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.
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

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.
Select comparative year
2019 ML | 2018 ML | 2017 ML | 2016 ML | 2015 ML | 2014 ML | |
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Water assets | ||||||
Surface water | 46,166 | 336,068 | 582,458 | 212,042 | 208,382 | 183,772 |
Accessible storage | 43,559 | **333,412 | **566,590 | **202,365 | **198,791 | **180,792 |
Dead storage | 2,065 | 2,065 | 2,065 | 2,065 | 2,065 | 2,065 |
Rivers | 542 | **591 | **13,803 | **7,612 | **7,526 | **915 |
Groundwater | 80,210 | 47,710 | 47,710 | 47,710 | 47,710 | 47,710 |
Aquifers | 80,210 | 47,710 | 47,710 | 47,710 | 47,710 | 47,710 |
Total water assets | 126,376 | 383,778 | 630,168 | 259,752 | 256,092 | 231,482 |
Water liabilities | ||||||
Surface water liability | 31,201 | 146,289 | 209,585 | 58,652 | 24,363 | 35,217 |
Allocation remaining: individual users | 30,047 | 139,527 | 208,451 | 49,837 | 24,259 | 35,120 |
Allocation remaining: urban system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Allocation remaining: environmental purposes | 1,154 | 6,762 | 1,134 | 8,815 | 104 | 97 |
Groundwater liability | 12,863 | 0 | (16) | (62) | 0 | 0 |
Allocation remaining: individual users | 12,863 | 0 | (16) | (62) | 0 | 0 |
Allocation remaining: urban system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Allocation remaining: environmental purposes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total water liabilities | 44,064 | 146,289 | 209,569 | 58,590 | 24,363 | 35,217 |
Net water assets | ||||||
Net surface water assets | 14,965 | 189,779 | 372,873 | 153,390 | 184,019 | 148,555 |
Opening net surface water assets | 189,779 | 372,873 | 153,390 | 184,019 | 148,555 | 323,094 |
Change in net surface water assets | (174,814) | (183,094) | 219,483 | (30,629) | 35,464 | (174,539) |
Closing net surface water assets | 14,965 | 189,779 | 372,873 | 153,390 | 184,019 | 148,555 |
Net groundwater assets | 67,347 | 47,710 | 47,726 | 47,772 | 47,710 | 47,710 |
Opening net groundwater assets | 47,710 | 47,726 | 47,772 | 47,710 | 47,710 | 8,804 |
Change in net groundwater assets | 19,637 | (16) | (46) | 62 | 0 | 38,906 |
Closing net groundwater assets | 67,347 | 47,710 | 47,726 | 47,772 | 47,710 | 47,710 |
Total closing net water assets | 82,312 | 237,489 | 420,599 | 201,162 | 231,729 | 196,265 |
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

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.
Select comparative year
2019 ML | 2018 ML | 2017 ML | 2016 ML | 2015 ML | 2014 ML | |
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Water inflows | ||||||
Surface water inflows | 319,060 | 524,224 | 1,777,091 | 669,721 | 637,964 | 615,073 |
Precipitation | 18,513 | **29,485 | **64,469 | **32,849 | **34,904 | **30,902 |
Discharge: groundwater* | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Runoff | 300,547 | **493,181 | **1,700,153 | **633,565 | **599,242 | **579,676 |
Flood return | 0 | **1,558 | **12,469 | **3,307 | **3,818 | **4,495 |
Groundwater inflows | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Inter-region inflow | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Recharge: landscape | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Recharge: surface water* | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Other groundwater increases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total water inflows | 319,060 | 524,224 | 1,777,091 | 669,721 | 637,964 | 615,073 |
Water outflows | ||||||
Surface water outflows | 336,019 | 441,171 | 1,468,014 | 370,706 | 353,963 | 536,051 |
Evaporation | 70,495 | **98,702 | **122,919 | **77,636 | **71,795 | **97,789 |
Outflow | 3,298 | **63,657 | **363,809 | **67,123 | **88,680 | **81,788 |
Recharge: groundwater* | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Overbank flow | 0 | **10,362 | **169,736 | **12,603 | **18,113 | **13,650 |
Diversion: basic rights | 13,474 | 9,894 | 9,894 | 10,274 | 8,000 | 10,373 |
Floodplain harvesting | 2,950 | 2,950 | 121,775 | **0 | **0 | **0 |
Non-allocated diversion: individual users | 25,519 | 64,293 | 506,274 | 125,659 | 106,449 | 73,332 |
Non-allocated diversions: urban system | 833 | 881 | 834 | 900 | 906 | 967 |
Non-allocated diversions: environmental purposes | 0 | 944 | 23,602 | 1,047 | 1,815 | 92 |
Allocated diversion: individual users | 211,556 | 180,751 | 148,707 | 74,902 | 57,699 | 253,494 |
Allocated diversion: urban system | 494 | 515 | 464 | 562 | 506 | 566 |
Allocated diversion: environmental purposes | 7,400 | 8,222 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4,000 |
Groundwater outflows | 32,873 | 29,927 | 24,589 | 27,168 | 26,918 | 26,637 |
Inter-region outflow | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Discharge: landscape | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Discharge: surface water* | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Extraction: basic rights | 2,717 | **3,366 | 3,369 | 3,369 | **2,361 | **2,361 |
Allocated extraction: individual users | 21,408 | 26,519 | 21,187 | **23,759 | **24,524 | **24,232 |
Allocated extractions: urban system | 8,748 | 42 | 33 | 40 | 33 | 44 |
Allocated extractions: environmental purposes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Other groundwater decreases | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total water outflows | 368,892 | 471,098 | 1,492,603 | 397,874 | 380,881 | 562,688 |
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) | 370,416 | 3,660 | 24,610 | (327,181) |
Change in groundwater storage | 32,500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38,906 |
Total change in water storage | (257,402) | (246,390) | 370,416 | 3,660 | 24,610 | (288,275) |
Closing water storage | 126,376 | 383,778 | 630,168 | 259,752 | 256,092 | 231,482 |
Change in water liability | ||||||
Surface water liability | (115,088) | (63,296) | 150,933 | 34,289 | (10,854) | (152,642) |
Allocation remaining: individual users | (109,480) | (68,924) | 158,614 | 25,578 | (10,861) | (152,630) |
Allocation remaining: urban system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Allocation remaining: environmental purposes | (5,608) | 5,628 | (7,681) | 8,711 | 7 | (12) |
Groundwater liability | 12,863 | 16 | 46 | (62) | 0 | 0 |
Allocation remaining: individual users | 12,863 | 16 | 46 | (62) | 0 | 0 |
Allocation remaining: urban system | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Allocation remaining: environmental purposes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total change in water liability | (102,225) | (63,280) | 150,979 | 34,227 | (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)