General Purpose Water Accounting Reports - Murrumbidgee Catchment

NSW is the leading state in implementing standardised water resource accounting. The General Purpose Water Accounting Reports (GPWAR) adopt the Australian Water Accounting Standard 1 (AWAS 1). The annual GPWAR is prepared for all major regulated NSW inland valleys. The reports are published following the closure of the water year. \r\nThe annual reports provide stakeholders with consistent and transparent water resource accounting information.\r\n\r\nIncluded in the GPWAR are:\r\n\r\n•\ta contextual statement summarising the climatic conditions, water resources, environmental holdings, water trading market and water resource management in the water source for the reporting period\r\n\r\n•\ta physical flow diagram illustrating changes in storage volumes and the associated inflows and outflows\r\n\r\n•\twater accounting statements presenting the opening and closing balances, and itemised changes to these balances for available water resources (water assets), licenced allocation accounts (water liabilities) and planned environmental water accounts (water liabilities)\r\n\r\n•\tdisclosure notes (linked to the figures within the water accounting statements) providing detailed information of accounting components including:\r\n\r\n (i) access licence account balances planned and held environmental, \r\n (ii) water account balance, \r\n (iii) detailed available water determination report,\r\n (iv) temporary trading by licence category,\r\n (v) supplementary announcements and usage by river reach,\r\n (vi) physical inflows and outflows to the system for the water year.\r\n\r\n•\twhile groundwater has not been directly included in this GPWAR (aside from those processes that directly affect the regulated river), annual groundwater summary reports by water source are published separately and accessible via the department’s website.\r\n\r\n

新南威尔士州（NSW）是标准化水资源会计实施的领先州份。通用目的水资源会计报告（General Purpose Water Accounting Reports，GPWAR）采用《澳大利亚水资源会计准则第1号》（Australian Water Accounting Standard 1，AWAS 1）。年度通用目的水资源会计报告针对新南威尔士州全部主要受监管内陆流域编制，并于水文年度结束后正式发布。

年度报告可为利益相关方提供一致且透明的水资源会计信息。

通用目的水资源会计报告包含以下内容：

• 上下文声明：总结报告期内对应水源区域的气候状况、水资源禀赋、环境保有水资源、水交易市场及水资源管理情况

• 物理流量图：展示储水容积变化及相关的流入、流出过程

• 水资源会计报表：列示可用水资源（water assets，水资产）、许可取水分配账户（water liabilities，水负债）以及规划环境水账户的期初余额与期末余额，并逐项列明上述余额的变动情况

• 披露附注：关联水资源会计报表内的相关数据，详细说明各会计组成部分，包括：

(i) 已规划及持有的取水许可账户余额、环境相关账户余额
(ii) 水账户余额
(iii) 可用水资源详细核定报告
(iv) 按许可类别划分的临时水交易情况
(v) 河段级别的补充公告及用水情况
(vi) 水文年度内系统的物理流入与流出量

• 尽管地下水未直接纳入本次通用目的水资源会计报告（直接影响受监管河流的相关流程除外），但各水源区域的年度地下水概况报告将单独发布，可通过相关部门官网获取。