Victorian Water Asset Database (VWAD) identifies lakes, rivers, wetlands, and groundwater aquifers across the state of Victoria. The Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action maintains this polyline layer, which excludes specific irrigation and water supply infrastructure. The data was last updated on 2026-04-09.
Use Cases
- Map natural water bodies based on features like lakes, rivers, and wetlands.
- Analyze groundwater aquifer distribution across Victoria.
- Assess environmental water assets for conservation planning.
- Model large marine intertidal zones for coastal studies.
Strengths
- Includes a defined set of natural water asset types, such as lakes, rivers, and groundwater aquifers.
- Spatial coverage is explicitly for the state of Victoria.
- Available in multiple geospatial file formats, including SHP, GDB, and TAB.
- Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-04-09 04:21:47.006126.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-09 04:21:47.006126
- Geography
- Victoria, Australia