Sydney
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 ML | 2013 ML | |
|---|---|---|
| Water inflows | ||
| Surface water inflows | 2,088,580 | 5,114,163 |
| Precipitation on surface water | 91,668 | 134,391 |
| Runoff to surface water | 1,986,928 | 4,968,033 |
| Direct discharge by user | 2,485 | 4,860 |
| Delivery of water under inter-region agreement to surface water | 7,499 | 6,879 |
| Total surface water inflows | 2,088,580 | 5,114,163 |
| Groundwater inflows | - | - |
| Groundwater inflow from outside region | - | - |
| Groundwater inflow from outside region at coast | - | - |
| Recharge from landscape | - | - |
| Total groundwater inflows | - | - |
| Urban water system inflows | 482,612 | 509,494 |
| Wastewater collected | 480,243 | 507,638 |
| Delivery of water from outside region to urban water system | 1,580 | 1,260 |
| Delivery of desalinated water to urban water system | 0 | 0 |
| Stormwater ingress | 0 | 0 |
| Delivery of water to urban water system under inter-region agreement | 789 | 596 |
| Total urban water system inflows | 482,612 | 509,494 |
| Total water inflows | 2,571,192 | 5,623,657 |
| Water outflows | ||
| Surface water outflows | 1,969,224 | 4,443,474 |
| Evaporation from surface water | 168,947 | 141,766 |
| River outflow from the region | 1,724,770 | 4,232,133 |
| Surface water diversions – other statutory rights | 32,530 | 32,529 |
| Entitled diversion of allocated surface water to users | 42,977 | 37,046 |
| Other delivery of allocated surface water | 0 | 0 |
| Total surface water outflows | 1,969,224 | 4,443,474 |
| Urban water system outflows | 967,431 | 977,961 |
| Evaporation from urban water system | 253 | 350 |
| Urban water system leakage to groundwater | 40,390 | 44,899 |
| Delivery to urban water system users | 509,122 | 495,132 |
| Wastewater discharge outside of region | 394,499 | 402,455 |
| Transfer of water outside of region | 4,258 | 4,468 |
| Other urban water system decreases | 18,909 | 30,657 |
| Total urban water system outflows | 967,431 | 977,961 |
| Total water outflows | 2,936,655 | 5,421,435 |
| Unaccounted-for difference | ||
| Unaccounted-for difference | 84,851 | 144,360 |
| Unaccounted-for difference | 84,851 | 144,360 |
| Total Unaccounted-for difference | 84,851 | 144,360 |
| Total unaccounted-for difference | 84,851 | 144,360 |
| Opening water storage | 2,838,384 | 2,780,522 |
| Change in water storage | (450,314) | 57,862 |
| Closing water storage | 2,388,070 | 2,838,384 |