Announced Allocations

Customers are encouraged to obtain information about their available water balances (ML) by calling their Irrigation Team on 1300 737 928 or email [email protected].

Water trading

For information about permanent water allocation transfers, seasonal assignments, temporary trades, application forms, service standards and Customer Connect, visit our Water trading page. This page provides the full process and requirements for buying, selling or trading water allocations.

See the latest sale price for seasonal water assignments

Water supply contract

For information about water supply contract requirements, deemed contracts and water allocation transfers, view our Water supply contracts page.

Download a copy of the Lower Lockyer Valley deemed standard supply contract.

Atkinson Dam dead storage

Atkinson Dam was constructed to supply water for irrigation in the Lower Lockyer. The full supply volume of the dam is 30,401 ML. Water is released from the dam to meet customer demands until the minimum operating level of 2,168 ML is reached at which point normal releases are no longer possible. The water remaining when the minimum operating level is reached is known as ‘dead storage’. No draw-down of dead storage is permitted under the Lower Lockyer Valley Water Supply Scheme Operations Manual (Operations Manual). In the absence of any inflows, the dead storage depletes naturally.

Seqwater has been asked to consider whether irrigators may access the dead storage should Atkinson Dam reach this point again in the future.

Seqwater’s investigation seeks to understand whether there is a case for allowing a share of the dead storage to be made available to irrigation customers who may be able to access it. Should the findings of the investigations support the case, Seqwater will develop a proposed amendment to the Operations Manual and consult stakeholders on the proposed amendment.

To understand the impacts of a partial draw-down of the dead storage, Seqwater sought to understand what a complete emptying of the dam (ultimately by evaporation) would mean to the environment. To provide this advice, Seqwater engaged independent consultants to undertake both an aquatic survey and a bird survey to identify any threatened or endangered species that would, or could, be impacted.

Seqwater is committed to ensuring environmental compliance and preventing environmental harm from our operations. The reports published by the consultants are available here:

• Bird survey results
• Aquatic survey results

No decisions have been made about any future changes to the Operations Manual regarding the potential draw‑down of Atkinson Dam dead storage. The surveys were conducted as a first step in assessing the feasibility and impact of access to the dead storage. The next step is to re-calibrate the storage yield curve from minimum operating level to zero in order to understand how the dead storage would behave under active partial depletion (if permitted).

As at September 2019, the remaining water in Atkinson Dam is estimated to be less than 5 ML.

Reports

Customer consultation

Seqwater holds customer consultation forums at least annually to consult on the network service plan and customer service standards as well as other Scheme issues that may arise from time to time.  Attendance at customer consultation forums is open to all irrigation customers of the Scheme and other stakeholders.

The date, time and location of the next consultation forum will be advised.

• Consultation meeting summary - 13 September 2023
• Consultation meeting summary - 3 April 2017
• Consultation meeting summary - 3 May 2016
• Consultation meeting summary - 5 May 2015