Hydrology Data
Table 1 outlines the significant surface water monitoring databases in Australia, highlighting the State and Territory agencies involved in water management as the main data custodians. As a guide to the location of existing stream gauging sites, the Water Resources Station Catalogue developed by the Bureau of Meteorology provides a national inventory of the river gauging stations, as well as rainfall and evaporation stations, across the country. A summary of the agencies that provide water monitoring data for water storages is provided in Table 2. Monitoring of groundwater hydrology (eg. standing water levels, groundwater pressure, flow) is typically stored in the borehole databases maintained by the State agencies.
| Database Name | Area | Custodian | Water Features | Data Access | Data Themes | Sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water Resource Information System | ACT | Environment ACT | 360 | |||
| Surface Water Data | NSW | NSW Dept Natural Resources | streams, channels reservoirs | http://www.waterinfo.nsw.gov.au/ | water flow water level rainfall water quality |
1,700 |
| N/A | NSW | Manly Hydraulics Laboratory | streams, estuaries | http://www.mhl.nsw.gov.au/www/dcol.htmlx | water level water quality tides rainfall |
200 |
| Surface Water and Water Quality | NT | NT Dept Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts | streams rainfall | http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/naturalresources/ water/surfacewater/telemeteredsites/index.shtml | water flow water level |
|
| Surfacewater Resource Information | Qld | Qld Dept Natural Resources Mines and Water | streams | http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/watershed/index.html | water level, water flow temperature conductivity water quality |
5,000 |
| State Surface Water Archive | SA | SA Dept of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation | streams rainfall | http://www.dwlbc.sa.gov.au/subs/ surface_water_archive/a1pgs/index.htm | water flow water level velocity |
1,035 |
| Tasmanian Water Information Database | Tas | Tas Department Primary Industries, Water and Environment | streams rainfall | http://water.dpiwe.tas.gov.au/wist/ui | water level water flow water quality |
17,000 |
| Victoria Water Resources Data Warehouse | Vic | Vic Dept Sustainability and Environment | streams | http://www.vicwaterdata.net/ | water flow water levels water quality |
90,000 |
| Water Resources Station Catalogue | Aus | Bureau of Meteorology | streams | http://www.bom.gov.au/hydro/wrsc | Metadata | 2,050 |