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The Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme is a licensing scheme for discharges of saline water in the Hunter River catchment above Singleton, from mines and power stations.
The objective of the scheme is to manage saline water discharges so as to minimise impacts on irrigation, other water uses, and on the aquatic ecosystems of the Hunter River catchment.
It aims to achieve this objective at least overall cost to the community, in an equitable and flexible manner; and in a way that provides ongoing financial incentives to further reduce pollution. Underpinning the scheme is a comprehensive system of real-time monitoring of discharges and river conditions. A 'River Register' is operated by the Department of Natural Resources and funded by scheme participants, based on the monitoring data (see links).
This site provides the credit exchange and register facility for the scheme members as well as general access to the credit register and other information on the trading scheme.
To find out more on how to use this application, click the
icon in the top right hand corner.
Flows in the Hunter River are notionally divided into blocks. A block is a body of water that flows down the Hunter River and which is predicted to pass through the lower sector reference point (gauging station at Singleton) in a 24-hour period.
Each block is classified in relation to each sector it passes through as:
During high flows, each participant is entitled to discharge a share of the total allowable discharge on each block according to the number of salt credits that they hold. Credits may be traded between participants to ensure that saline water is being managed in the most cost-effective way.
There are 1000 credits, each entitling the holder to discharge 1/1000 of each high flow day’s total allowable discharge. The credits may be traded using this online facility so that those holders who do not need to discharge can sell their entitlement to others with the greatest need in each high flow.
Through trading, the overall costs of saline water management are minimised while compliance with scheme rules guarantees that water quality goals are never compromised by discharges.
| Access by any person to this web site is solely on the basis of your acceptance of the Terms of Use Disclaimer. Please read them. You will note that, amongst other things, while the EPA and the State provide information on this site in good faith, they accept no responsibility for the accuracy, completeness or timeliness of the information whether provided by them or any external site linked to this site. |
| On-line Credit Exchange Facility Members must comply with the On-line Credit Exchange Facility Terms and Conditions. |
Hunter River Salinity Trading Scheme General Help
Each screen within the Hunter River Salinity Trading scheme is composed of two parts:
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The navigation area. You select an item from the list to choose which part of the application you wish to go to. If the item has a bullet  next
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The subject area. A different page will be displayed for each item that is chosen from the navigation area. Each page contains specific help for the current page. This may be displayed by clicking your mouse on the icons in the top right hand corner. These icons may include:
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Where to Now?
Scheme members can log in now by selecting the Member Login option in the navigation area. A
successful login will provide the full set of options that they are authorised to access.
Public users of this site can view the credit register by using the Report options and obtain
other information about this scheme via the Links page.
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