Groundwater Sites of the Water Measurement Information System (WMIS)

WMIS replaced the Victorian Data Warehouse and the Groundwater Management System in 2013. This layer provides source data for groundwater as found in WMIS. The latest update for this dataset is from WMIS in March 2017.

Use Cases

• Map groundwater site locations based on the geospatial layer.
• Analyze groundwater data integration based on the WMIS system replacement.
• Monitor groundwater resource changes based on the 2017 update timeframe.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple geospatial file formats including DWG, MIF, DXF, WFS, SHP, EXTENDED TAB, GDB, WMS, TAB.
• Dataset has a clear provenance, replacing two legacy systems in 2013.
• License is CC-BY-4.0, allowing for reuse and redistribution.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last updated 2026-04-09 05:04:10.957296; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 05:04:10.957296