Ord: 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 11,832,376 ML, an increase of 3,759,612 ML from the start of the 2016–17 year. This increase represents the change in water volume in the region's surface water storages. This is the region's first annual increase in three years.
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 | 28,297,292 | 4,306,338 |
| Precipitation | 1,534,441 | 647,542 |
| Runoff | 26,318,600 | 3,607,211 |
| Point return: irrigation | 51,000 | 51,000 |
| Flood return | 392,666 | – |
| Discharge: wastewater | 585 | 585 |
| Groundwater inflows | 7,579 | 8,572 |
| Inter-region inflow | – | – |
| Recharge: landscape | 7,579 | 8,572 |
| Total water inflows | 28,304,871 | 4,314,910 |
| Water outflows | ||
| Surface water outflows | 20,111,818 | 5,219,211 |
| Evaporation | 2,310,797 | 2,055,633 |
| Outflow | 16,921,169 | 2,953,593 |
| Leakage: landscape | 80 | 80 |
| Overbank flow | 682,226 | – |
| River loss | – | – |
| Allocated diversion: individual users | 32,335 | 29,394 |
| Allocated diversion: urban system | 406 | 433 |
| Allocated diversion: irrigation | 164,805 | 180,078 |
| Groundwater outflows | 7,579 | 8,572 |
| Inter-region outflow | – | – |
| Discharge: landscape | – | – |
| Allocated extraction: individual users | 5,819 | 6,740 |
| Allocated extraction: urban system | 1,760 | 1,832 |
| Total water outflows | 20,119,397 | 5,227,783 |
| Unaccounted-for difference | (4,425,862) | (957,333) |
| Opening water storage | 8,072,764 | 9,942,970 |
| Change in water storage | 3,759,612 | (1,870,206) |
| Closing water storage | 11,832,376 | 8,072,764 |