This line item refers to the total forfeiture of groundwater allocations for the bore fields that supply water to the urban system.
Western Australian Department of Water: Water Resource Licensing database.
Western Australian Department of Water.
The portion of a regulated entitlement that has not been abstracted at the end of the reporting period is forfeited. That is, there is no carryover of entitlements into the next reporting period.
The forfeiture is calculated as the total annual allocation for all groundwater resources within the Perth region minus the total allocation diversion, as shown in the table below.
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|
|
Volume (ML) |
|---|---|---|
|
|
27.1.3.4 Groundwater allocation announcement |
122,350 |
|
less |
16.5.3.4 Groundwater allocation extraction |
120,828 |
|
|
Forfeiture on 30 Jun 2010 |
1,522 |
Not applicable.
Nil.