Daly
6.1 Groundwater allocation remaining

Supporting information

The volume recognised in the water accounting statements of 58,205 ML represents the volume of groundwater allocation remaining for individual user licence entitlements at the end of the 2012–13 year.

The Department of Land Resource Management (The Department) administers 163 separate licences in this category held by individual licensees. Licences primarily relate to water sourced from the Tindall, Oolloo, and Jinduckin groundwater sources for the agricultural and industrial sectors.

Quantification approach

Data source

Water Resource Licensing database.

Provided by

The Department.

Method

The groundwater supply licences for the region 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 licences.

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


Volume of groundwater allocation remaining at the start and end of the 2012–13 year

 

Account

Volume (ML)

 

Opening balance (at 30 June 2012)

57,239

add

22.1 Groundwater allocation announcement (on 1 May 2013)

60,099

less

18.11 Groundwater allocation extraction (up to 30 June 2013)

11,773

less

14.1 Adjustment and forfeiture of groundwater allocation (on 30 April 2013)

47,360

 

Closing balance (as at 30 June 2013)

58,205


Assumptions, limitations, caveats and approximations

Nil.

Uncertainty information

The uncertainty estimate was not quantified.