This line item refers to the volume of water abstracted from major reservoirs for urban water supply.
Total surface water abstracted from each surface water resource for public water supply to the Perth region during 2009-10 is given below.
|
Surface water resource |
Reservoir |
Total water abstracted (ML) |
|---|---|---|
|
Perth city region |
|
|
|
Canning River |
Canning and Araluen Pumpback |
31,371 |
|
Churchman Brook |
Churchman Brook |
1,772 |
|
Conjurunup Creek |
Conjurunup Pumpback |
3,159(1) |
|
Helena River |
Mundaring |
1,888 |
|
Kangaroo Gully |
Kangaroo Gully Diversion |
1,699(1) |
|
Munday Brook |
Victoria and Bickley Pumpback |
4,047 |
|
North Dandalup River |
North Dandalup |
8,581 |
|
Serpentine River |
Serpentine and Serpentine Pipehead |
43,097 |
|
South Dandalup River |
South Dandalup and Lower South Dandalup Pumpback |
10,199 |
|
Wungong Brook |
Wungong |
3,496 |
|
Southwest region |
|
|
|
Harvey River |
Stirling |
22,982 |
|
Harvey River |
Wokalup Pipehead |
0 |
|
Samson Brook |
Samson and Samson Pipehead |
8,904 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
Murray River and tributaries (Dwellingup) |
|
81 |
|
Murray River and tributaries (Williams) |
|
0 |
|
Total allocation diversion |
141,276 |
|
(1) Pumpback reservoirs
Water Corporation: Operational Data Storage System.
Water Corporation.
Total water abstracted from reservoirs for public water supply within the Perth region is equal to the total annual water released from the reservoirs during the reporting period. The water volumes released from the reservoirs are metered at the outlet continuously and reported on a monthly basis.
Expected error for water meters is +/- 5%.
The Department of Water requires that all water meters, when tested in situ conditions, must be within 5% accuracy across the full flow rate range (Department of Water 2009).
Nil.