Melbourne
Statement of Changes in Water Assets and Water Liabilities

 

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.

 

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for the year ended 30 June 2014

 2014 ML2013 ML
Water asset increases
Surface water increases2,025,5982,127,142
Precipitation on surface water39,79635,591
Runoff to surface water1,768,1541,903,420
Point return from irrigation scheme6163
Direct discharge by user--
Increase of inter-region surface water claim on water217,587188,068
Increase of surface water claim on desalinated water00
Total surface water increases2,025,5982,127,142
 
Groundwater increases368,823413,750
Groundwater inflow from outside region00
Groundwater inflow from outside region at coast30,50431,076
Recharge from landscape338,319382,674
Total groundwater increases368,823413,750
 
Urban water system increases350,537340,895
Wastewater collected350,537340,734
Other urban water system increases0161
Total urban water system increases350,537340,895
 
Total water asset increases2,744,9582,881,787
Water liability decreases
Surface water liability decreases2,2327,229
Adjustment and forfeiture of surface water allocation1,8677,229
Adjustment and forfeiture of inter-region commitment on surface water3650
Total surface water liability decreases2,2327,229
 
Groundwater liability decreases26,15626,167
Adjustment and forfeiture of groundwater allocation26,15626,167
Total groundwater liability decreases26,15626,167
 
Total water liability decreases28,38833,396
Water asset decreases
Surface water decreases1,394,4201,497,861
Evaporation from surface water44,13247,133
River outflow from the region1,274,0411,377,155
Surface water leakage to landscape--
Surface water diversions – other statutory rights--
Entitled diversion of non-allocated surface water to users13,68213,509
Decrease of inter-region surface water claim on water62,56560,064
Decrease of surface water claim on desalinated water00
Total surface water decreases1,394,4201,497,861
 
Groundwater decreases147,712154,401
Groundwater outflow to outside region00
Groundwater outflow to outside region at coast137,638136,022
Discharge to landscape10,07418,379
Groundwater extractions – other statutory rights--
Entitled extraction of non-allocated groundwater to users--
Total groundwater decreases147,712154,401
 
Urban water system decreases701,416690,783
Evaporation from urban water system15,65717,031
Leakage to landscape4,3114,398
Delivery to urban water system users385,229381,256
Discharge from urban water system to irrigation scheme5,8818,076
Wastewater discharge outside of region275,538268,134
Other wastewater discharge00
Transfer of water outside of region351250
Other urban water system decreases14,45211,672
Total urban water system decreases701,419690,817
 
Total water asset decreases2,243,5512,343,079
Water liability increases
Surface water liability increases20,43621,533
Surface water allocation announcements16,54518,302
Increase of inter-region commitment on surface water3,8913,231
Total surface water liability increases20,43621,533
 
Groundwater liability increases40,46841,579
Groundwater allocation announcements40,46841,579
Total groundwater liability increases40,46841,579
 
Total water liability increases60,90463,112
Unaccounted-for difference
Unaccounted-for difference453,231506,765
Unaccounted-for difference453,231506,765
Total unaccounted-for difference453,231506,765
 
Total unaccounted-for difference453,231506,765
Change in net water assets15,6602,227