DEECA Victorian Water Accounts 2021-22

About the area

The Bendigo system sources water from Coliban storages via the Coliban Main Channel. It also sources water from Lake Eppalock, Lake Eildon and the Waranga basin via the Goldfields Superpipe. The Bendigo system services the townships of Bendigo, Axedale, Raywood and Sebastian.

The Bendigo system has water treatment plants in Bendigo and Raywood supplying potable water to urban customers.

This system is supplied by Coliban Water.

Water balance

The table below shows the total volumes of water supplied from water resources in the Bendigo system in 2021-22.

Table 1: Water balance, Bendigo system

Water account component	2021-22 (ML)	2020-21 (ML)
Volume in store
Start volume in store	1,966	2,180
End volume in store	1,862	1,966
Change in store	(104)	(214)
Inflows
Inflow from surface water	0	0
Inflow from groundwater	0	0
Inflow from distribution system	15,080	15,663
Inflow from recycled water	0	0
Inflow from rainfall	187	150
Unattributed inflows	0	0
Total inflows	15,267	15,813
Outflows
Deliveries
Urban residential	9,058	8,914
Urban non-residential	3,007	2,607
Passed to other systems	1,669	1,933
Total deliveries	13,734	13,454
Losses
Evaporation	240	256
System losses	1,397	2,316
Total losses	1,637	2,572
Other outflows
Unattributed outflows	0	0
Total outflows	15,371	16,026
System efficiency
Distribution system efficiency (%)	89%	84%

Water account component	2021-22 (ML)	2020-21 (ML)
Volume in store
Start volume in store	1,966	2,180
End volume in store	1,862	1,966
Change in store	(104)	(214)
Inflows
Inflow from surface water	0	0
Inflow from groundwater	0	0
Inflow from distribution system	15,080	15,663
Inflow from recycled water	0	0
Inflow from rainfall	187	150
Unattributed inflows	0	0
Total inflows	15,267	15,813
Outflows
Deliveries
Urban residential	9,058	8,914
Urban non-residential	3,007	2,607
Passed to other systems	1,669	1,933
Total deliveries	13,734	13,454
Losses
Evaporation	240	256
System losses	1,397	2,316
Total losses	1,637	2,572
Other outflows
Unattributed outflows	0	0
Total outflows	15,371	16,026
System efficiency
Distribution system efficiency (%)	89%	84%

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Table 1: Water balance, Bendigo system

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