Bulk water storage and supply report - 22 May 2008
During the week the following rainfall (approximately) was recorded in the catchments:
|
Warragamba |
Less than 5 mm |
|
Upper Nepean |
Less than 5 mm |
|
Woronora |
5 mm |
|
Shoalhaven |
Less than 5 mm |
|
Blue Mountains |
5 mm |
As at 3 pm Thursday, 22 May 2008, the inflow rate to Warragamba Dam including Shoalhaven transfers was 800 megalitres per day and to Tallowa Dam was 180 megalitres per day.
The available storage as at 3 p.m. Thursday, 15 May 2008 was 65.2%.
|
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. |
16.5.08 |
21 °C |
1.0 mm |
1 274 ML |
1 701 000 ML |
65.2 % |
|
Sat. |
17.5.08 |
23 °C |
0 mm |
1 250 ML |
1 700 000 ML |
65.2 % |
|
Sun. |
18.5.08 |
22 °C |
0 mm |
1 225 ML |
1 699 500 ML |
65.1 % |
|
Mon. |
19.5.08 |
18 °C |
0 mm |
1 421 ML |
1 698 500 ML |
65.1 % |
|
Tue. |
20.5.08 |
21 °C |
0 mm |
1 302 ML |
1 697 500 ML |
65.1 % |
|
Wed. |
21.5.08 |
22 °C |
0 mm |
1 323 ML |
1 696 000 ML |
65.0 % |
|
Thu. |
22.5.08 |
19 °C |
0 mm |
1 303 ML |
1 695 000 ML |
65.0 % |
|
Total supply for the week |
9,098 ML |
|
Average daily supply during week |
1,300 ML |
|
Volume pumped from Shoalhaven for the week |
3,808 ML |
|
Net weekly storage change (megalitres) |
- 6,690 ML |
|
Net weekly storage change (percentage) |
-0.2 % |
|
Available Water Storage as at 22 May 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 |
- 0.73 |
88,160 |
93.5 |
-790 |
|
Cordeaux |
93,640 |
- 0.69 |
88,360 |
94.4 |
-960 |
|
Avon |
146,700 |
- 1.68 |
129,440 |
88.2 |
-300 |
|
Nepean |
69,810 |
- 6.04 |
52,050 |
74.6 |
-940 |
|
Woronora |
71,790 |
- 9.35 |
42,850 |
59.7 |
-380 |
|
Warragamba |
2,027,000 |
- 12.28 |
1,216,190 |
60.0 |
-560 |
|
Prospect |
33,300 |
- 0.81 |
29,160 |
87.6 |
-60 |
|
Wingecarribee |
24,100 |
- 1.59 |
17,370 |
72.1 |
-300 |
|
Fitzroy Falls |
10,000 |
- 0.25 |
8,790 |
87.9 |
1,850 |
|
Tallowa* |
35,300* |
- 2.01 |
20,410* |
57.8* |
-4,190 |
|
Blue Mountains |
2,790 |
|
2,210 |
79.2 |
-60 |
|
Total |
2,608,730 |
|
1,694,990 |
65.0 |
-6,690 |
|
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. |
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