Fitzroy: Statement of Changes in Water Assets and Water Liabilities
for the year ended 30 June 2022
- The volume of water in the region's storages increased during 2021-22 for the second consecutive year.
- This increase represents the change in water volume in the region's surface water storages.
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 assets and water liabilities that occurred during the year.
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| 2022 ML | 2021 ML | 2020 ML | 2019 ML | 2018 ML | 2017 ML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water inflows | ||||||
| Surface water inflows | 3,407,259 | 1,162,114 | 3,106,886 | 2,533,947 | 2,128,262 | 12,705,718 |
| Precipitation on storages | 129,417 | 79,198 | 77,286 | 76,385 | 109,121 | 131,743 |
| Precipitation on rivers | 89,479 | 33,344 | 59,050 | 47,746 | 59,199 | 144,267 |
| Runoff | 3,124,918 | 1,019,608 | 2,896,598 | 2,337,274 | 1,920,297 | 12,251,923 |
| Flood return | 63,445 | 29,964 | 73,952 | 72,542 | 39,645 | 177,785 |
| Groundwater inflows | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total water inflows | 3,407,259 | 1,162,114 | 3,106,886 | 2,533,947 | 2,128,262 | 12,705,718 |
| Water outflows | ||||||
| Surface water outflows | 4,820,563 | 1,487,346 | 4,014,429 | 2,243,294 | 2,574,307 | 10,629,176 |
| Evaporation from storages | 349,964 | 333,896 | 364,177 | 354,527 | 362,338 | 365,980 |
| Evaporation from rivers | 118,923 | 76,048 | 102,467 | 91,886 | 115,470 | 128,607 |
| Outflow | 3,505,020 | 529,632 | 2,791,702 | 1,339,333 | 1,065,823 | 8,824,467 |
| Overbank flow | 238,806 | 42,935 | 215,602 | 139,513 | 525,670 | 834,902 |
| Non-allocated diversion to individual users | - | 332,648 | 318,592 | 99,221 | 227,780 | 228,723 |
| Non-allocated diversion to agriculture users | 170,992 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-allocated diversion to industrial users | 359 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-allocated diversion to irrigation users | 1,819 | 1,419 | 1,439 | 1,433 | - | - |
| Non-allocated diversion to mining users | 9,300 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-allocated diversion to other users | 217,103 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-allocated diversion to stock and domestic users | 242 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-allocated diversion to urban users | 2,962 | 2,957 | 2,932 | 700 | - | - |
| Allocated diversion to industrial users | 49,645 | 55,234 | 56,438 | 58,205 | 56,282 | 50,139 |
| Allocated diversion to irrigation users | 146,647 | 104,362 | 152,193 | 135,802 | 195,373 | 173,064 |
| Allocated diversion to other users | 370 | 490 | 505 | 14,635 | 17,203 | 15,853 |
| Allocated diversion to stock and domestic users | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Allocated diversion to urban users | 8,411 | 7,725 | 8,382 | 8,039 | 8,368 | 7,441 |
| Allocated diversion to inter-region supply | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Groundwater outflows | 105,049 | 63,182 | 64,607 | 65,505 | 10,124 | 10,420 |
| Non-allocated extraction to individual users | - | 43,959 | 41,281 | 43,682 | 93,472 | 9,217 |
| Non-allocated extraction to agriculture users | 9,395 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-allocated extraction to industrial users | 26,358 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-allocated extraction to irrigation users | 47,066 | 50,360 | 50,508 | 51,179 | - | - |
| Non-allocated extraction to mining users | 6,992 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-allocated extraction to other users | 5,624 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-allocated extraction to stock and domestic users | 1,383 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Non-allocated extraction to urban users | 1,479 | 2,554 | 2,554 | 1,479 | - | - |
| Allocated extraction to individual users | - | 626 | 382 | 396 | 361 | 356 |
| Allocated extraction to irrigation users | 6,437 | 9,119 | 10,666 | 11,946 | 9,443 | 9,521 |
| Allocated extraction to urban users | - | 523 | 497 | 505 | 320 | 543 |
| Allocated extraction to industrial users | 315 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total water outflows | 4,925,612 | 1,550,528 | 4,079,036 | 2,308,799 | 2,584,431 | 10,639,596 |
| Unaccounted-for difference | 1,601,309 | 437,525 | 851,260 | (333,170) | 189,314 | (2,010,356) |
| Change in water storages | ||||||
| Change in surface water storages | 82,956 | 49,111 | (120,890) | (108,022) | (266,855) | 55,766 |
| Change in groundwater storages | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total change in water storages | 82,956 | 49,111 | (120,890) | (108,022) | (266,855) | 55,766 |
| Closing water storages | 508,905 | 425,949 | 376,838 | 497,628 | 605,750 | 872,605 |
| Change in water liability | ||||||
| Surface water liability | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Surface water carryover | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Groundwater liability | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Groundwater carryover | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total change in water liability | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Net change in water assets | 82,956 | 49,111 | (120,890) | (108,022) | (266,855) | 55,766 |
Note: quantification approaches used to derive each item volume are provided in the Methods