Sustainable Management of Coastal Groundwater Resources for Mid North Coast, Australia

A project dataset from Geoscience Australia focusing on groundwater in coastal dune aquifers. The Sustainable Management of Coastal Groundwater Resources (SMCGR) project aims to improve management of water supplies for coastal communities in the Mid North Coast region. It addresses pressures from urbanisation and tourism, including risks of over-extraction and seawater intrusion.

Use Cases

• Modeling sustainable groundwater yield based on aquifer characteristics mentioned in the description
• Assessing risk of seawater intrusion based on groundwater withdrawal data
• Monitoring pressure on water resources from urbanisation and tourism trends
• Evaluating water availability for dependent coastal ecosystems

Strengths

• Project focuses on a specific, high-impact region (Mid North Coast, Australia)
• Addresses a clear environmental challenge (seawater intrusion from over-extraction)
• Data is hosted by an authoritative national organization (Geoscience Australia)

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to data_gov_au

Provenance

Source

Geoscience Australia Data

Collection Method

Likely contains observational and monitoring data from the SMCGR project.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 25 15:39:58.442137; freshness should be verified

Geography

Mid North Coast region, Australia