How much water has been recovered so far?
Significant progress has been made in recovering the 500 GL of water for The Living Murray. Please refer to Water recovery progress report May 2011 for regular updates on the current volume of water that has been recovered for The Living Murray. At 27 May 2011, there were 478.97 GL long-term cap equivalent (LTCE) of water entitlements available for use. Water recovery measures to recover a further 7.1 GL LTCE are being completed and will be made available for allocation and use over the coming months. Recovered water becomes available for use by The Living Murray once it is listed on the Environmental Water Register. The process to approve such a listing takes some months to complete as each water recovery measure undergoes an independent review and must then be recommended to the Murray–Darling Basin Ministerial Council for final approval. While there is not currently 500 GL of water listed on the Environmental Water Register, a significant number of water recovery measures are nearin
