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Water Markets Data Standards 2026
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Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
This item is authorised by the following title:
Water Act 2007
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F2026L00890
30 June 2026
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Part 1—Preliminary
1 Name
2 Commencement
3 Authority
4 Definitions
5 Meaning of finalised
6 Meaning of metadata entity and metadata element
7 References to metadata elements
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Part 2—Collecting, generating or recording water markets information
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Division 1—Preliminary
8 Application of this Part
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Division 2—Main requirements
9 Purpose of this Division
10 How water markets information is to be collected, generated or recorded
11 How identifying information is to be collected, generated or recorded
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Division 3—Individual trades and transfers
12 Purpose of this Division
13 Identifying individual trades and transfers
14 Trades and transfers resulting from certain accounting practices
15 Batched transactions and component trades and transfers
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Division 4—Unique identifiers
16 Requirement for water market authorities to assign unique identifiers
17 Requirement for trading platform operators to assign unique identifiers
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Part 3—Providing water markets information to the Bureau
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Division 1—Preliminary
18 Application of this Part
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Division 2—Main requirements
19 Purpose of this Division
20 Form and manner in which copies of water markets information are to be given to the Bureau
21 Form and manner in which copies of corrected water markets information are to be given to the Bureau
22 Form and manner in which copies of certain updated subcategory 2a water markets information are to be given to the Bureau
23 Other matters
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Schedule 1—Category 1 water markets information
1 Requirements for collecting, generating or recording category 1 water markets information
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Schedule 2—Category 2 water markets information
1 Requirements for collecting, generating or recording subcategory 2a water markets information—finalised trades or transfers (other than component trades or transfers)
2 Requirements for collecting, generating or recording subcategory 2b water markets information—finalised component trades or transfers
3 Requirements for collecting, generating or recording subcategory 2c water markets information—lodged trade applications
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Schedule 3—Category 3 water markets information
1 Requirements for collecting, generating or recording category 3 water markets information
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Schedule 4—Metadata entities and associated metadata elements
1 Metadata entities and associated metadata elements
2 Entity relationship diagram
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Schedule 5—Controlled lists
1 Controlled lists
2 Controlled list—ETWR type
3 Controlled list—trade status
4 Controlled list—reason for trade
5 Controlled list—reliability or licence class type
6 Controlled list—resource type
7 Controlled list—unit of measure
8 Controlled list—trade type
9 Controlled list—offer type
10 Controlled list—offer status
11 Controlled list—owner type
12 Controlled list—ETWR status
13 Controlled list—water markets trading zone
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Schedule 6—Examples
1 Examples for recording information for metadata elements in data records