South East Queensland
17.11 Surface water allocation diversion

This line item represents the volume of water diverted from surface water by non-urban (not SEQ Water Grid Manager or Toowoomba Regional Council) holders of supplemented allocations.

Diversions by non-urban holders of supplemented allocations

Water resource plan (WRP) area	Water supply scheme (WSS)	Volume (ML)
Gold Coast	Nerang	5
	Total Gold Coast WRP area	5
Logan Basin	Logan River	1,888
	Total Logan Basin WRP area	1,888
Moreton	Central Brisbane River and Stanley River1	–
	Central Lockyer	433
	Cressbrook Creek2	0
	Lower Lockyer Valley	916
	Pine Valleys4	0
	Warrill Valley	2,663
	Total Moreton WRP area	4,012
Total SEQ region		5,905

Notes:

1. Central Brisbane River and Stanley River WSS supplemented allocation diversions were not available from Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management's (DERM's) Water Management System (WMS) at the time of publication. These have ben reported as (–) in the 2011 Account.
2. Cressbrook Creek WSS is used to supply water to the town of Toowoomba. All supplemented allocation diversions within the Cressbrook Creek WSS were included in line item 17.12 Surface water allocation diversion – urban water system.
3. The diversions shown in the table exclude distribution loss volumes, as these were included in line item 13.1 Adjustment and forfeiture of surface water allocation.
4. Pine Valleys WSS is used exclusively for urban water supply. All supplemented allocation diversions within the Pine Valleys WSS were included in line item 17.12 Surface water allocation diversion – urban water system.

 

 

The following table shows the  non-urban surface water allocation reconciliation. Due to the very wet year, demand was lower than in previous years and combined with the 100% allocation announcements, this has resulted in a higher forfeiture of surface water allocation.

Non-urban surface water allocation reconciliation table

Water resource plan (WRP) area	Water supply scheme (WSS)	Line item 5.1	Line item 21.1	Line item 17.11	Line item 13.1	Line item 5.1
		Opening balance (ML)	Announcement (ML)	Allocation diversion (ML)	Adjustment and forfeiture (ML)	Closing balance (ML)
Gold Coast	Nerang	0	5	5	0	0
	Total Gold Coast WRP area	0	5	5	0	0
Logan Basin	Logan River	0	14,500	1,888	12,612	0
	Total Logan Basin WRP area	0	14,500	1,888	12,612	0
Moreton	Central Brisbane River and Stanley River	0	7,316	NA	7,316	0
	Central Lockyer	0	7,201	433	6,768	0
	Cressbrook Creek	0	0	0	0	0
	Lower Lockyer Valley	11,676	12,778	916	11,304	12,234
	Pine Valleys	0	0	0	0	0
	Warrill Valley	0	31,504	2,663	28,841	0
	Total Moreton WRP area	11,676	58,799	4,012	54,229	12,234
Total SEQ region		11,676	73,304	5,905	66,841	12,234

DERM WMS database.

DERM.

Supplemented allocation diversions were provided by DERM from the WMS database for each water resource plan area. The current resource operation plan reporting requirements do not allow for reporting by 'type' of use. This line item was calculated by removing the urban diversions (line item 17.12 Surface water allocation diversion – urban water system) from the total supplemented allocation diversion. This represents the remaining high-priority holders and all medium-priority holder diversions.

DERM has accepted metered data provided by water supply scheme (WSS) operators in good faith. The volume calculated excludes distribution loss, which was included in line item 13.1 Adjustment and forfeiture of surface water allocation.

Diversions for the following rural-based WSSs were not necessarily solely for irrigation purposes, and may have included some supplemented allocation diversions for urban purposes:

• Central Lockyer WSS
• Lower Lockyer WSS
• Warrill Valley WSS
• Logan River WSS.

Derived from measured data. DERM reliability and accuracy rating is A2.

This line item corresponds to line item 14.7.9.7 Allocation diversion of regulated flows – other lumped holders reported in the 2010 Account.