Burdekin

Statement of Water Flows

The Statement of Water Flows shows the actual water inflows and outflows associated with the water stores of the region that occurred during the reporting year.

The Statement of Water Flows 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.

 

for the year ended 30 June 2014

 2014 ML
Water inflows
Surface water inflows3,598,141
Precipitation on surface water87,791
Runoff to surface water3,510,350
Point return from irrigation scheme-
Discharge from urban water system-
Total surface water inflows3,598,141
 
Groundwater inflows34,275
Groundwater inflow from outside region-
Groundwater inflow from outside region at coast-
Recharge from landscape-
Managed aquifer recharge: individual users34,275
Discharge to groundwater from urban water system-
Leakage from irrigation scheme-
Total groundwater inflows34,275
 
Total water inflows3,632,416
Water outflows
Surface water outflows3,139,926
Evaporation from surface water310,309
River outflow from the region1,862,192
River and floodplain leakage, evaporation and errors-
Entitled diversion of non-allocated surface water to users92,117
Entitled diversion of allocated surface water to users322,657
Entitled diversion of allocated surface water to urban water system785
Entitled diversion of allocated surface water to irrigation scheme542,890
Surface water transfer under inter-region agreement8,976
Total surface water outflows3,139,926
 
Groundwater outflows45,072
Groundwater outflow to outside region-
Groundwater outflow to outside region at coast-
Discharge to landscape-
Entitled extraction of non-allocated groundwater to users35,072
Entitled extraction of allocated groundwater to users5,000
Entitled extraction of allocated groundwater to urban water system5,000
Entitled extraction of allocated groundwater to irrigation scheme-
Total groundwater outflows45,072
 
Total water outflows3,184,998
Unaccounted-for difference
Unaccounted-for difference448,068
Unaccounted-for difference448,068
Total unaccounted-for difference448,068
 
Total unaccounted-for difference448,068
Opening water storage2,003,839
Change in water storage(650)
Closing water storage2,003,189