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Towards a national information inventory of Australia's major hydrogeological regions
Australia is the driest inhabited continent on Earth, and groundwater is crucial to supporting many urban and rural communities, economic activities and environmental values. Geoscience Australia, the nation’s trusted advisor on Earth Science, is renewing a deliberate focus on national-scale hydrogeological challenges within the Exploring for the Future program. This will be accomplished by building upon Geoscience Australia’s historic legacy in groundwater studies, including the development of the 1987 national hydrogeological map. Updating the extents, data and scientific understanding of the regions depicted in this map, and bringing it into a version suitable for access and use in the 21st century, will address many limitations of the existing map and its accompanying knowledge base. This compilation of information on Australia’s major hydrogeological regions, including both geospatial analyses of national datasets and high-level summaries of scientific literature, provides for a clear and consistent synthesis of hydrogeological and related contextual information. Supporting the delivery of the National Water Initiative and National Groundwater Strategic Framework, the inventory will benefit multi-sector water users (agriculture, communities, industry and tourism) and the environment. This work will also directly assist prioritisation and decision-making for future investment, and focus groundwater research in the work programs of Geoscience Australia and potentially inform national hydrogeological research more broadly.
<b>Citation: </b>Lewis S. J., Lai E. C. S., Flower C. & Lester J. E., 2022. Towards a national information inventory of Australia’s major hydrogeological regions. In: Czarnota, K (ed.) Exploring for the Future: Extended Abstracts, Geoscience Australia, Canberra, https://dx.doi.org/10.26186/146974
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- 2022-07-22
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- 2022-08-07T23:01:42
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Role Organisation / Individual Name Details Author Lewis, S.
MEG Internal Contact Author Lai, E.
MEG Internal Contact Author Flower, C.
MEG Internal Contact Author Lester, J.
MEG Internal Contact Publisher Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia)
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This is an extended abstract about the rapid groundwater basin inventory activity under the National Groundwater Systems (NGS) project, part of the Exploring for the Future program. This abstract has been prepared for publication to support the planned groundwater-related presentation at the August 2022 Exploring for the Future roadshow event.
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Extended Abstract for download (pdf) [2.4 MB]
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The initial draft version of this abstract was completed in early May 2022. Following internal review within GA in late May/early June 2022, a revised version was developed to address review comments. Minor amendments were later made following Branch Head approval in early July 2022 before the extended abstract was completed in late July 2022.
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