DEECA Victorian Water Accounts 2021-22

About the area

Ararat system sources water from Mt Cole Reservoir and Lake Fyans. Ararat system services the townships of Ararat and Great Western.

Ararat has a treatment plant producing potable water for urban supply.

This system is supplied by Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water.

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

Water account component	2021-22 (ML)	2020-21 (ML)
Volume in store
Start volume in store	180	31
End volume in store	248	180
Change in store	68	149
Inflows
Inflow from surface water	1,607	1,745
Inflow from groundwater	0	0
Inflow from distribution system	0	0
Inflow from recycled water	0	0
Inflow from rainfall	0	0
Unattributed inflows	0	0
Total inflows	1,607	1,745
Outflows
Deliveries
Urban residential	666	678
Urban non-residential	479	559
Passed to other systems	0	0
Total deliveries	1,145	1,237
Losses
Evaporation	0	0
System losses	360	359
Total losses	360	359
Other outflows
Unattributed outflows	34	0
Total outflows	1,539	1,596
System efficiency
Distribution system efficiency (%)	74%	78%

Water account component	2021-22 (ML)	2020-21 (ML)
Volume in store
Start volume in store	180	31
End volume in store	248	180
Change in store	68	149
Inflows
Inflow from surface water	1,607	1,745
Inflow from groundwater	0	0
Inflow from distribution system	0	0
Inflow from recycled water	0	0
Inflow from rainfall	0	0
Unattributed inflows	0	0
Total inflows	1,607	1,745
Outflows
Deliveries
Urban residential	666	678
Urban non-residential	479	559
Passed to other systems	0	0
Total deliveries	1,145	1,237
Losses
Evaporation	0	0
System losses	360	359
Total losses	360	359
Other outflows
Unattributed outflows	34	0
Total outflows	1,539	1,596
System efficiency
Distribution system efficiency (%)	74%	78%

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