Melbourne
Reconciliations

Reconciliation of closing water storage to total water assets

Reconciliation of closing water storage to total water assets
	2011 (ML)	2010 (ML)
Closing water storage comprises:
1 Surface water
1.1 Storages	669,642	400,646
1.2 Unregulated river	–	–
1.3 Regulated river	–	–
Total surface water	669,642	400,646
2 Groundwater
2.1 Water table aquifer	21,873	21,873
2.2 Underlying aquifers	16,565	16,565
Total groundwater	38,438	38,438
3 Urban water system
3.1 Urban water supply system	–	–
3.2 Wastewater collection system	24,219	24,737
3.3 Recycled water supply system	–	735
Total urban system	24,219	25,472

Total closing water storage	732,299	464,556

add non-physical water assets:
1.5 Inter-region claim on water	456,522	224,565
Total non-physical water assets	456,522	224,565

Total water assets	1,188,821	689,121

Reconciliation of the net change in water storage to the change in net water assets
	2011 (ML)	2010 (ML)
Change in net water assets	486,691	164,796
adjustments for:
Increase/(decrease) in non-physical water assets
1.5 Inter-region claim on water	(231,957)	(65,491)

Increase/(decrease) in water liabilities
5 Surface water liabilities
5.1 Surface water allocation remaining	13,009	(937)
6 Groundwater liabilities
6.1 Groundwater allocation remaining	0	0

Net change in water storage	267,743	98,368