Murray–Darling Basin: Statement of Water Flows
for the year ended 30 June 2017
The volume of water in the region's storages at 30 June 2017 was 22,150,485 ML, an increase of 5,903,616 ML from the start of the 2016–17 year. This increase primarily represents the change in water volume in the region's surface water storages.
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 | 41,878,254 | 23,655,584 |
| Precipitation | 2,048,689 | 1,248,850 |
| Inter-region inflow | 22,000 | 0 |
| Runoff | 34,932,922 | 19,091,888 |
| Point return: irrigation | 277,177 | 295,507 |
| Flood return | 1,670,952 | – |
| Discharge: urban supply system | 0 | 0 |
| Delivery: inter-region agreement | 2,659,102 | 2,392,309 |
| Return flow: environmental purposes | 229,298 | 590,987 |
| Discharge: wastewater | 38,114 | 36,043 |
| Groundwater inflows | 688,236 | 411,123 |
| Inter-region inflow | 2,461 | 2,553 |
| Inter-region coastal inflow | 101 | 77 |
| Recharge: landscape | 680,003 | 407,340 |
| Leakage: urban system | 4,079 | – |
| Managed aquifer recharge: individual user | 1,592 | 1,153 |
| Other increases | 0 | 0 |
| Total water inflows | 42,566,490 | 24,066,707 |
| Water outflows | ||
| Surface water outflows | 35,721,594 | 23,009,275 |
| Evaporation | 4,518,203 | 3,376,265 |
| Outflow | 7,401,000 | 663,000 |
| Overbank flow | 6,562,380 | 59,546 |
| River and floodplain losses | 6,951,514 | 10,420,954 |
| Diversions: statutory rights | 50,861 | 59,249 |
| Non-allocated diversion: individual users | 1,675,241 | 818,728 |
| Non-allocated diversion: urban system | 11,661 | 12,255 |
| Allocated diversion: individual users | 5,716,523 | 4,734,934 |
| Allocated diversion: urban system | 308,004 | 481,808 |
| Allocated diversion: environmental purposes | 2,081,117 | 1,912,884 |
| Non-allocated diversion: environmental purposes | 154,218 | 42,246 |
| Conveyance losses for allocated diversions | 290,872 | 427,406 |
| Groundwater outflows | 1,265,367 | 1,616,391 |
| Inter-region outflow | 33 | 57 |
| Inter-region coastal outflow | 1,493 | 1,700 |
| Discharge: landscape | 63,999 | 85,641 |
| Extraction: statutory rights | 239,100 | 237,669 |
| Non-allocated extraction | 0 | 0 |
| Allocated extraction: individual users | 921,828 | 1,270,177 |
| Allocated extraction: urban system | 38,914 | 21,147 |
| Allocated extraction: environmental purposes | 0 | 0 |
| Other decreases | 0 | 0 |
| Total water outflows | 36,986,961 | 24,625,666 |
| Unaccounted-for difference | 324,087 | 1,013,359 |
| Opening water storage | 16,246,869 | 15,792,469 |
| Change in water storage | 5,903,616 | 454,400 |
| Closing water storage | 22,150,485 | 16,246,869 |