Member for Murray Plains Peter Walsh says a decision to sell up to 20GL of environmental water allocation in northern Victoria should be made accessible before the end of February.
The Victorian Environmental Water Holder (VEWH) said the water will be made available through selected brokers over the six month period from now to May 2017.
“This season has seen significant inflows into our southern basin catchments,” Mr Walsh said.
“Many of these environmental assets have achieved their seasonal watering targets via natural flows and farmers have rightly anticipated water would be released for sale on the temporary water market.
“To enable its most productive use in autumn watering, the best outcomes for irrigators would be achieved if this parcel of sales water was made accessible and marketed in full before the end of February 2017.”
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