Burdekin

Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities

The Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities presents the volume of water assets and water liabilities at the start and end of the reporting year.

Water assets of the region include physical water assets (referred to as the water stores) and rights or claims to water. Water liabilities include commitments to deliver water to users at the end of the year. The closing net water assets are the volume of water assets in the region minus the water liabilities at the end of the reporting year.

The Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities for the Burdekin region for the 2013–14 year is provided below.

Line items in the statements are hyperlinked to the associated section of the Supporting information notes. Methods used to derive line item volumes are provided in the Quantification approaches notes.

 

as at 30 June 2014

 2014 ML
Water assets
Surface water2,003,189
Storages2,003,189
Unregulated river-
Regulated river-
Lakes and wetlands-
Total surface water2,003,189
 
Groundwater-
Water table aquifer-
Underlying aquifers-
Total groundwater-
 
Total water assets2,003,189
Water liabilities
Surface water liability0
Surface water allocation remaining: individual users0
Surface water allocation remaining: urban water system0
Surface water allocation remaining: irrigation scheme0
Inter-region commitment on surface water0
Total surface water liability0
 
Groundwater liability0
Groundwater allocation remaining: individual users0
Groundwater allocation remaining: urban water system0
Groundwater allocation remaining: irrigation scheme0
Total groundwater liability0
 
Total water liabilities0
Opening net water assets2,003,839
Change in net water assets(650)
Closing net water assets2,003,189