Melbourne
17.11 Entitled diversion of allocated surface water to users
Supporting information
The volume presented in the water accounting statements (11,073 ML) represents the volume of water diverted for irrigation under high reliability and low reliability water shares in the Melbourne region during the 2012–13 year.
| Location | Metered diversion (ML) |
Allocated volume (ML) |
Diversion % of allocation |
| Bacchus Marsh Irrigation District | 2,512 | 4,607 |
55% |
| Bacchus Marsh Irrigation District supply by agreement | 117 | 474 |
25% |
| Werribee Irrigation District | 7,950 | 11,951 |
66% |
| Werribee River | 494 | 1,266 |
39% |
| Total | 11,073 | 18,298 |
61% |
Quantification approach
Data source
Southern Rural Water: internal records; Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries: Victorian Water Register.
Provided by
Southern Rural Water; Victorian Department of Environment and Primary Industries.
Method
Southern Rural Water meters surface water diversions under all high and low reliability water shares, and supplies by agreement in the Melbourne region.
Diversion volumes for high and low reliability water shares were obtained from the Victorian Water Register, and diversion volumes for supply by agreements were obtained directly from Southern Rural Water.
Assumptions, limitations, caveats and approximations
Nil.
Uncertainty information
Uncertainty is +/– 5% due to known errors in meters.