The Sustainable Management of Coastal Groundwater Resources project addresses increasing pressure on coastal dune aquifers from urbanisation and tourism. Data from the Australian Ocean Data Network, last updated in April 2026, focuses on the Mid North Coast region to prevent over-extraction and seawater intrusion.
Use Cases
- Modeling sustainable groundwater yield based on aquifer characteristics mentioned in the description
- Assessing risks of seawater intrusion based on coastal aquifer withdrawal data
- Planning urban water supply for coastal communities based on groundwater resource data
- Evaluating ecosystem dependency on shallow groundwater resources as described
Strengths
- Project focuses on a specific, high-pressure region: the Mid North Coast of Australia.
- Description explicitly details key environmental risks: seawater intrusion and ecosystem impact.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data is provided as PDF and HTML files, which may require extraction for analysis.
Provenance
- Source
- Australian Ocean Data Network
- Collection Method
- Likely contains project reports, monitoring data, and analysis from the SMCGR initiative.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-10 22:03:10.382812; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Mid North Coast region of Australia