Sydney
22.1 Groundwater allocation announcements

Supporting information

This line item represents the total groundwater allocation for other lumped class entitlement holders in the Sydney region for the 2011–12 year.

Entitlement (expressed as a share component under the Water Management Act) is specified on a water access licence expressed as a unit share for a defined licence category. The amount of water that a licence holder is allocated is a result of an allocation announcement and their share component.

An aquifer licence category in New South Wales may be issued for a wide range of purposes including irrigation, commercial, industry and environmental. It has not been possible to provide a breakdown of each component for the purposes of this account.

Reconciliation of this line item is shown in the following table.


Calculation of groundwater liability for the 2011–12 year

Calculation

Line item

Volume (ML)

 

6.1 Opening balance (as at 30 June 2011)

0

add

22.1 Groundwater allocation announcements

62,204

less

14.1 Adjustment of groundwater allocation

62,204

equals

6.1 Closing balance (as at 30 June 2012)

0

Quantification approach

Data source

Provided by

New South Wales Office of Water.

Method

The groundwater allocation assumed in the 2011-12 year is 100% of the entitlement stated in the Water Sharing Plan for the Greater Metropolitan Region Groundwater Source.

Assumptions, limitations, caveats and approximations

Total groundwater allocation announcement is assumed to be 100% of the entitlement stated in the Water Sharing Plan for the Greater Metropolitan region Groundwater Source.

Uncertainty information

The allocation/claim was derived from the Water Sharing Plan for the Greater Metropolitan Unregulated River Water Source.  Uncertainty was not quantified.