Ord: Statement of Water Flows
The volume of water in the region's storages at 30 June 2016 is 8,072,764 ML, a decrease of 1,870,206 ML from the start of the 2015–16 year. This decrease represents the drop in water volume in the region's surface water storages. This is the region's second successive annual drop in storage volume.
The Statement of Water Flows is provided in the table below. The statement presents the actual water flows associated with the water stores of the region that occurred during the reporting year, including flows corresponding to the accrual transactions shown in the Statement of Changes in Water Assets and Water Liabilities.
Items in the statements are hyperlinked to the associated section of the Statement details. Methods used to derive item volumes are provided in the Reference information.
for the year ended 30 June 2016
| 2016 ML | 2015 ML | |
|---|---|---|
| Water inflows | ||
| Surface water inflows | 4,306,338 | 6,467,901 |
| Precipitation | 647,542 | 582,188 |
| Runoff | 3,607,211 | 5,834,254 |
| Point return: irrigation | 51,000 | 51,000 |
| Discharge: wastewater | 585 | 459 |
| Total surface water inflows | 4,306,338 | 6,467,901 |
| Groundwater inflows | 8,572 | 9,333 |
| Inter-region inflow | – | – |
| Recharge: landscape | 8,572 | 9,333 |
| Total groundwater inflows | 8,572 | 9,333 |
| Total water inflows | 4,314,910 | 6,477,234 |
| Water outflows | ||
| Surface water outflows | 5,182,218 | 6,444,683 |
| Evaporation | 2,055,633 | 2,458,054 |
| Outflow | 2,953,593 | 3,806,638 |
| Leakage: landscape | 80 | 45 |
| Allocated diversion: individual users | 24,657 | 23,057 |
| Allocated diversion: urban system | 433 | 436 |
| Allocated diversion: irrigation | 147,822 | 156,453 |
| Total surface water outflows | 5,182,218 | 6,444,683 |
| Groundwater outflows | 8,572 | 9,333 |
| Inter-region outflow | – | – |
| Discharge: landscape | – | – |
| Allocated extraction: individual users | 6,740 | 7,560 |
| Allocated extraction: urban system | 1,832 | 1,773 |
| Total groundwater outflows | 8,572 | 9,333 |
| Total water outflows | 5,190,790 | 6,454,016 |
| Unaccounted-for difference | ||
| Unaccounted-for difference | (994,326) | (1,025,105) |
| Unaccounted-for difference | (994,326) | (1,025,105) |
| Total unaccounted-for difference | (994,326) | (1,025,105) |
| Total unaccounted-for difference | (994,326) | (1,025,105) |
| Opening water storage | 9,942,970 | 10,944,857 |
| Change in water storage | (1,870,206) | (1,001,887) |
| Closing water storage | 8,072,764 | 9,942,970 |