Melbourne
Statement of Water Flows

 

Line items in the statements are hyperlinked to the associated section of the Supporting information notes. Methods used to derive line item volumes are provided in the Quantification approaches notes.

 

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for the year ended 30 June 2014

 2014 ML2013 ML
Water inflows
Surface water inflows1,942,0951,965,311
Precipitation on surface water39,79635,591
Runoff to surface water1,768,1541,903,420
Point return from irrigation scheme6163
Direct discharge by user--
Delivery of water under inter-region agreement to surface water134,08426,237
Delivery of claimed desalinated water to surface water00
Total surface water inflows1,942,0951,965,311
 
Groundwater inflows368,823413,750
Groundwater inflow from outside region00
Groundwater inflow from outside region at coast30,50431,076
Recharge from landscape338,319382,674
Total groundwater inflows368,823413,750
 
Urban water system inflows350,537340,895
Wastewater collected350,537340,734
Other urban water system increases0161
Total urban water system inflows350,537340,895
 
Total water inflows2,661,4552,719,956
Water outflows
Surface water outflows1,345,2251,452,101
Evaporation from surface water44,13247,133
River outflow from the region1,274,0411,377,155
Surface water leakage to landscape--
Surface water diversions – other statutory rights--
Entitled diversion of non-allocated surface water to users13,68213,509
Entitled diversion of allocated surface water to users9,84411,073
Surface water transfer under inter-region commitment3,5263,231
Total surface water outflows1,345,2251,452,101
 
Groundwater outflows162,024169,813
Groundwater outflow to outside region00
Groundwater outflow to outside region at coast137,638136,022
Discharge to landscape10,07418,379
Groundwater extractions – other statutory rights--
Entitled extraction of non-allocated groundwater to users--
Entitled extraction of allocated groundwater to users14,31215,412
Total groundwater outflows162,024169,813
 
Urban water system outflows701,416690,783
Evaporation from urban water system15,65717,031
Leakage to landscape4,3114,398
Delivery to urban water system users385,229381,256
Discharge from urban water system to irrigation scheme5,8818,079
Wastewater discharge outside of region275,538268,134
Other wastewater discharge00
Transfer of water outside of region351250
Other urban water system decreases14,45211,672
Total urban water system outflows701,419690,817
 
Total water outflows2,208,6682,312,731
Unaccounted-for difference
Unaccounted-for difference453,231506,765
Unaccounted-for difference453,231506,765
Total unaccounted-for difference453,231506,765
 
Total unaccounted-for difference453,231506,765
Opening water storage650,730750,270
Change in water storage(444)(99,540)
Closing water storage650,286650,730