Goulburn–Murray Water, the trading name of the GoulburnMurray Rural Water Corporation, a statutory authority of the

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, provides bulk

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and

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services to people of Northern Country/North Central

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and the Southern

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regions in Australia. Established pursuant to the , GoulburnMurray Water manages bulk water supplies to

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owned water utilities, provides

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services, and manages the health of the

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and

Murray Murray may refer to: Businesses * Murray (bicycle company), an American manufacturer of low-cost bicycles * Murrays, an Australian bus company * Murray International Trust, a Scottish investment trust * D. & W. Murray Limited, an Australian who ...

rivers

catchment A drainage basin is an area of land where all flowing surface water converges to a single point, such as a river mouth, or flows into another body of water, such as a lake or ocean. A basin is separated from adjacent basins by a perimeter, t ...

in northern Victoria. GoulburnMurray Water also provides

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services to about stretching from the Great Dividing Range to the south, the Murray River to the north and stretching from in the east to . GoulburnMurray Water is managed by a managing director who reports to a Board of Management that are ultimately responsible to the Minister for Water, presently

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. The

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provides administrative oversight of the statutory authority. In 2011 it was reported that GoulburnMurray Water had an operating shortfall of 80 million in its budget.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Goulburn-Murray Water Water companies of Victoria (Australia) Government agencies established in 1989 1989 establishments in Australia Murray-Darling basin

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