Storage Manager

The Minister for Water has appointed storage managers under section 122ZK of the Water Act 1989 for large, regulated water systems which supply multiple bulk/environmental entitlement holders.

The functions of storage managers are specified in section 122ZL of the Water Act 1989. Obligations (which specify what storage managers are required to do) are conferred on storage managers by the relevant bulk/environmental entitlements in the water system. Obligations may differ between water supply systems to allow for the flexibility required in managing different systems.

Generally, storage managers manage and control water resources in water systems. General responsibilities include:

• Managing releases for entitlement holders;
• Making passing flow releases;
• Accounting for inflows and water stored in the system; and
• Making decisions around transferring water between multiple reservoirs in a system.

In some non-declared systems, where there is no section 64GA (seasonal determination) appointment, storage managers make seasonal allocations to entitlement holders.

Storage manager instruments of appointment

Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water (GWMW)

PDF: Storage Manager – GWMW for the Willaura Headworks System (286 kb)
PDF: Storage Manager – GWMW for the Wimmera Mallee System Headworks (358 kb)

Goulburn-Murray Water (GMW)

PDF: Storage Manager – GMW for the Broken System (158 kb)
PDF: Storage Manager – GMW for the Ovens System (158 kb)
PDF: Storage Manager – GMW for the Bullarook System (260 kb)
PDF: Storage Manager – GMW for the Goulburn System (245 kb)
PDF: Storage Manager – GMW for the Campaspe System (177 kb)
PDF: Storage Manager – GMW for the Loddon System (159 kb)

Melbourne Water (MW)

PDF: Storage Manager – MW for the Melbourne Headworks System (3.6 MB)

Southern Rural Water (SRW)

PDF: Storage Manager – SRW for the Latrobe System (245 kb)
PDF: Storage Manager – SRW for the Macalister System (244 kb)
PDF: Storage Manager – SRW for the Maribyrnong System (151 kb)
PDF: Storage Manager – SRW for the Werribee System (156 kb)

Resource Manager

The Minister for Water appoints Resource Managers under section 43A(1)(b) of the Water Act 1989. The Water Act 1989 does not specify any functions for a Resource Manager, so this role is defined by the obligations conferred on a Resource Manager by the bulk entitlements relevant to the appointment. There is currently only one active Resource Manager appointment—Goulburn-Murray Water's appointment for the River Murray Bulk Entitlements.

Resource Manager instruments of appointment

Goulburn Murray Water (GMW)

PDF: Resource Manager – GMW for the River Murray Bulk Entitlements (258 kb)

Seasonal determinations

The Water Act 1989 allows the Minister for Water to appoint an authority to be responsible for making seasonal determinations in respect of declared water systems under section 64GA. The appointed water corporation is required to determine and publicly announce the water that is available in that system for each entitlement type.

Seasonal determinations instruments of appointment

Goulburn-Murray Water’s (GMW) appointment includes the Broken, Bullarook, Goulburn, Loddon, Campaspe, Murray and Ovens declared water systems.

PDF: Appointment GMW Seasonal determinations (116 kb)

Southern Rural Water’s (SRW) appointment includes the Thomson/Macalister and Werribee declared water systems.

PDF: Appointment SRW Seasonal determinations (120 kb)