DEECA Victorian Water Accounts 2022-23

About the area

The Orbost system sources water from the Rocky and Brodribb Rivers. The Orbost system services the townships of Orbost, Newmerella and Marlo.

Orbost has a water treatment plant producing potable water for urban use.

This system is supplied by East Gippsland Water.

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

Water account component	2021-22 (ML)	2022-23 (ML)
Volume in store
Start volume in store	49	53
End volume in store	53	54
Change in store	4	1
Inflows
Inflow from surface water	589	778
Inflow from groundwater	0	0
Inflow from distribution system	0	0
Inflow from recycled water	0	0
Rainfall	17	10
Unattributed inflows	0	0
Total inflows	606	788
Outflows
Deliveries
Urban residential	212	222
Urban non-residential	283	321
Passed to other systems	0	0
Total deliveries	495	543
Losses
Evaporation	9	10
System losses	97	235
Total losses	106	245
Other outflows
Unattributed outflows	0	0
Total outflows	601	788
System efficiency
Distribution system efficiency (%)	82%	69%

Water account component	2021-22 (ML)	2022-23 (ML)
Volume in store
Start volume in store	49	53
End volume in store	53	54
Change in store	4	1
Inflows
Inflow from surface water	589	778
Inflow from groundwater	0	0
Inflow from distribution system	0	0
Inflow from recycled water	0	0
Rainfall	17	10
Unattributed inflows	0	0
Total inflows	606	788
Outflows
Deliveries
Urban residential	212	222
Urban non-residential	283	321
Passed to other systems	0	0
Total deliveries	495	543
Losses
Evaporation	9	10
System losses	97	235
Total losses	106	245
Other outflows
Unattributed outflows	0	0
Total outflows	601	788
System efficiency
Distribution system efficiency (%)	82%	69%

Explore the East Gippsland Water Corporation local report.