The bottleneck that controls the basin. Understood, finally.
TheChoke connects climate signals, storage levels, flow constraints and allocation pricing across the Murray–Darling Basin — so irrigators, investors and water managers can see what's coming before the market moves.
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Flow & Constraint Intelligence
Real-time flow data at the Barmah Choke and key gauging stations — the physical bottleneck that determines who gets water and when.
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Storage & Allocation Tracking
Live general security and high security storage levels across 14 MDB zones, with opening allocation forecasts 3–6 months ahead.
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Climate-to-Market Signal
ENSO, IOD and SAM translated directly into water price outlooks — connecting the Pacific Ocean to your allocation decisions.
Who uses TheChoke
🌾 Irrigators
Understand your opening allocation before announcements, plan crop commitments and water purchases with months of lead time.
💼 Water Investors
Track the climate signals that move allocation prices. Know whether the market is pricing in the right level of drought risk.
🏛️ Water Managers
Basin-wide storage, flow and constraint data in one place — from Hume to the Choke to the Lower Lakes.
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