National Water Account 2015

Adelaide: Reconciliations

City of Adelaide, South Australia (iStock © Ben Goode)

The following reconciliation tables verify:

  • how the region’s closing water storage in the Statement of Water Flows reconciles to the total water assets reported in the Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities.
  • how the region’s change in water storage in the Statement of Water Flows reconciles to the change in net water assets reported in the Statement of Changes in Water Assets and Water Liabilities.

 

Reconciliation of closing water storage to total water assets

 

Table N18 Reconciliation of closing water storage to total water assets for the Adelaide region
 2015
ML
2014
ML
Closing water storage presented in the Statement of Water Flows183,143211,107
Surface water  
Storages94,769122,502
Unregulated river462656
Lakes and wetlands
Groundwater  
Water table aquifer
Underlying aquifers
Other groundwater assets86,35686,356
Urban water system  
Urban water supply system1,4141,414
Wastewater system96133
Recycled water system1717
Irrigation scheme  
Irrigation water supply system2929
Total water storage as presented in the Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities183,143211,107
   
add Other water assets00
Urban water system  
Urban inter-region claim on water00
Irrigation scheme  
Irrigation scheme inter-region claim on water00
   
Total water assets183,143211,107

 

Reconciliation of the net change in water storage to the change in net water assets

 

Table N19 Reconciliation of the net change in water storage to the change in net water assets for the Adelaide region
 2015
ML
2014
ML
Change in net water assets(29,167)33,220
adjustment for:  
Change in non-physical water assets:00
   
Change in water liabilities  
Surface water liability  
Surface water allocation remaining: individual users(11)51
Groundwater liability  
Groundwater allocation remaining: individual users1,2142,166
Total change in water liabilities  
   
Net change in water storage(27,964)35,437