DEECA Victorian Water Accounts 2022-23

About the area

The Heathcote system sources water from Lake Eppalock and the Goulburn system, via the Goldfields Superpipe. It services the townships of Heathcote and Tooborac.

Heathcote has a water treatment plant that provides potable water for urban use.

This system is supplied by Coliban Water.

Water balance

The table below shows the total volumes of water supplied from water resources in the Heathcote system in 2022-23.

Table 1: Water balance, Heathcote system

Water account component	2021-22 (ML)	2022-23 (ML)
Volume in store
Start volume in store	145	174
End volume in store	174	207
Change in store	29	33
Inflows
Inflow from surface water	370	288
Inflow from groundwater	0	0
Inflow from distribution system	0	0
Inflow from recycled water	0	0
Rainfall	44	66
Unattributed inflows	0	0
Total inflows	414	354
Outflows
Deliveries
Urban residential	157	144
Urban non-residential	80	66
Passed to other systems	0	0
Total deliveries	237	210
Losses
Evaporation	46	43
System losses	102	67
Total losses	148	110
Other outflows
Unattributed outflows	0	0
Total outflows	385	320
System efficiency
Distribution system efficiency (%)	62%	65%

Water account component	2021-22 (ML)	2022-23 (ML)
Volume in store
Start volume in store	145	174
End volume in store	174	207
Change in store	29	33
Inflows
Inflow from surface water	370	288
Inflow from groundwater	0	0
Inflow from distribution system	0	0
Inflow from recycled water	0	0
Rainfall	44	66
Unattributed inflows	0	0
Total inflows	414	354
Outflows
Deliveries
Urban residential	157	144
Urban non-residential	80	66
Passed to other systems	0	0
Total deliveries	237	210
Losses
Evaporation	46	43
System losses	102	67
Total losses	148	110
Other outflows
Unattributed outflows	0	0
Total outflows	385	320
System efficiency
Distribution system efficiency (%)	62%	65%

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Water balance

Table 1: Water balance, Heathcote system

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