Water storage and supply report - 11 December 2008
During the week the following rainfall (approximately) was recorded in the catchments:
|
Warragamba |
Neglible |
|
Upper Nepean |
Less than 5 mm |
|
Woronora |
8 mm |
|
Shoalhaven |
Less than 5 mm |
|
Blue Mountains |
10 mm |
As at 3 pm Thursday, 11 December 2008, the inflow rate to Warragamba Dam including Shoalhaven transfers was 170 megalitres per day and to Tallowa Dam was 145 megalitres per day.
The available storage as at 3 pm Thursday, 4 December 2008 was 63.8%.
|
Date |
24 hours to 8 a.m. |
As at 3 p.m. |
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|
Sydney Max. Temp. |
Sydney Rainfall |
Bulk Water Supply |
Available Storage |
% Storage |
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|
Fri |
5.12.08 |
22°C |
Nil |
1 399 ML |
1 663 000 ML |
63.7% |
|
Sat |
6.12.08 |
27°C |
Nil |
1 306 ML |
1 661 500 ML |
63.7% |
|
Sun |
7.12.08 |
35°C |
Nil |
1 755 ML |
1 660 000 ML |
63.6% |
|
Mon |
8.12.08 |
26°C |
7.0 mm |
1 245 ML |
1 658 500 ML |
63.6% |
|
Tue |
9.12.08 |
22°C |
2.0 mm |
1 376 ML |
1 657 000 ML |
63.5% |
|
Wed |
10.12.08 |
26°C |
Nil |
1 251 ML |
1 655 500 ML |
63.5% |
|
Thu |
11.12.08 |
23°C |
3.0 mm |
1 405 ML |
1 653 500 ML |
63.4% |
|
Total supply for the week |
9 738 ML |
|
Average daily supply during week |
1 391 ML |
|
Volume pumped from Shoalhaven for the week |
658 ML |
|
Net weekly storage change (megalitres) |
-11 430 ML |
|
Net weekly storage change (percentage) |
-0.4% |
|
Available water storage as at 11 December 2008 |
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|
Storage |
Full operating storage (ML) |
Storage level (m) |
Available storage (ML) |
Available storage (%) |
Net weekly change (ML) |
|
Cataract |
94 300 |
-2.31 |
75 930 |
80.5 |
-820 |
|
Cordeaux |
93 640 |
-1.50 |
82 450 |
88.0 |
-1 220 |
|
Avon |
146 700 |
-3.21 |
114 530 |
78.1 |
-750 |
|
Nepean |
69 810 |
-7.56 |
48 090 |
68.9 |
-760 |
|
Woronora |
71 790 |
-11.00 |
38 830 |
54.1 |
-450 |
|
Warragamba |
2 027 000 |
-12.47 |
1 205 660 |
59.5 |
-6 650 |
|
Prospect |
33 300 |
-0.31 |
31 690 |
95.2 |
-160 |
|
Wingecarribee |
24 100 |
-2.04 |
15 610 |
64.8 |
-80 |
|
Fitzroy Falls |
10 000 |
-0.27 |
8 660 |
86.6 |
-250 |
|
Tallowa* |
35 300* |
-0.75 |
29 740* |
84.2 * |
-240 |
|
Blue Mountains |
2 790 |
|
2 180 |
78.1 |
-50 |
|
Total |
2 608 730 |
|
1 653 370 |
63.4 |
-11 430 |
*NOTE: The "full operating storage" for Tallowa Dam refers only to the amount of water in the dam that is available to be transferred to Sydney and the Illawarra. When full, the dam can hold 90,000 ML but only 35,300 ML is available to be transferred.
Other water from Tallowa Dam is provided to Shoalhaven City Council for supply to local communities. Water is also released from the dam as environmental flows for the Shoalhaven River.
