Sustainable Management of Coastal Groundwater Resources for Mid North Coast

The Sustainable Management of Coastal Groundwater Resources project aims to improve groundwater management in coastal dune aquifers supplying water for communities on Australia's Mid North Coast. It addresses pressures from urbanisation and tourism, focusing on preventing over-extraction that can lead to seawater intrusion and ecosystem harm. The dataset is provided by Geoscience Australia Data and was last updated on 2026-05-14.

Use Cases

• Modeling seawater intrusion risk based on groundwater withdrawal rates mentioned in the description
• Assessing sustainable yield for coastal aquifers under urbanisation pressure
• Planning ecosystem protection strategies based on shallow groundwater dependency
• Evaluating water supply resilience for coastal communities and councils

Strengths

• Project focuses on a specific, high-impact region: the Mid North Coast of Australia
• Addresses a clearly defined environmental issue: over-extraction leading to seawater intrusion
• Provided by an authoritative national organization: Geoscience Australia Data

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data is available only in PDF and HTML formats, which may hinder computational analysis

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-14 04:06:26.174313; freshness should be verified

Geography

Mid North Coast region of Australia