Canberra
Statement of Water Flows

 

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 ML2013 ML
Water inflows
Surface water inflows610,571675,723
Precipitation on surface water13,65011,604
River inflow to region205,263200,283
Runoff to surface water391,658463,836
Total surface water inflows610,571675,723
 
Groundwater inflows
Groundwater inflow from outside region
Recharge from landscape
Total groundwater inflows
 
Urban water system inflows36,68235,708
Wastewater collected36,68235,708
Total urban water system inflows36,68235,708
 
Total water inflows647,253711,431
Water outflows
Surface water outflows487,852530,902
Evaporation from surface water18,43320,516
River outflow from the region468,263508,738
River and floodplain leakage, evaporation and errors
Surface water diversions – other statutory rights
Entitled diversion of non-allocated surface water to users1,1561,648
Entitled diversion of allocated surface water to users
Total surface water outflows487,852530,902
 
Groundwater outflows8941,020
Groundwater outflow to outside region
Discharge to landscape
Groundwater extractions – other statutory rights435435
Entitled extraction of non-allocated groundwater to users459585
Entitled extraction of allocated groundwater to users
Total groundwater outflows8941,020
 
Urban water system outflows51,08249,096
Evaporation from urban water system3,9303,877
Delivery to urban water system users45,69043,949
Other urban water system outflows1,4621,270
Total urban water system outflows51,08249,096
 
Total water outflows539,828581,018
Unaccounted-for difference
Unaccounted-for difference65,211155,204
Unaccounted-for difference65,211155,204
Total unaccounted-for difference65,211155,204
 
Total unaccounted-for difference65,211155,204
Opening water storage216,876241,667
Change in water storage42,214(24,791)
Closing water storage259,090216,876