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Daly: Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities

For the water account period 01 July 2022 - 30 June 2023 

  • Water availability in the Daly region's aquifer storages increased during the 2022-23 year.

 

Schematic representation of the Daly region. Total surface water and groundwater assets on 30 June 2023 was 14 GL. Total water liabilities was 0 GL. Closing net water assets on 30 June 2023 was 14 GL.

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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  2023 (ML) 2022 (ML) 2021 (ML) 2020 (ML) 2019 (ML) 2018 (ML)
Water assets
Surface water 13,571 8,974 13,538 7,736 9,306 14,549
Accessible storage - - - - - -
Dead storage - - - - - -
Rivers 13,571 8,974 13,538 7,736 9,306 14,549
 
Groundwater - – – – – –
Water table aquifer - – – – – –
 
Total water assets 13,571 8,974 13,538 7,736 9,306 14,549
Water liabilities
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 water liabilities 0 0 0 0 0 0
Net water assets
Net surface water assets            
Opening net surface water assets 8,974 13,538 7,736 9,306 14,549 16,234
Change in net surface water assets 4,597 (4,564) 5,802 (1,570) (5,243) (1,685)
Closing net surface water assets 13,571 8,974 13,538 7,736 9,306 14,549
 
Net groundwater assets - - - - - -
Opening net groundwater assets - - - - - -
Change in net groundwater assets - - - - - -
Closing net groundwater assets - - - - - -
Total closing net water assets 13,571 8,974 13,538 7,736 9,306 14,549
Total change in net water assets 4,597 (4,564) 5,802 (1,570) (5,243) (1,685)

Note: quantification approaches used to derive each item volume are provided in the Methods