Ord: Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities
as at 30 June 2022
- Water availability in the Ord region's storages increased during 2021–22.
- Water availability is represented by the net water assets, which are the volume of water in storages minus the 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
| 2022 ML | 2021 ML | 2020 ML | 2019 ML | 2018 ML | 2017 ML | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water assets | ||||||
| Surface water | 7,614,176 | 8,160,926 | 4,304,311 | 6,083,260 | 8,848,069 | 11,688,128 |
| Accessible storage | 7,280,549 | 7,811,976 | 3,966,284 | 5,749,971 | 8,516,811 | 11,338,015 |
| Dead storage | 330,061 | 331,436 | 332,413 | 332,536 | 330,761 | 330,689 |
| Rivers | 3,566 | 17,514 | 5,614 | 753 | 497 | 19,424 |
| Groundwater | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Aquifers | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total water assets | 7,614,176 | 8,160,926 | 4,304,311 | 6,083,260 | 8,848,069 | 11,688,128 |
| Water liabilities | ||||||
| Surface water liability | 315,877 | 315,877 | 301,492 | 243,872 | 311,640 | 341,315 |
| Surface water carryover | 315,877 | 315,877 | 301,492 | 243,872 | 311,640 | 341,315 |
| Groundwater liability | 3,407 | 3,407 | 3,407 | 3,407 | 3,407 | 3,408 |
| Groundwater carryover | 3,407 | 3,407 | 3,407 | 3,407 | 3,407 | 3,408 |
| Total water liabilities | 319,284 | 319,284 | 304,899 | 247,279 | 315,047 | 344,723 |
| Net water assets | ||||||
| Net surface water assets | 7,295,402 | 7,842,152 | 3,999,922 | 5,836,491 | 8,533,532 | 11,343,916 |
| Opening net surface water assets | 7,842,152 | 3,999,922 | 5,836,491 | 8,533,532 | 11,343,916 | 7,582,771 |
| Net change in surface water assets | (546,750) | 3,842,230 | (1,836,569) | (2,697,041) | (2,810,384) | 3,761,145 |
| Closing net surface water assets | 7,295,402 | 7,842,152 | 3,999,922 | 5,836,491 | 8,533,532 | 11,343,916 |
| Net groundwater assets | (510) | (510) | (510) | (510) | (510) | (511) |
| Opening net groundwater assets | (510) | (510) | (510) | (510) | (511) | (559) |
| Net change in groundwater assets | – | – | – | – | 1 | 48 |
| Closing net groundwater assets | (510) | (510) | (510) | (510) | (510) | (511) |
| Total closing net water assets | 7,294,892 | 7,841,642 | 3,999,412 | 5,835,981 | 8,533,022 | 11,343,405 |
| Total change in net water assets | (546,750) | 3,842,230 | (1,836,569) | (2,697,041) | (2,810,383) | 3,761,193 |
Note: quantification approaches used to derive each item volume are provided in the Methods