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Daly: Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities

For the water account period 1 July 2024 to 30 June 2025

  • In the Daly region, water availability increased by 52% during 2024–25 in response to changes to surface water assets.
  • Water availability is represented by the net water assets, which are the volume of water assets minus the water liabilities.

Schematic representation of the total volume of water assets and water liabilities in the Daly region, as well as the closing net water assets at the end of the current reporting period.

The Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities provides a detailed breakdown of the volume of water assets and water liabilities in the Daly region over the past six water accounting periods ending 30 June, as well as changes in net water assets between the start (1 July) and end (30 June) of each reporting period.

To view the Statement of Water Assets and Water Liabilities, scroll down to the table below.

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 2025 (ML)2024 (ML)2023 (ML)2022 (ML)2021 (ML)2020 (ML)
Water assets
Surface water28,00718,47514,0668,97513,5387,736
Accessible storage------
Dead storage------
Rivers28,00718,47514,0668,97513,5387,736
 
Groundwater------
Water table aquifer------
 
Total water assets28,00718,47514,0668,97513,5387,736
Water liabilities
Surface water liability000000
Surface water carryover000000
 
Groundwater liability000000
Groundwater carryover000000
 
Total water liabilities000000
Net water assets
Net surface water assets28,00718,47514,0668,97513,5387,736
Opening net surface water assets18,47514,0668,97513,5387,7369,306
Change in net surface water assets9,5324,4095,091(4,563)5,802(1,570)
Closing net surface water assets28,00718,47514,0668,97513,5387,736
 
Net groundwater assets------
Opening net groundwater assets------
Change in net groundwater assets------
Closing net groundwater assets------
Total closing net water assets28,00718,47514,0668,97513,5387,736
Total change in net water assets9,5324,4095,091(4,563)5,802(1,570)

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