Daly
22.1 Groundwater allocation announcements
Supporting information
The volume recognised in the water accounting statements (60,099 ML) represents the total water allocation for groundwater supply to individual users in the Daly region during the 2012–13 year.
The Department of Land Resource Management (The Department) administers 163 separate licences in this category held by individual licensees. The water supply licences are divided into licence entitlement purposes. The following table shows the annual allocation announcement for each licence purpose, from each groundwater resource, for the 2012–13 year.
| Allocation (ML) | ||||
| Groundwater resource | Agriculture | Industry | Stock and domestic | Total |
| Tindall (Katherine) | 30,150 | 1,078 | 99 | 31,327 |
| Tindall (other) | 1,449 | 183 | 1,632 | |
| Oolloo | 24,636 | 24,636 | ||
| Jinduckin | 2,233 | 127 | 39 | 2,399 |
| Local aquifer | 40 | 64 | 1 | 105 |
| Total | 58,508 | 1,452 | 139 | 60,099 |
Quantification approach
Data source
Water Resource Licensing database.
Provided by
The Department.
Method
The total groundwater allocation announcement is equal to 100% of the annual entitlement.
Assumptions, limitations, caveats and approximations
Nil.
Uncertainty information
There is no uncertainty associated with this value.