Glossary
- Accredited Projects - All projects listed on the WEF system are accredited by the South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board`s River Murray Environmental Manager. Accreditation involves selection of projects using criteria that are consistent with Environmental Flows for the River Murray - South Australia's framework for collective action to restore river health 2005-2010.
- Allocations - a unit of opportunity (usually a volume) as distributed periodically.
- Entitlement - the long-term interest (share) in a varying stream of periodic allocations.
- Use Licence - permission to use allocations with pre-specified use conditions and obligations to third parties.
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Donation - a donation is a contribution of money or water to WEF. Donations are of the following types:
- Type 1 - Water is donated to WEF and WEF selects the project to which the water is directed.
- Type 2 - Water can be donated directly to a project of a users choice.
- Type 3 - Money can be donated to WEF and WEF works out which projects need water or infrastructure the most.
- Type 4 - Money can be donated to a project and WEF works out wether water or infrastructure is needed to meet objectives.
- Type 5 - Money can be donated to purchase water for a given projects. The purchasing is performed manually by the WEF Administrator.
- Type 6 - Money can be donated towards a given projects infrastructure item. WEF or the project manager will determine exactly what the money will be used for on the infrastructure item.
- Type 7 - Money can be donated towards an infrastruicture items funding goal.
