General Purpose Water Accounting Reports - Barwon-Darling 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（New South Wales，简称NSW）是率先推行标准化水资源核算的州份。通用目的水资源核算报告（General Purpose Water Accounting Reports，GPWAR）采用《澳大利亚水资源核算标准第1号》（Australian Water Accounting Standard 1，AWAS 1）。年度通用目的水资源核算报告覆盖新南威尔士州所有主要受监管内陆流域，于水文年度结束后发布。此类报告可为利益相关方提供一致且透明的水资源核算信息。

通用目的水资源核算报告包含以下内容：
• 背景说明：汇总报告期内各水源地的气候状况、水资源禀赋、环境保有量、水交易市场及水资源管理情况；
• 物理流量图：展示库容变化及相关的流入、流出过程；
• 水资源核算报表：列示可用水资源（水资产）、许可分配账户（水负债）及规划性环境水账户（水负债）的期初与期末余额，并分项说明上述余额的变动情况；
• 披露附注（关联水资源核算报表内的各项数据），详细说明以下核算组成部分：
(i) 规划持有及已持有的取水许可账户余额；
(ii) 水账户余额；
(iii) 详细可用水资源核定报告；
(iv) 按许可类别划分的临时交易情况；
(v) 按河段划分的补充公告及用水量；
(vi) 本水文年度内系统的实际流入与流出量。

尽管本次通用目的水资源核算报告未直接纳入地下水相关内容（除直接影响受监管河道的地下水过程外），但各水源地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。