Burdekin: Statement of Water Flows
for the year ended 30 June 2017
The volume of water in the region's storages at 30 June 2017 is 2,044,876 ML, an increase of 65,838 ML from the start of the 2016–17 year. This increase represents a small rise in water volume in the region's surface water storages. This is the region's second successive annual increase in storage volume.
The Statement of Water Flows is provided below and presents the actual water flows associated with the region's water stores during the year, including flows corresponding to the accrual transactions shown in the Statement of Changes in Water Assets and Water Liabilities.
| 2017 ML | 2016 ML | |
|---|---|---|
| Water inflows | ||
| Surface water inflows | 7,988,689 | 3,442,916 |
| Precipitation | 354,510 | 85,153 |
| Runoff | 7,582,453 | 3,357,763 |
| Flood return | 51,726 | – |
| Groundwater inflows | 99,104 | 112,483 |
| Managed aquifer recharge: individual users | 99,104 | 98,220 |
| Other | – | 14,263 |
| Total water inflows | 8,087,793 | 3,555,399 |
| Water outflows | ||
| Surface water outflows | 5,989,199 | 2,846,619 |
| Evaporation | 481,524 | 351,723 |
| Outflow | 4,629,655 | 1,652,935 |
| Overbank flow | 117,318 | – |
| Non-allocated diversion: individual users | 172,705 | 158,744 |
| Allocated diversion: individual users | 106,586 | 134,177 |
| Allocated diversion: urban system | 8,604 | 2,263 |
| Allocated diversion: irrigation | 460,969 | 533,681 |
| Transfer inter-region | 11,838 | 13,096 |
| Groundwater outflows | 81,606 | 80,433 |
| Non-allocated extraction: individual users | 53,378 | 51,999 |
| Allocated extraction: individual users | 1,082 | 28,434 |
| Allocated extraction: urban system | 238 | – |
| Allocated extractions: irrigation | 17,672 | – |
| Other | 9,236 | – |
| Total water outflows | 6,070,805 | 2,927,052 |
| Unaccounted-for difference | 1,951,150 | 222,311 |
| Opening water storage | 1,979,038 | 1,573,002 |
| Change in water storage | 65,838 | 406,036 |
| Closing water storage | 2,044,876 | 1,979,038 |