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The Barmah Choke water trade balance to start the 2025–26 water year will deliver a substantial trade opportunity for water users.

Interstate water trading allows water users to trade water across state borders where river systems are connected. This allows irrigators to source water from, or sell water to, a broader range of users.

A renewed agreement between WaterNSW and Murray Irrigation Limited (MIL) will help to move water around the Barmah Choke for the 2024–25 water year.

It’s been 10 years since the implementation of the Basin Plan water trading rules in the Murray–Darling Basin.

The Barmah Choke water trade balance to start the 2024–25 water year will deliver trade opportunity for irrigators.

You can now get all your information from the one place, instead of going to many different websites.

It is up to individual irrigators to determine what they grow, what the water requirements are for their selected crops and how much water will be needed for different growth stages and their region's climatic conditions.

Basin in Brief provides a monthly summary of climate, rainfall, inflows and water quality information. This page was updated 13 April 2023.

The Barmah Choke has a default trade restriction in place. This is necessary to protect water delivery to existing water entitlement holders and maintain the river environment in the Choke.

The Barmah Choke is a naturally occurring narrow stretch of the River Murray. A default trade restriction is in place at the Choke to protect water delivery to existing entitlement holders and for environmental reasons.