approach to preparing hypothetical bills

This guide accompanies the Murray-Darling Basin Rural Water Monitoring report 2024–25. It sets out the assumptions used for the calculation of hypothetical bills.

Approach to preparing hypothetical bills - July 2026 ( PDF 752.79 KB )

Supplementary spreadsheet

The supplementary spreadsheet includes the data for the charts and tables included in the Murray-Darling Basin Rural Water Monitoring report 2024–25. It also contains additional tables and charts for information which are not included in the Murray-Darling Basin Rural Water Monitoring report 2024–25.

ÌÇÐÄÔ­´´ Murray-Darling Basin rural water monitoring report 2024-25 - Supplementary spreadsheet ( XLSX 319.42 KB )