Releases from Lake Hume continue to trigger spills from spillable water accounts in the Murray system. An update to the deductions from spillable water accounts will be made as part of the September 15 seasonal determination assessment.
Volume needed to fill Lake Hume at 1 September 2022: 110,250 ML
Click here to find the current volumes in Murray system spillable water accounts.
Graph - Ranked Historic Unregulated Inflow to Lake Hume: June to August
Ranked historic inflow to Lake Hume: June – August. Inflow for the June – August period is indicated by the red line: 1,211,217 ML
Description and Tabulation of the graphical content inflow to Lake Hume: June – August
A bar graph titled Ranked historic inflow to Lake Hume: June – August is on the page above. X axis label “% Probability of Exceedance” which spans 99% on the left to 1% on the right. Y axis label is “3 month inflow – units megalitres (ML)”. Significant highlighted data in the graph is the inflow for the June – August 2022 period is indicated by the red line: 1,211,217 ML.
Each % probability of exceedance is reported from 99% to 1%. The general nature of the information presented is low inflow values of less than 320,000 megalitres have a high probability of occurrence. Less than 10% probability of inflows above 1,750,500 megalitres.
Tabulation of data from the image above of the graph
| 99% |
91,300 |
| 90% |
251,600 |
| 80% |
321,800 |
| 70% |
429,200 |
| 60% |
534,700 |
| 50% |
624,200 |
| 40% |
881,400 |
| 30% |
1,077,100 |
| 2022 |
1,211,217 |
| 20% |
1,346,500 |
| 10% |
1,750,500 |
| 1% |
3,962,400 |
Ranked Historic Unregulated inflow to Lake Hume: September - December
Ranked historic inflow to Lake Hume: September – December. The volume difference at Lake Hume between full supply and the storage volume on 1 September 2022 is indicated by the green line: 110,250 ML.
Description and Tabulation of the graphical content inflow to Lake Hume: September – December
A bar graph titled Ranked historic inflow to Lake Hume: September – December is on the page above. X axis label “% Probability of Exceedance” which spans 99% on the left to 1% on the right. Y axis label is “3 month inflow – units megalitres (ML)”. Significant highlighted data in the graph is the difference between the full supply volume of Lake Hume and the volume at 1 September 2022 is indicated by the green line: 110,250 ML.
Each % probability of exceedance is reported from 99% to 1%. The general nature of the information presented is low inflow values of less than 650,000 megalitres have a high probability of occurrence. Less than 10% probability of inflows above around 2,270,500 megalitres.
Tabulation of data from the image above of the graph
| 99% |
18,200 |
| 2022 |
110,250 |
| 90% |
429,900 |
| 80% |
650,881 |
| 70% |
797,100 |
| 60% |
961,200 |
| 50% |
1,076,100 |
| 40% |
1,320,100 |
| 30% |
1,486,200 |
| 20% |
1,812,000 |
| 10% |
2,270,500 |
| 1% |
3,788,540 |
Notes for charts:
The inflows to Hume are provided as a guide only with these inflows subject to state water sharing arrangements where inflows are shared 50:50 between Victoria and NSW.
There are 129 years of historic inflow data available for Lake Hume (inflow data for the period before the construction of the dam are based on modeled inflows). The first chart displays the volume of inflow to Lake Hume for the period 1 June to 31 August in each of those 129 years. The volumes of inflow shown are ranked in order from lowest to highest with the red line representing the volume of inflow recorded for the period in the current year (2022).
The second chart displays the volume of inflow to Lake Hume for the period 1 September to 31 December in each of the 129 years of historic data. The volumes of inflow shown are ranked in order from lowest to highest. The volume difference at Lake Hume between full supply and the storage volume on 1 September is indicated by the green line.
Probability of exceedance: Probability that the volume of inflow will be equal to or greater than a specified volume in any given year.
Additional notes:
- The information provided here for the Murray system does not take into consideration the State sharing arrangements for the Murray storages. Click here to find the status of Victorian shares of Murray storages via the MDBA website.
- The volumes in spillable water accounts can change due to seasonal determination increases. Active airspace management at Lake Hume could see reductions to Murray spillable water accounts prior to the storage reaching 100% capacity.
- Current year inflows are based on operational data.