State/Territory catchment data infrastructure
Over recent years, State and Territory governments in Australia have moved towards establishing data infrastructures to provide better access to their comprehensive holdings of natural resource data (including water) that may be maintained by multiple agencies within their jurisdiction (Table 1). This recognises that State governments have largely held the constitutional mandate for water resource management in Australia, and that they have had the historic role in collecting and maintaining key water resource data.
| Website | Agency | Data |
|---|---|---|
| Australian Capital Territory | ||
| ACT Water Issues | Environment ACT | Various reports on water monitoring within the ACT |
| ACT Water Networks | ACTEWAGL | Monitoring of dam storage levels and water use for the ACT |
| New South Wales | ||
| Community Access to Natural Resources Information (CANRI) | Integrated access to a range of natural resource datasets held by 16 different agencies in NSW. Water resource data such as river height and flow, river health indicators and water quality information are available from the site | |
| NSW Water Information | NSW Department of Natural Resources | Water data such as river water levels and flows, storage elevations, volumes and discharges and continuously monitored salinity |
| Northern Territory | ||
| Groundwater in the NT | NT Department of Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts | Hydrogeological mapping showing aquifer boundaries, typical bore yields and groundwater salinity at the Territory scale |
| NT Telemetered Sites | NT Department of Planning and Infrastructure | Data reports for telemetered stream gauging and rainfall stations |
| Queensland | ||
| Queensland Spatial Information Infrastructure Strategy (QSIIS) | Aims to provide easy access to integrated spatial information within Qld. Online access to natural resource data has not as yet been implemented through the strategy | |
| Watershed | Qld Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water | Gauging station information, stream flow data and water chemical analyses |
| Qld Water Statistics | Qld Department of Natural Resources, Mines and Water | Annual water statistics (in PDF) |
| South Australia | ||
| South Australia Atlas | Common access point to SA datasets (including water management areas, catchment boards, wetland and drainage) in an interactive atlas format, as well as a database of spatial products | |
| Obswell | SA Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation | Groundwater level and salinity data from the SA observation bore monitoring network |
| SA Surface Water Archive | SA Department of Water, Land and Biodiversity Conservation | Rainfall, stream water level, reservoir level, storage volume, flow volume, flow rate and salinity data |
| SA Water Reservoir Levels | SA Water | Reservoir levels and River Murray flow data |
| Tasmania | ||
| Water Information System of Tasmania (WIST) | Tas Department of Primary Industries, Water and Environment | Water resource information such as water management policies, current river levels and flows, catchment reports, and data summaries for individual sampling/flow sites |
| Mineral Resources Tasmania | Groundwater information in Tasmania including borehole information (eg depth, standing water level, groundwater salinity) | |
| Victoria | ||
| Vic Water Resources Data Warehouse | Vic Department of Primary Industries | Raw and summary data on both water quantity and quality throughout Victoria |
| VRO Water | Vic Department of Primary Industries | A broad range of natural resource information for the State, including information on water resources |
| Western Australia | ||
| WA Land Information System | Partnership of State agencies, local government authorities and private organisations, formed to facilitate the sharing of spatial information across WA | |
| WA Atlas | The main integrated web mapping tool for WA, combining administrative, economic, statistical, environmental and social data derived from a range of agencies | |
| DoE Tools, Systems & Data | WA Department of Environment | Provides access to a range of water resource data and mapping |