Water storage and supply report - 24 July 2008
During the week the following rainfall (approximately) was recorded in the catchments:
|
Warragamba |
10 mm |
|
Upper Nepean |
9 mm |
|
Woronora |
10 mm |
|
Shoalhaven |
8 mm |
|
Blue Mountains |
14 mm |
As at 3 pm Thursday, 24 July 2008, the inflow rate to Warragamba Dam including Shoalhaven transfers was 780 megalitres per day and to Tallowa Dam was 230 megalitres per day.
The available storage as at 3 p.m. Thursday, 17 July 2008 was 66.2%.
|
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. |
18.7.08 |
19 °C |
0 mm |
1 204 ML |
1 727 000 ML |
66.2 % |
|
Sat. |
19.7.08 |
19 °C |
0 mm |
1 300 ML |
1 726 000 ML |
66.2 % |
|
Sun. |
20.7.08 |
18 °C |
0 mm |
1 356 ML |
1 725 000 ML |
66.1 % |
|
Mon. |
21.7.08 |
18 °C |
3.0 mm |
1 324 ML |
1 724 500 ML |
66.1 % |
|
Tue. |
22.7.08 |
17 °C |
0 mm |
1 237 ML |
1 724 000 ML |
66.1 % |
|
Wed. |
23.7.08 |
15 °C |
0 mm |
1 215 ML |
1 723 500 ML |
66.1 % |
|
Thu. |
24.7.08 |
15 °C |
0.4 mm |
1 253 ML |
1 722 500 ML |
66.0 % |
|
Total supply for the week |
8 889 ML |
|
Average daily supply during week |
1 270 ML |
|
Volume pumped from Shoalhaven for the week |
2 642 ML |
|
Net weekly storage change (megalitres) |
-4 930 ML |
|
Net weekly storage change (percentage) |
-0.2 % |
|
Available Water Storage as at 24 July 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 |
- 0.83 |
87 280 |
92.6 |
-1 260 |
|
Cordeaux |
93 640 |
- 0.65 |
88 660 |
94.7 |
-830 |
|
Avon |
146 700 |
- 1.86 |
127 650 |
87.0 |
-600 |
|
Nepean |
69 810 |
- 4.59 |
56 010 |
80.2 |
80 |
|
Woronora |
71 790 |
- 8.50 |
45 010 |
62.7 |
-390 |
|
Warragamba |
2 027 000 |
- 12.01 |
1 231 160 |
60.7 |
- 1 110 |
|
Prospect |
33 300 |
- 0.56 |
30 410 |
91.3 |
-80 |
|
Wingecarribee |
24 100 |
- 1.79 |
16 600 |
68.9 |
-390 |
|
Fitzroy Falls |
10 000 |
- 0.31 |
8 470 |
84.7 |
810 |
|
Tallowa* |
35 300* |
- 0.81 |
29 250* |
82.9* |
-1 130 |
|
Blue Mountains |
2 790 |
|
2 230 |
79.9 |
-30 |
|
Total |
2 608 730 |
|
1 722 730 |
66.0 |
-4 930 |
|
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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