Perth metro weekly water update - 26 June 2020

 

	Target	Actual
June water use to date	16 billion litres	16.5 billion litres
Dam storage levels	N/A	43.5 per cent
Weekly streamflow into dams	N/A	0.4 billion litres
June rainfall to date	126.9 mm (June average rainfall 1994-2017)	66.4 mm
Note: 1 billion litres = approx. 400 Olympic swimming pools. Please note the figures in this table are rounded (except for rainfall) to the nearest whole number.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

Water use

 

Average water use over the past week was 612 million litres per day, which was above the forecast of 584 million litres.

 

Daily water use for the last five days
Date	Actual water use (million litres)	Forecast (million litres)
26/06/2020	604	571
25/06/2020	628	571
24/06/2020	617	571
23/06/2020	600	571
22/06/2020	650	599
Note: water use is calculated up to 8am each day for the previous 24 hour period

 

Since 1 July 2019, we have used 293 billion litres of water – which is 5 billion litres over the forecast for this period.

 

Dam level (total for 15 dams)

The dam storage levels have risen slightly this week and are sitting at a combined 43.5 per cent* of full capacity.

 

*Please note some dams are filled from different sources - dam levels include the transfer of groundwater and desalinated seawater from treatment plants as well as streamflow (that comes from rainfall).  As we use many different sources of water, dams are no longer an accurate indicator of the health of Perth's overall water supply situation.

 

Streamflow (total for 15 dams)

From 1 May 2020 the dams have received 1.2 billion litres of streamflow.  The post-1975 average for the May to April period (called the streamflow year) is 183.9 billion litres.

 

Sprinkler roster compliance

 

The two-day a week sprinkler roster now applies. Since 1 January 2020, we have taken a total of 3169 actions (warnings + fines) compared with 4506 actions for the same period in 2019.

 

Annual rainfall

 

Perth has received 260.2 mm of rainfall since 1 January 2020. The average (1994-2017) rainfall for the same period is 303.5 mm (to the end of June).

 

 

General water news

 

New coastal inspired public art is set to adorn an everyday water pump station in the Town of Cambridge. The pump station near Beercroft Park in City Beach will be brought to life in coming days by Perth artist Pippa Scheepers as part of the Corporation’s Splash of Colour program.

 

Since 2017, Water Corporation has been working with talented home-grown artists, turning our drab water and wastewater assets into works of art. Around 45 assets have been painted to date, reflecting our unique water story throughout Western Australia. 

 

Find out more information about Splash of Colour.