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Collaborative science to secure Australia's precious groundwater resources
<div>Groundwater is a finite and largely hidden resource. Enhancing scientific understanding of groundwater systems improves decisions about its planning, allocation and use. This benefits all Australians through improved water management.</div><div>Australia’s groundwater resources underpin billions of dollars of economic activity, provide safe and reliable drinking water for millions of people, and sustain life and cultural values across the country. Sustainably managing our critical groundwater resources is vital to improving water security and protecting the environment.</div><div>Geoscience Australia and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) collaborate on initiatives funded by the Australian Government. We work together to deliver innovative solutions to nationally significant issues affecting Australia’s groundwater resources.</div><div>With world‑class expertise and facilities, we are at the forefront of groundwater science. Our combined hydrogeological capabilities are best applied to regional and national-scale challenges that extend beyond the remit of individual jurisdictions or private industry.</div><div>This publication highlights the scientific approaches, technologies, and methods that we apply to better understand and characterise Australia’s groundwater and includes case studies that demonstrate the unique value of our collaboration.</div><div><br></div>
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- Date (Creation)
- 2023-10-29
- Date (Publication)
- 2023-11-23T04:55:18
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- Geoscience Australia Persistent Identifier/https://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/149001
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- Digital Object Identifier/https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/149001
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Publisher Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Author Geoscience Australia
External Contact Author CSIRO
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This document is a joint capability statement co-produced by Geoscience Australia and CSIRO to showcase the range of groundwater challenges that these agencies address through collaborative work programs. The document provides an overview of groundwater research themes and interests relevant to both agencies, as well as documenting several groundwater research case studies in which Geoscience Australia and the CSIRO have collaborated to address nationally important groundwater challenges. The case study examples include work undertaken for the Bioregional Assessment Program, the Geological and Bioregional Assessment Program, and Assessing the Status of Groundwater in the Great Artesian Basin.
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Resource provider Minerals, Energy and Groundwater Division
External Contact Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
Voice Point of contact Lewis, S.
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- Geoscientific information
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- As needed
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Product data repository: Various Formats
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Data Store directory containing the digital product files
Data Store directory containing one or more files, possibly in a variety of formats, accessible to Geoscience Australia staff only for internal purposes
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Collaboration with CSIRO
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groundwater
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groundwater research
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groundwater collaboration
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CSIRO
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Geoscience Australia
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Groundwater hydrology
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Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence
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4.0
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© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2023
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Australian Government Security Classification System
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- 2018-11-01T00:00:00
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Australian Government Security Classification System
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Distributor Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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Download the document (pdf) [3.7 MB]
Download the document (pdf) [3.7 MB]
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<div>The idea for creating this joint capability statement developed from a series of collaborative workshops undertaken by staff working in various areas of groundwater-related research from Geoscience Australia and the CSIRO. Several workshops occurred in 2021 across a range of groundwater themes, including topics such as hydrogeology, hydrochemistry, hydrogeophysics and remote sensing applications. Following-on from the content and ideas raised at these workshops, a smaller working group of GA and CSIRO staff collaborated to condense the wealth of material presented at the workshops and distil the information into a 16-page brochure-style document to raise broader awareness of the joint groundwater research expertise and capabilities that reside within these national agencies. Over the course of several product iterations the information presented in the document was refined to provide an overview of the type of collaborative work undertaken by both agencies, with a focus on several case studies where GA and CSIRO have combined their groundwater-focused expertise to address significant national-scale challenges. </div>
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Australian Government Security Classification System
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Point of contact Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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- Date info (Creation)
- 2023-11-23T04:50:45
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- 2023-11-23T04:50:45
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AU/NZS ISO 19115-1:2014
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ISO 19115-1:2014
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ISO 19115-3
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Geoscience Australia Community Metadata Profile of ISO 19115-1:2014
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Version 2.0, September 2018
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- http://pid.geoscience.gov.au/dataset/ga/122551