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Figure BLT15 Total household water consumption, by source, 2008–09 to 2013–14
2016 GraphTotal household water consumption, by source, 2008–09 to 2013–14 Total household water consumption, by source, 2008–09 to 2013–14 Self-extracted, gigalitresDistributed, gigalitresReuse, gigalitres 2008-09195.3861620.6442.301 2009-10172.491668.6553.106...
Urban environmental efficiency: Water efficiency
2016 Report Content... transport and construction) increased their IGVA per gigalitre of water used by 26 per cent between 2010–11 and 2014–15. Manufacturing businesses increased their IGVA per gigalitre of water used by nearly 4 per cent during the same period ( ABS ...
Australia’s water resources
2016 Report Content2016 Inland water Introduction Drainage divisions are the fundamental spatial unit for assessing the state of the inland water environment. As discussed in SoE 2011, these provide a scale of resolution that supports assessment of the health of entire systems,...
Increased consumption
2016 Report Content2016 Built environment Pressures Population and economic growth also drive consumption, causing increased demand for resources, particularly land (see Increased urban footprint), energy and water. The overall consumption of resources ultimately places pressures...
Pressures affecting inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glanceAt a glanceOverall, the key pressures affecting inland water environments have changed little since 2011, with climatic and pest-based pressures increasing, land-use and management pressures remaining largely stable, and some stabilisation occurring in the pressure of water resources...
Risks to Australia’s climate 2016
2016 , At a glanceAt a glanceAn understanding of the risks associated with Australia’s climate will lead to improved action plans to adapt to the changes predicted to occur. Our climate is a dynamic system; therefore, the risks need to be re-evaluated frequently. Recent climate change projections for...
Overview of state and trends of the built environment
2016 Report Content2016 Built environment State and trends What has changed since 2011? With water restrictions easing across many regions since 2011, Australian households have been increasing their water consumption. In 2014–15, Australian households consumed 1852 gigalitres of...
Consumption and extraction of natural resources
2016 Report Content2016 Biodiversity Pressures Murray Darling North East Coast Greater Brisbane Greater Adelaide East Coast Greater Melbourne Greater Perth Greater Sydney Indian Ocean Harvesting of species...
Management focus areas
2016 Report Content... 34,396 40,530 6,343 5,139 0 0 347 492 41,086 46,161 GL = gigalitre; ML = megalitre Source: BoM (2016) The good condition of the sector ...
Population growth and urban development: Coastal development and land use
2016 Report Content2016 Coasts Pressures Greater Melbourne Greater Perth Coastal population growth exerts strong pressure on coastal land by increasing the need for both agriculture and housing, and land-use demands often come at the expense of natural habitats...
Economic activity as a driver of environmental change
2016 Report Content2016 The production of goods and services requires energy and materials—metals, minerals, water, food and fibre—all of which come from the environment. The impacts of resource extraction, production, transport, use and waste generation are central to how economic activity affects...
2011 Report graph - Figure 4.22 Current and likely future surface water availability across the 18 regions of the Murray–Darling Basin
2011 GraphFigure 4.22 Figure 4.22 Current and likely future surface water availability across the 18 regions of the Murray–Darling Basin Grey bars indicate the uncertainty inherent in the climate change projections for 2030. The current total surface...
2011 Report graph - Figure 4.17 Annual inflows to Perth surface water supply catchments
2011 GraphFigure 4.17 Figure 4.17 Annual inflows to Perth surface water supply catchments The year is taken as May to April and inflow is simulated based on Perth dams in 2001, excluding Stirling, Samson and Wokalup. Ongoing declines in inflows since...
Water prices have risen, but Australia is using less water.
2011 Key Finding2011The average price of water nearly doubled from $0.40 per kilolitre (kL) in 2004–05 to $0.78 per kL in 2008–09. There was large variation in the average price paid for water in 2008–09—households paid $1.93 per kL and agriculture $0.12 per kL. Urban water prices have continued to...
Water resource development
2011 Report Content... and environmentally sound. Queensland has completed the 30-gigalitre Wyaralong Dam on Teviot Brook, about 90 kilometres south-west of ...
Recent climate
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water Pressures South West Coast Murray Darling Indian Ocean Assessing the state of inland water environments in 2011 is difficult, due to the effects of recent droughts. Long, dry periods are a natural feature of the...
Reviews of state and regional management
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water Effectiveness of management The State of the environment report: Western Australia 2007 noted that 33 actions were identified for inland waters in response to the 1998 report. Of these, 18 were incomplete, 12 were complete but had not been...
Changing land use and management
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water Pressures Greater Melbourne Greater Perth There is a strong consensus among Australian jurisdictions that: point sources of pollution are no longer significantly affecting the Australian environment; discharges of this type of...
Water flows and levels
2011 Report Content... (54%) 12 852 (58%) Timor Sea 9 086 (85%) 10 731 (100%) GL = gigalitre; na = not available—there are no major dams to report on for the ...
Water abstraction
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water Risks The commitment of all states and territories to the National Water Initiative (NWI) placed clear and limiting criteria on the abstraction of additional fresh water from the environment. Under these criteria, it is recognised that water...
Climate change
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water Risks Climate change The best available projections for Australia’s future climate are presented in Chapter 2 of this report. These projections indicate that warming of the continent is highly likely. Rainfall projections are less certain,...
Urban environmental efficiency
2011 Report Content2011 Built environment State and trends Urban environmental efficiency relates to how well the built environment encourages the efficient use of natural resources—in particular, land, energy and water—and the implications of the built environment for waste...
Land use and management, including pollutants and nutrients
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water Risks Less than 1% of northern Australia (the drainage divisions between Broome and Cairns) is cleared or intensively used. Not only has widespread land clearing greatly decreased in Australia, but the re-establishment of woody vegetation for...
4 Inland water | 1 Introduction | 1.2 Australia's water resources and use
2011 Report Content... or rounded to zero; ACT = Australian Capital Territory; GL = gigalitre; NSW = New South Wales; NT = Northern Territory; Qld = Queensland; SA ... across industries. In 2008–09, the gross value added per gigalitre of water consumed was: agricultural production—$4 million mining ...
Australia's water resources and use
2011 Report Content... or rounded to zero; ACT = Australian Capital Territory; GL = gigalitre; NSW = New South Wales; NT = Northern Territory; Qld = Queensland; SA ... across industries. In 2008–09, the gross value added per gigalitre of water consumed was: agricultural production—$4 million mining ...
Recent national assessments of management performance
2011 Report Content2011 Inland water Effectiveness of management The National Water Commission reviewed the environmental water management arrangements around Australia at 30 June 2010.63 The aim was to establish a consolidated and agreed baseline to improve national...
Consumption and extraction of natural resources
2011 Report Content2011 Biodiversity Pressures Greater Melbourne Greater Perth Greater Sydney Humans have both direct and indirect effects on biodiversity. Direct effects mainly involve taking species (e.g. taking animals and plants as food, harvesting...
