South East Queensland
17.11 Entitled diversion of allocated surface water to users

The volumetric value for the line item at the end of the 2012–13 year was 5,986 ML.

This line item represents the volume of water diverted from surface water by non-urban (excluding Seqwater and Toowoomba Regional Council) holders of supplemented allocations. 

 

Diversions by non-urban holders of supplemented allocations

Water resource plan (WRP) area	Water supply scheme (WSS)	Volume
		(ML)
Gold Coast	Nerang	5
	Total Gold Coast WRP area	5
Logan Basin	Logan River	1,888
	Total Logan Basin WRP area	1,888
Moreton	Central Brisbane River and Stanley River	–
	Central Lockyer	433
	Cressbrook Creek	0
	Lower Lockyer Valley	997
	Pine Valleys	0
	Warrill Valley	2,663
	Total Moreton WRP area	4,093
Total SEQ region		5,986

Table Notes:

1. Central Brisbane River and Stanley River WSS supplemented allocation diversions were not available from Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (DNRM) Water Management System (WMS) at the time of publication. These have been reported as (–) in the 2013 Account.

2. Cressbrook Creek WSS is used to supply water to the town of Toowoomba. All supplemented allocation diversions within the Cressbrook Creek WSS were included in line item 17.12 Entitled diversion of allocated surface water to urban water system.

3. Approved diversions took place through licences along Bright View channel and Buaraba Creek Channel for the Lower Lockyer.

4. The diversions shown in the table exclude distribution loss volumes, as these were included in line item 13.1 Adjustment and forfeiture of surface water allocation.

5. Pine Valley WSS is used exclusively for urban water supply. All supplemented allocation diversions within the Pine Valleys WSS were included in line item 17.12 'Entitled diversion of allocated surface water to urban water system'.

The following table shows the non-urban surface water allocation reconciliation. A relatively lower carryover volume at the beginning of the 2012–13 year has resulted in a lower forfeiture of surface water allocation compared to that reported for the 2012 Account.

Non-urban surface water allocation reconciliation

Water resource plan (WRP) area	Water supply scheme (WSS)	Line item 5.1	Line item 21.1	Line item 17.11	Line item 13.1	Line item 5.1
		Opening balance	Announcement (ML)	Allocation diversion	Adjustment and forfeiture (ML)	Closing balance (ML)
		(ML)		(ML)
Gold Coast	Nerang	0	5	5	0	0
	Total Gold Coast WRP area	0	5	5	0	0
Logan Basin	Logan River	0	14,500	1,888	12,612	0
	Total Logan Basin WRP area	0	14,500	1,888	12,612	0
Moreton	Central Brisbane River and Stanley River	0	7,316	0	7,316	0
	Central Lockyer	0	7,201	433	6,768	0
	Cressbrook Creek1	0	0	0	0	0
	Lower Lockyer Valley	12,153	12,778	997	11,781	12,153
	Pine Valleys	0	0	0	0	0
	Warrill Valley	0	31,504	2,663	28,841	0
	Total Moreton WRP area	12,153	58,799	4,093	54,706	12,153
Total South East Queensland (SEQ) region		12,153	73,304	5,986	67,318	12,153

¹Cressbrook Creek WSS is used to supply the north and north-western townships of Toowoomba Regional Council region as well as Toowoomba City.
 

Seqwater: Supplemented allocation diversions. 

Seqwater.

Supplemented allocation diversions were provided by Seqwater for each water resource plan (WRP) area. The current resource operation plan reporting requirements do not allow for reporting by 'type' of use. This line item was calculated by removing the urban diversions (line item 17.12 Entitled diversion of allocated surface water to urban water system) from the total supplemented allocation diversion. This represents the remaining high-priority holders and all medium-priority holder diversions.

Seqwater has accepted metered data provided by water supply scheme (WSS) operators in good faith. The volume calculated excludes distribution loss, which was included in line item 13.1 Adjustment and forfeiture of surface water allocation.

Diversions for the following rural-based WSSs were not necessarily solely for irrigation purposes, and may have included some supplemented allocation diversions for urban purposes:

• Central Lockyer WSS
• Lower Lockyer WSS
• Warrill Valley WSS
• Logan River WSS.

Derived from measured data.

An error was made calulating the 2011-12 year volume published in the 2012 Account due to error in the estimation of entitled diversion of allocated surface water for Lower Lockyer Valley. Consequently, the volume has been restated from 5,905 ML (as published in the 2012 Account) to 5,986 ML.