Question On Notice No. 3035 asked in the Legislative Council on 11 August 2020 by Hon Robin Chapple
Question Directed to the: Minister for Regional Development representing the Minister for Water
Parliament: 40 Session: 1
Question
I refer to the Millstream Water Reserve Water Supply (MWRWS), the Bungaroo Coastal Water Supply Borefield (BCWSB) and the Harding Dam, and I ask:
(a) would the Minister please table the total volumes of water taken, per year, and for every year, since 1 May 2000:
(i) from the MWRWS;
(ii) from the BCWSB; and
(iii) from the Harding Dam?
Answered on 16 September 2020
(a).
(i) The data provided below is per Water Year which since 2015/16 is 1 May to 30 April. Previously, the Water Year was 1 April to 31 March.
|
Water Year
|
Abstraction (kL)
|
|
2000/01
|
7,070,834
|
|
2001/02
|
9,343,876
|
|
2002/03
|
9,302,989
|
|
2003/04
|
9,294,139
|
|
2004/05
|
3,258,388
|
|
2005/06
|
527,351
|
|
2006/07
|
571,489
|
|
2007/08
|
926,652
|
|
2008/09
|
3,425,375
|
|
2009/10
|
274,210
|
|
2010/11
|
2,082,659
|
|
2011/12
|
2,613,045
|
|
2012/13
|
9,564,912
|
|
2013/14
|
5,183,074
|
|
2014/15*
|
6,815,397
|
|
2015/16
|
6,676,277
|
|
2016/17
|
6,240,276
|
|
2017/18
|
3,288,368
|
|
2018/19
|
2,559,757
|
|
2019/20
|
5,628,841
|
(ii) The total volume of water taken per year from the Bungaroo Coastal Water Supply Borefield from 2013 when the borefield was commissioned is:
|
Year
|
Abstraction (kL)
|
|
2013
|
205,987
|
|
2014
|
5,091,079
|
|
2015
|
6,482,329
|
|
2016
|
7,586,167
|
|
2017
|
6,171,630
|
|
2018
|
6,635,476
|
|
2019
|
7,740,186
|
(iii) The data provided below is per Water Year which since 2015/16 is 1 May to 30 April. Previously, the Water Year was 1 April to 31 March.
|
Water Year
|
Abstraction (kL)
|
|
2000/01
|
896,881
|
|
2001/02
|
0
|
|
2002/03
|
0
|
|
2003/04
|
0
|
|
2004/05
|
8,000,704
|
|
2005/06
|
9,750,088
|
|
2006/07
|
10,855,945
|
|
2007/08
|
11,862,822
|
|
2008/09
|
9,498,300
|
|
2009/10
|
13,437,636
|
|
2010/11
|
10,221,872
|
|
2011/12
|
10,175,389
|
|
2012/13
|
3,865,602
|
|
2013/14
|
7,806,617
|
|
2014/15*
|
347,914
|
|
2015/16
|
685,117
|
|
2016/17
|
91,758
|
|
2017/18
|
4,100,769
|
|
2018/19
|
4,832,875
|
|
2019/20
|
1,541,266
|