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SA Water

In reply to Dr CLOSE (Port Adelaide—Deputy Leader of the Opposition) (13 February 2019).

The Hon. D.J. SPEIRS (Black—Minister for Environment and Water): I have been advised:

SA Water has a longstanding practice of trading excess water allocations that are not required for the needs of SA Water customers through the general water trading market. These water holdings help to provide water security for SA Water customers.

The information regarding traded volumes of water allocations is commercial-in-confidence and subject to water sensitive information rules established under the federal Water Act 2007.

It should be noted that SA Water is operating consistently with activity that occurred under the previous government.