Goulburn-Murray Rural Water Corporation [trading as Goulburn-Murray Water (G-MW or the Corporation)] is a statutory Corporation constituted by Ministerial order under the provisions of the Water Act 1989 (the Act). The Hon Peter Walsh, Minister for Water, is the responsible minister (the Minister) for the reporting period. The Corporation is the Resource Manager for northern Victorian water systems.
G-MW has functions and powers under the Water Act 1989 to provide, manage and operate an irrigation district (section 221), a water district (section 163) and a waterway management district (section 189).
G-MW manages water-related services in a region of 68,000 square kilometres, bordered by the Great Dividing Range in the south and the River Murray in the north and stretching from Corryong in the east downriver to Nyah. G-MW also operates salinity mitigation works on the Murray downstream of Nyah, manages Mildura Weir, delivers bulk water to supply points outside its region and is the Victorian Constructing Authority for the Murray-Darling Basin Authority.
G-MW is the Victorian Resource Manager appointed by Department of Sustainability and Environment and has been given responsibility for making the seasonal determination for all Victorian Murray entitlement holders. In this role G-MW works closely with the Murray-Darling Basin Authority. The Murray-Darling Basin Authority determines the volumes of water available and makes bulk water allocation to each of the Murray system states in accordance with the interstate sharing arrangements in the Murray-Darling Basin Agreement and also subject to the modifications agreed by the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). G-MW is a partner in the Victorian Water Register, using it to manage more than $4 billion of water entitlements and trade.
During the year the operations of the Corporation were divided into several Groups, with each being controlled by a
General Manager who reports to the
Managing Director and through him to the
Board. The 2010/11 Annual Report has been structured according to the organisational chart in place as at July 2010.
G-MW customers as at 30 June 2011
For more information about G-MW, please refer to the 2010/11 Annual Report
Vision
To be Australia's leading rural water service provider
Mission
To provide efficient and effective water services to all customers
Values
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Human safety
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Customer service
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Sustainability of the environment, business and communities
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Cooperation
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Openness
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Integrity, respect and pride
Initiatives
Modernisation
Which will focus on the future of our whole business and ensure that we provide the platforms for customers to take advantage of improvements in all our businesses, but in particular in the modernisation of our gravity irrigation areas
Pricing
We will review our current pricing and tariff models and challenge and redefine many of the key assumptions that determine how we currently charge for services;
People and technology
This will focus on the increasing and changing needs of what services we provide and how we delivery those services;
A new business model
To be able to clearly demonstrate that we are delivering effective and efficient services to our customers
Statement of Obligations
Click here to download a copy of the G-MW Water Industry Act 1994 - Statement of Obligations