Rutherglen/Wahgunyah system

About the area

The Rutherglen system sources water from the Murray River, and services the townships of Rutherglen and Wahgunyah.

Water supplied to Rutherglen system is potable and treated at the Wahgunyah treatment plant.

This system is supplied by North East Water.

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

Water account component	2021-22 (ML)	2020-21 (ML)
Volume in store
Start volume in store	7	7
End volume in store	7	6
Change in store	0	(1)
Inflows
Inflow from surface water	619	675
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	619	675
Outflows
Deliveries
Urban residential	355	410
Urban non-residential	142	153
Passed to other systems	0	0
Total deliveries	497	563
Losses
Evaporation	0	0
System losses	122	113
Total losses	122	113
Other outflows
Unattributed outflows	0	0
Total outflows	619	676
System efficiency
Distribution system efficiency (%)	80%	83%

Water account component	2021-22 (ML)	2020-21 (ML)
Volume in store
Start volume in store	7	7
End volume in store	7	6
Change in store	0	(1)
Inflows
Inflow from surface water	619	675
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	619	675
Outflows
Deliveries
Urban residential	355	410
Urban non-residential	142	153
Passed to other systems	0	0
Total deliveries	497	563
Losses
Evaporation	0	0
System losses	122	113
Total losses	122	113
Other outflows
Unattributed outflows	0	0
Total outflows	619	676
System efficiency
Distribution system efficiency (%)	80%	83%

Explore the North East Water Corporation local report.