Daly
6.2 Groundwater allocation remaining – urban water system

Supporting information

The volume recognised in the water accounting statements of 3,941 ML represents the volume of groundwater 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 groundwater extraction from the Tindall aquifer for Katherine 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 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 this urban licence.

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


Volume of groundwater 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)

3,940

add

22.2 Groundwater allocation announcement (on 1 May 2013)

4,076

less

18.12 Groundwater allocation extraction (up to 30 June 2013)

740

less

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

3,335

 

Closing balance (at 30 June 2013)

3,941

Assumptions, limitations, caveats and approximations

Nil.

Uncertainty information

The uncertainty estimate was not quantified.