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National Water Account 2015

Daly: Statement of Changes in Water Assets and Water Liabilities

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The Statement of Changes in Water Assets and Water Liabilities presents the changes in water assets and water liabilities that occurred during the reporting year.

This statement is prepared on an accrual basis. The changes in water assets and water liabilities are recognised when the claim to water or the obligation to deliver it is recorded and not when the actual flow occurs. Figure W2 shows the transactions that change the water assets and water liabilities of the region, including

  • accrual (non-physical) transactions, indicated by the glass-of-water symbols
  • actual water flows (both natural and engineered), indicated by the arrows.

 

Figure W2  Schematic diagram of changes in water assets and water liabilities for the region during the 2014–15 year
Figure W2 Changes in water assets and water liabilities for the region during the 2014–15 year

 

More detail on the changes in water assets and water liabilities for the 2014–15 year is provided in the Statement of Changes in Water Assets and Water Liabilities below.

Items in the statements are hyperlinked to the associated section of the Supporting information notes. Methods used to derive item volumes are provided in the Quantification approaches notes.

 

for the year ended 30 June 2015

 2015 ML2014 ML
Water asset increases
Surface water increases6,530,1918,013,233
Precipitation89103
Runoff6,530,0008,013,000
Discharge: wastewater102130
Total surface water increases6,530,1918,013,233
 
Groundwater increases392,000325,000
Inter-region inflow10,00010,000
Inter-region coastal inflow
Recharge: landscape382,000315,000
Leakage: urban system
Total groundwater increases392,000325,000
 
Total water asset increases 6,922,191 8,338,233
Water liability decreases
Surface water liability decreases5,2414,597
Adjustment and forfeiture: individual users4,5713,167
Adjustment and forfeiture: urban system6701,430
Total surface water liability decreases5,2414,597
 
Groundwater liability decreases91,67839,890
Adjustment and forfeiture: individual users88,35236,458
Adjustment and forfeiture: urban system3,3263,432
Total groundwater liability decreases91,67839,890
 
Total water liability decreases96,91944,487
Water asset decreases
Surface water decreases4,077,9099,414,488
Evaporation40,19536,119
Outflow4,032,3459,373,000
Diversion: statutory rights5,3695,369
Total surface water decreases4,077,9099,414,488
 
Groundwater decreases4,4604,460
Inter-region outflow00
Inter-region coastal outflow
Discharge: landscape
Extraction: statutory rights4,2804,280
Non-allocated extraction: individual users180180
Total groundwater decreases4,4604,460
 
Total water asset decreases4,082,3699,418,948
Water liability increases
Surface water liability increases9,3108,778
Allocation: individual users5,8935,361
Allocation: urban system3,4173,417
Total surface water liability increases9,3108,778
 
Groundwater liability increases106,394105,262
Allocation: individual users102,318101,186
Allocation: urban system4,0764,076
Total groundwater liability increases106,394105,262
 
Total water liability increases115,704114,040
Unaccounted-for difference
Unaccounted-for difference(2,815,324)1,102,474
Unaccounted-for difference(2,815,324)1,102,474
Total unaccounted-for difference(2,815,324)1,102,474
 
Total unaccounted-for difference(2,815,324)1,102,474
Change in net water assets5,713(47,794)