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National Water Account 2019

Border Rivers: Water Accounting Statements

as at 30 June 2019

  • Water availability in the Border Rivers catchment decreased during the 2018–19 year.
  • This decrease represents the change in water volume in the region's surface water storages.

 

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To view the water accounting statements for the Border Rivers catchment scroll down this page or click on the links below:

 

Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities

Lake Eildon, Murray–Darling Basin region (Alison Pouliot © 2009)

 

The Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities is provided in the table below. The statement presents the volume of water assets, and water liabilities at the start and end of the reporting year.

 

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 2019 ML2018 ML2017 ML2016 ML2015 ML2014 ML
Water assets
Surface water46,166336,068582,458212,042208,382183,772
Accessible storage43,559**333,412**566,590**202,365**198,791**180,792
Dead storage2,0652,0652,0652,0652,0652,065
Rivers542**591**13,803**7,612**7,526**915
 
Groundwater80,21047,71047,71047,71047,71047,710
Aquifers80,21047,71047,71047,71047,71047,710
 
Total water assets126,376383,778630,168259,752256,092231,482
Water liabilities
Surface water liability31,201146,289209,58558,65224,36335,217
Allocation remaining: individual users30,047139,527208,45149,83724,25935,120
Allocation remaining: urban system000000
Allocation remaining: environmental purposes1,1546,7621,1348,81510497
 
Groundwater liability12,8630(16)(62)00
Allocation remaining: individual users12,8630(16)(62)00
Allocation remaining: urban system000000
Allocation remaining: environmental purposes000000
 
Total water liabilities44,064146,289209,56958,59024,36335,217
Net water assets
Net surface water assets14,965189,779372,873153,390184,019148,555
Opening net surface water assets189,779372,873153,390184,019148,555323,094
Change in net surface water assets(174,814)(183,094)219,483(30,629)35,464(174,539)
Closing net surface water assets14,965189,779372,873153,390184,019148,555
 
Net groundwater assets67,34747,71047,72647,77247,71047,710
Opening net groundwater assets47,71047,72647,77247,71047,7108,804
Change in net groundwater assets19,637(16)(46)62038,906
Closing net groundwater assets67,34747,71047,72647,77247,71047,710
Total closing net water assets82,312237,489420,599201,162231,729196,265
       
Total change in net water assets(155,177)(183,110)219,437(30,567)35,464(135,633)
 

 

** different to published volume in historical accounts (see Governance section for more information)

 

Statement of Changes in Water Assets and Water Liabilities

Murray River near Mildura (istock © bonzarelli)

 

The Statement of Changes in Water Assets and Water Liabilities is provided in the table below. The statement presents the actual water flows associated with the region's water stores, as well as the changes in water storages and water liabilities that occurred during the year.

 

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 2019 ML2018 ML2017 ML2016 ML2015 ML2014 ML
Water inflows
Surface water inflows319,060524,2241,777,091669,721637,964615,073
Precipitation18,513**29,485**64,469**32,849**34,904**30,902
Discharge: groundwater*
Runoff300,547**493,181**1,700,153**633,565**599,242**579,676
Flood return0**1,558**12,469**3,307**3,818**4,495
 
Groundwater inflows000000
Inter-region inflow
Recharge: landscape
Recharge: surface water*
Other groundwater increases000000
 
Total water inflows319,060524,2241,777,091669,721637,964615,073
Water outflows
Surface water outflows336,019441,1711,468,014370,706353,963536,051
Evaporation70,495**98,702**122,919**77,636**71,795**97,789
Outflow3,298**63,657**363,809**67,123**88,680**81,788
Recharge: groundwater*
Overbank flow0**10,362**169,736**12,603**18,113**13,650
Diversion: basic rights13,4749,8949,89410,2748,00010,373
Floodplain harvesting2,9502,950121,775**0**0**0
Non-allocated diversion: individual users25,51964,293506,274125,659106,44973,332
Non-allocated diversions: urban system833881834900906967
Non-allocated diversions: environmental purposes094423,6021,0471,81592
Allocated diversion: individual users211,556180,751148,70774,90257,699253,494
Allocated diversion: urban system494515464562506566
Allocated diversion: environmental purposes7,4008,2220004,000
 
Groundwater outflows32,87329,92724,58927,16826,91826,637
Inter-region outflow
Discharge: landscape
Discharge: surface water*
Extraction: basic rights2,717**3,3663,3693,369**2,361**2,361
Allocated extraction: individual users21,40826,51921,187**23,759**24,524**24,232
Allocated extractions: urban system8,7484233403344
Allocated extractions: environmental purposes000000
Other groundwater decreases000000
 
Total water outflows368,892471,0981,492,603397,874380,881562,688
 
Unaccounted-for difference(207,570)**(299,516)**85,928**(268,186)**(232,473)**(340,661)
 
 
Change in water storage      
Change in surface water storage(289,902)(246,390)370,4163,66024,610(327,181)
Change in groundwater storage32,500000038,906
Total change in water storage(257,402)(246,390)370,4163,66024,610(288,275)
 
Closing water storage126,376383,778630,168259,752256,092231,482
 
 
Change in water liability
Surface water liability(115,088)(63,296)150,93334,289(10,854)(152,642)
Allocation remaining: individual users(109,480)(68,924)158,61425,578(10,861)(152,630)
Allocation remaining: urban system000000
Allocation remaining: environmental purposes(5,608)5,628(7,681)8,7117(12)
 
Groundwater liability12,8631646(62)00
Allocation remaining: individual users12,8631646(62)00
Allocation remaining: urban system000000
Allocation remaining: environmental purposes000000
Total change in water liability(102,225)(63,280)150,97934,227(10,854)(152,642)
       
Net change in water assets(155,177)(183,110)219,437(30,567)35,464(135,633)
 

 

* between-store flows

** different to published volume in historical accounts (see Governance section for more information)