Groundwater Management Areas and Permissible Consumptive Volumes in Victoria, Australia

Victoria's Groundwater Management Areas (GMAs) are established where groundwater is intensively developed or has development potential. The dataset, last updated on 2026-04 08, is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and includes the Permissible Consumptive Volume (PCV) set for these areas. Monitoring of water levels and allocations is conducted through the State Groundwater Monitoring Network.

Use Cases

• Mapping groundwater management zones based on the defined Groundwater Management Areas (GMAs).
• Analyzing water allocation limits for sustainable resource planning based on Permissible Consumptive Volumes (PCVs).
• Monitoring groundwater resource status and usage trends based on the described state monitoring network.
• Supporting regulatory compliance and environmental impact assessments for groundwater users in designated areas.

Strengths

• Data is provided under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.
• Offered in multiple geospatial formats (WMS, SHP, DXF, etc.) for compatibility with various GIS tools.
• Managed and monitored by a state government department (Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria, Australia)

Collection Method

Likely compiled from regulatory and monitoring programs for groundwater management.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-08 22:52:18.253105; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia