Water market data and reports
The value of water allocations is determined by the market, and the prices paid are publicly available.
Disclaimer: While every attempt has been made to ensure that this information is accurate, these prices are indicative only, as the integrity of this data depends on the quality of information provided to us. In particular, we are not privy to individual business arrangements which may have been confidentially entered into by the parties to these transactions.
Before basing any decisions on this information, you should consider (with or without professional advice) whether it is sufficient for your needs, objectives and circumstances.
Permanent water trading data
The reports below indicate market activity and present weighted average price information relating to water allocation transfers undertaken during the reporting period.
Business rules have been developed to:
- guide the preparation and ensure consistency of the data, specifically the calculation of the weighted average price information presented in the reports
- assist you in understanding the reports.
Monthly reports
Supplemented surface water allocations
June 2026 (PDF, 346.7KB)
May 2026 (PDF, 306.0KB)
April 2026 (PDF, 304.6KB)
March 2026 (PDF, 303.9KB)
February 2026 (PDF, 292.1KB)
January 2026 (PDF, 308.5KB)
December 2025 (PDF, 280.0KB)
November 2025 (PDF, 307.0KB)
October 2025 (PDF, 262.3KB)
September 2025 (PDF, 255.0KB)
August 2025 (PDF, 239.3KB)
July 2025 (PDF, 499.8KB)
June 2025 (PDF, 327.7KB)
May 2025 (PDF, 191.2KB)
April 2025 (PDF, 302.5KB)
March 2025 (PDF, 189.9KB)
February 2025 (PDF, 319.5KB)
January 2025 (PDF, 190.5KB)
December 2024 (PDF, 318.3KB)
November 2024 (PDF, 195.2KB)
October 2024 (PDF, 195.3KB)
September 2024 (PDF, 193.5KB)
August 2024 (PDF, 194.4KB)
July 2024 (PDF, 320.6KB)
June 2024 (PDF, 199.1KB)
May 2024 (PDF, 193.8KB)
April 2024 (PDF, 311.0KB)
March 2024 (PDF, 345.0KB)
February 2024 (PDF, 331.4KB)
January 2024 (PDF, 309.9KB)
December 2023 (PDF, 324.5KB)
November 2023 (PDF, 195.9KB)
October 2023 (PDF, 188.4KB)
September 2023 (PDF, 194.3KB)
August 2023 (PDF, 189.1KB)
July 2023 (PDF, 191.8KB)
June 2023 (PDF, 192.5KB)
May 2023 (PDF, 195.4KB)
April 2023 (PDF, 305.0KB)
March 2023 (PDF, 195.7KB)
February 2023 (PDF, 195.8KB)
January 2023 (PDF, 189.3KB)
December 2022 (PDF, 192.5KB)
November 2022 (PDF, 191.7KB)
October 2022 (PDF, 193.9KB)
September 2022 (PDF, 194.8KB)
August 2022 (PDF, 295.3KB)
July 2022 (PDF, 192.7KB)
Supplemented underground water allocations
June 2026 (PDF, 197.4KB)
May 2026 (PDF, 201.7KB)
April 2026 (PDF, 203.3KB)
March 2026 (PDF, 196.0KB)
February 2026 (PDF, 201.7KB)
January 2026 (PDF, 201.7KB)
December 2025 (PDF, 201.7KB)
November 2025 (PDF, 205.9KB)
October 2025 (PDF, 180.3KB)
September 2025 (PDF, 176.8KB)
August 2025 (PDF, 202.8KB)
July 2025 (PDF, 190.7KB)
June 2025 (PDF, 217.3KB)
May 2025 (PDF, 173.9KB)
April 2025 (PDF, 172.5KB)
March 2025 (PDF, 172.6KB)
February 2025 (PDF, 210.5KB)
January 2025 (PDF, 174.4KB)
December 2024 (PDF, 209.4KB)
November 2024 (PDF, 175.9KB)
October 2024 (PDF, 175.7KB)
September 2024 (PDF, 178.4KB)
August 2024 (PDF, 175.0KB)
July 2024 (PDF, 212.7KB)
June 2024 (PDF, 177.4KB)
May 2024 (PDF, 176.6KB)
April 2024 (PDF, 210.6KB)
March 2024 (PDF, 208.1KB)
February 2024 (PDF, 208.1KB)
January 2024 (PDF, 200.4KB)
December 2023 (PDF, 216.2KB)
November 2023 (PDF, 174.1KB)
October 2023 (PDF, 177.0KB)
September 2023 (PDF, 176.8KB)
August 2023 (PDF, 174.7KB)
July 2023 (PDF, 168.8KB)
June 2023 (PDF, 176.0KB)
May 2023 (PDF, 175.6KB)
April 2023 (PDF, 202.2KB)
March 2023 (PDF, 176.8KB)
February 2023 (PDF, 175.6KB)
January 2023 (PDF, 174.1KB)
December 2022 (PDF, 174.1KB)
November 2022 (PDF, 173.1KB)
October 2022 (PDF, 176.0KB)
September 2022 (PDF, 172.5KB)
August 2022 (PDF, 221.0KB)
July 2022 (PDF, 168.6KB)
Unsupplemented surface water allocations
June 2026 (PDF, 279.4KB)
May 2026 (PDF, 258.7KB)
April 2026 (PDF, 259.0KB)
March 2026 (PDF, 280.5KB)
February 2026 (PDF, 268.2KB)
January 2026 (PDF, 242.6KB)
December 2025 (PDF, 241.5KB)
November 2025 (PDF, 274.1KB)
October 2025 (PDF, 221.8KB)
September 2025 (PDF, 223.1KB)
August 2025 (PDF, 211.3KB)
July 2025 (PDF, 268.2KB)
June 2025 (PDF, 281.0KB)
May 2025 (PDF, 191.1KB)
April 2025 (PDF, 274.9KB)
March 2025 (PDF, 184.4KB)
February 2025 (PDF, 275.8KB)
January 2025 (PDF, 170.7KB)
December 2024 (PDF, 273.9KB)
November 2024 (PDF, 183.9KB)
October 2024 (PDF, 189.3KB)
September 2024 (PDF, 186.6KB)
August 2024 (PDF, 188.9KB)
July 2024 (PDF, 285.1KB)
June 2024 (PDF, 188.9KB)
May 2024 (PDF, 186.1KB)
April 2024 (PDF, 285.3KB)
March 2024 (PDF, 292.2KB)
February 2024 (PDF, 265.8KB)
January 2024 (PDF, 287.6KB)
December 2023 (PDF, 289.5KB)
November 2023 (PDF, 184.6KB)
October 2023 (PDF, 184.3KB)
September 2023 (PDF, 186.9KB)
August 2023 (PDF, 185.7KB)
July 2023 (PDF, 183.1KB)
June 2023 (PDF, 185.9KB)
May 2023 (PDF, 184.8KB)
April 2023 (PDF, 245.7KB)
March 2023 (PDF, 184.2KB)
February 2023 (PDF, 185.2KB)
January 2023 (PDF, 183.8KB)
December 2022 (PDF, 186.2KB)
November 2022 (PDF, 184.1KB)
October 2022 (PDF, 183.2KB)
September 2022 (PDF, 181.0KB)
August 2022 (PDF, 265.9KB)
July 2022 (PDF, 182.2KB)
Unsupplemented underground water allocations
June 2026 (PDF, 232.2KB)
May 2026 (PDF, 249.0KB)
April 2026 (PDF, 224.5KB)
March 2026 (PDF, 228.3KB)
February 2026 (PDF, 222.9KB)
January 2026 (PDF, 222.9KB)
December 2025 (PDF, 214.2KB)
November 2025 (PDF, 246.7KB)
October 2025 (PDF, 210.8KB)
September 2025 (PDF, 215.5KB)
August 2025 (PDF, 208.4KB)
July 2025 (PDF, 237.2KB)
June 2025 (PDF, 228.5KB)
May 2025 (PDF, 179.8KB)
April 2025 (PDF, 250.0KB)
March 2025 (PDF, 178.3KB)
February 2025 (PDF, 243.6KB)
January 2025 (PDF, 178.9KB)
December 2024 (PDF, 240.3KB)
November 2024 (PDF, 182.2KB)
October 2024 (PDF, 182.0KB)
September 2024 (PDF, 183.0KB)
August 2024 (PDF, 180.6KB)
July 2024 (PDF, 217.1KB)
June 2024 (PDF, 182.5KB)
May 2024 (PDF, 181.1KB)
April 2024 (PDF, 231.9KB)
March 2024 (PDF, 231.1KB)
February 2024 (PDF, 232.1KB)
January 2024 (PDF, 235.5KB)
December 2023 (PDF, 248.6KB)
November 2023 (PDF, 182.3KB)
October 2023 (PDF, 181.1KB)
September 2023 (PDF, 180.1KB)
August 2023 (PDF, 181.5KB)
July 2023 (PDF, 179.9KB)
June 2023 (PDF, 177.8KB)
May 2023 (PDF, 177.4KB)
April 2023 (PDF, 223.0KB)
March 2023 (PDF, 180.7KB)
February 2023 (PDF, 181.0KB)
January 2023 (PDF, 180.6KB)
December 2022 (PDF, 178.8KB)
November 2022 (PDF, 179.3KB)
October 2022 (PDF, 179.3KB)
September 2022 (PDF, 178.4KB)
August 2022 (PDF, 232.4KB)
July 2022 (PDF, 178.7KB)
Annual reports
Supplemented surface water allocations
2025-26 Financial year report (PDF, 359.5KB)
2024-25 Financial year report (PDF, 369.9KB)
2023-24 Financial year report (PDF, 202.6KB)
2022-23 Financial year report (PDF, 198.9KB)
2021-22 Financial year report (PDF, 200.1KB)
Unsupplemented surface water allocations
2025-26 Financial year report (PDF, 409.7KB)
2024-25 Financial year report (PDF, 477.2KB)
2023-24 Financial year report (PDF, 209.3KB)
2022-23 Financial year report (PDF, 206.9KB)
2021-22 Financial year report (PDF, 207.3KB)
Supplemented underground water allocations
2025-26 Financial year report (PDF, 204.6KB)
2024-25 Financial year report (PDF, 215.1KB)
2023-24 Financial year report (PDF, 178.1KB)
2022-23 Financial year report (PDF, 177.2KB)
2021-22 Financial year report (PDF, 176.4KB)
Unsupplemented underground water allocations
2025-26 Financial year report (PDF, 261.8KB)
2024-25 Financial year report (PDF, 259.7KB)
2023-24 Financial year report (PDF, 182.9KB)
2022-23 Financial year report (PDF, 183.2KB)
2021-22 Financial year report (PDF, 183.2KB)
Relocatable licence data
The following is a snapshot of the market activity relating to the relocation of water licences.
Water licence relocation reports
Business rules have been developed to help ensure the consistency of the data presented in the water licence relocation reports.
Great Artesian Basin
Central Condamine Alluvium
Dalrymple Creek Alluvium groundwater management area
Oakey Creek groundwater management area
Note about water licence conversions
In July 2019, water licences in the Oakey Creek groundwater management area and the Dalrymple Creek Alluvium groundwater management area, were converted to water allocations.
Information on trades in these 2 areas can be found in the above section – Permanent water trading data – Unsupplemented underground water allocations.
Processing times for permanent and temporary trades
Find out about water trading service standards and water trade processing times measured against the Council of Australian Governments' (COAG) service standards.
Water sales data
Licensed bulk water sales data can be purchased through data wholesalers or directly from us.
Queensland Valuations and Sales (QVAS)
For a fee, specific data may be obtained on water allocation sales (known as a sales data listing, or an abbreviated sales data listing) over the counter via the QVAS system from our service centres throughout Queensland.
This data, which comes from historical sales records, contains details such as:
- lot on plan
- date of sale
- sale price
- resource-related attributes of an allocation (e.g. location)
- other related sales information.
Water brokerage services
Water brokers can bring buyers and sellers of water products together with real estate agents, stock and station agents, managers of water supply schemes and individuals.
Water brokers are subject to Australian Consumer Law under the Queensland Fair Trading Act 1989 and the Commonwealth Competition and Consumer Act 2010 concerning commercial transactions.