Irrigation - Northern Territory
Northern Territory
How much water is used by irrigation compared to other uses in Northern Territory?
The total consumption of water for irrigation in the Northern Territory represents 30% of the total water use. 11% of the water used for irrigation is sourced from surface water and 89% from groundwater.
Extent to which water resources are committed within each river basin in Northern Territory?
NLWRA 2000
| Surface Water | Groundwater | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basin | Total Water Use 96/97 (ML/yr) | Irrigation Water Use 96/97 (ML/yr) | Irrigation Use as % of toal (%) | Total G/W Abstraction 96/97 (ML/yr) | G/W Abstracted for Irrigation 96/97 (ML/yr) | Irrigation Abstraction as % of total (%) |
| Northern Territory | 51 | 6 | 11.51 | 128 | 47 | 36.76 |
| Georgina River (NT) | 150 | 0 | 0.00 | 8,833 | 27 | 0.30 |
| Finke River (NT) | 75 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,620 | 387 | 23.87 |
| Todd River | 100 | 0 | 0.00 | 13,766 | 1,543 | 11.20 |
| Hay River (NT) | 50 | 0 | 0.00 | 131 | 6 | 4.48 |
| Warburton (NT) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 | no data | 0.00 |
| Mackay (NT) | 145 | 0 | 0.00 | 2,483 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Burt | 85 | 0 | 0.00 | 683 | no data | 0.00 |
| Wiso | 320 | 0 | 0.00 | 6,722 | 2,474 | 36.80 |
| Barkly | 575 | 0 | 0.00 | 562 | no data | 0.00 |
| Ord River (NT) | 85 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Keep River (NT) | 45 | 0 | 0.00 | 358 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Victoria River | 1,004 | 0 | 0.00 | 5,659 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Fitzmaurice River | 10 | 0 | 0.00 | 1,315 | 69 | 5.19 |
| Moyle River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 274 | 155 | 56.21 |
| Daly River | 7,465 | 4,000 | 53.58 | 19,634 | 17,083 | 87.01 |
| Finniss River | 35,425 | 195 | 0.55 | 17,801 | 11,587 | 65.09 |
| Bathurst and Melville Islands | 184 | 34 | 18.48 | 355 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Adelaide River | 1,640 | 1,300 | 79.27 | 13,150 | 7,283 | 55.38 |
| Mary River (WA) | 103 | 60 | 58.25 | 3,691 | 1,499 | 40.60 |
| Wildman River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,410 | 1,300 | 38.12 |
| South Alligator River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3,410 | 2,147 | 62.95 |
| East Alligator River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,027 | 631 | 61.42 |
| Goomadeer River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 166 | 48 | 28.57 |
| Liverpool River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90 | no data | 0.00 |
| Blyth River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1,164 | no data | 0.00 |
| Goyder River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 163 | no data | 0.00 |
| Buckingham River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13,480 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Koolatong River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2,635 | no data | 0.00 |
| Walker River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | no data | 0.00 |
| Roper River | 526 | 60 | 11.41 | 307 | no data | 0.00 |
| Towns River | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 | no data | 0.00 |
| Limmen Bight River | 25 | 0 | 0.00 | 141 | no data | 0.00 |
| Rosie River | 5 | 0 | 0.00 | 56 | no data | 0.00 |
| McArthur River | 239 | 190 | 79.50 | 141 | no data | 0.00 |
| Robinson River | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | 99 | no data | 0.00 |
| Calvert River | 18 | 0 | 0.00 | 99 | no data | 0.00 |
| Settlement Creek (NT) | 12 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nicholson River (NT) | 18 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | no data | 0 |
NLWRA 2000
How reliable are irrigation water entitlements in Northern Territory?
No data
| State / System | Irrigation Entitlement 1999/2000 (GL) | % of Years when Entitlement Fully Delivered (%) | Irrigation Deliveries 1999/2000 (GL) | % of Entitlement actually delivered 1999/2000 (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northern Territory | no data | no data | no data | no data |
ANCID 2000
Further information
- ABS Website
- Agriculture, Australia ABS publication
- ABARE Website
- BRS Website
- ANCID Website
- National Program for Sustainable Irrigation
- Australian Water Resources Assessment 2000
- Australian Dryland Salinity Assessment 2000
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