Daly
5.2 Surface water allocation remaining – urban water system

Supporting information

The volume recognised in the water accounting statements of 2,961 ML represents the volume of surface water allocation remaining for urban water supply licence entitlements in the Daly region at the end of the 2012–13 year.

The urban water supply licences relate to the following surface water resources:

  • Katherine River for Katherine town supply
  • Copperfield Creek for Pine Creek town supply.

Quantification approach

Data source

Water Resource Licensing database.

Provided by

The Department of Land Resource Management.

Method

The water supply licences for Katherine and Pine Creek have a water management year that ends on 30 April. Therefore, the allocation remaining at the end of the 2012–13 year for the Daly region is the unused component of the annual allocation for these urban licences.

The allocation remaining was calculated as shown in the following table.


Volume of surface water allocation remaining for urban water supply at the start and end of the 2012–13 year

 

Account

Volume (ML)

 

Opening balance (at 30 June 2012)

3,010

add

21.2 Surface water allocation announcement (on 1 May 2013)

3,417

less

17.12 Surface water allocation diversion (up to 30 June 2013)

2,454

less

13.2 Adjustment and forfeiture of surface water allocation (on 30 April 2013)

1,012

 

Closing balance (at 30 June 2013)

2,961

Assumptions, limitations, caveats and approximations

Nil.

Uncertainty information

The uncertainty estimate was not quantified.