South East Queensland
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 the volumes are provided in the Quantification approaches notes.
for the year ended 30 June 2014
| 2014 ML | 2013 ML | |
|---|---|---|
| Water asset increases | ||
| Surface water increases | 1,847,925 | 7,447,998 |
| Precipitation on surface water | 143,512 | 260,505 |
| Groundwater discharge | – | – |
| Runoff to surface water | 1,699,479 | 7,182,219 |
| Overbank flood return to river channel | – | – |
| Direct discharge by user | 4,934 | 5,274 |
| Total surface water increases | 1,847,925 | 7,447,998 |
| Groundwater increases | – | – |
| Groundwater inflow from outside region | – | – |
| Recharge from landscape | – | – |
| Recharge from surface water to groundwater | – | – |
| Leakage from off-channel water storage | – | – |
| Total groundwater increases | – | – |
| Urban water system increases | 229,413 | 271,987 |
| Precipitation on urban water system | – | – |
| Wastewater collected | 207,971 | 244,668 |
| Delivery of water from outside region to urban water system | 20,007 | 24,514 |
| Delivery of desalinated water to urban water system | 1,435 | 2,805 |
| Stormwater ingress | – | – |
| Infiltration from groundwater to urban water system | – | – |
| Total urban water system increases | 229,413 | 271,987 |
| Total water asset increases | 2,077,338 | 7,719,985 |
| Water liability decreases | ||
| Surface water liability decreases | 67,308 | 67,399 |
| Adjustment and forfeiture of surface water allocation | 67,308 | 67,318 |
| Total surface water liability decreases | 67,308 | 67,318 |
| Groundwater liability decreases | 5,995 | 7,262 |
| Adjustment and forfeiture of groundwater allocation | 5,995 | 7,262 |
| Total groundwater liability decreases | 5,995 | 7,262 |
| Total water liability decreases | 73,303 | 74,580 |
| Water asset decreases | ||
| Surface water decreases | 1,489,925 | 7,712,685 |
| Evaporation from surface water | 286,303 | 279,163 |
| River outflow from the region | 904,491 | 7,154,690 |
| Discharge from surface water to groundwater | – | – |
| Surface water leakage to landscape | 279,567 | 259,661 |
| Overbank flood spilling | – | – |
| Surface water diversions – other statutory rights | 3,670 | 3,628 |
| Entitled diversion of non-allocated surface water to users | 9,152 | 9,035 |
| Other surface water decreases | 6,742 | 6,508 |
| Total surface water decreases | 1,489,925 | 7,712,685 |
| Groundwater decreases | 3,994 | 3,064 |
| Groundwater outflow to outside region | – | – |
| Groundwater outflow to outside region at coast | – | – |
| Discharge to landscape | – | – |
| Discharge to surface water | – | – |
| Infiltration to urban water system | – | – |
| Groundwater extractions – other statutory rights | – | – |
| Entitled extraction of non-allocated groundwater to users | 3,994 | 3,064 |
| Total groundwater decreases | 3,994 | 3,064 |
| Urban water system decreases | 410,411 | 429,363 |
| Evaporation from urban water system | 263 | – |
| Urban water system leakage to landscape | 0 | 0 |
| Delivery to urban water system users | 263,380 | 236,941 |
| Wastewater discharge outside of region | 138,628 | 183,894 |
| Other wastewater discharge | 1,527 | 892 |
| Transfer of water outside of region | 3,120 | 419 |
| Other urban water system decreases | 3,493 | 7,239 |
| Total urban water system decreases | 410,411 | 429,385 |
| Total water asset decreases | 1,904,330 | 8,145,112 |
| Water liability increases | ||
| Surface water liability increases | 73,294 | 73,304 |
| Surface water allocation announcements | 73,294 | 73,304 |
| Total surface water liability increases | 73,294 | 73,304 |
| Groundwater liability increases | 9,335 | 9,340 |
| Groundwater allocation announcements | 9,335 | 9,340 |
| Total groundwater liability increases | 9,335 | 9,340 |
| Total water liability increases | 82,629 | 82,644 |
| Unaccounted-for difference | ||
| Unaccounted-for difference | 395,333 | (508,497) |
| Unaccounted-for difference | 395,333 | (508,497) |
| Total unaccounted-for difference | 395,333 | (508,497) |
| Total unaccounted-for difference | 395,333 | (508,497) |
| Change in net water assets | (231,651) | 75,284 |