Water Demand Region Boundaries for Western Australia

Water Demand Region Boundaries (DWER-002) is a geospatial dataset containing 24 administrative regions for water management. It was developed by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation using aggregated 2011 ABS SA2 boundaries to support a new water demand-supply model.

Use Cases

• Analyze water resource allocation across the 24 defined region boundaries.
• Integrate region boundaries into hydrological models for demand-supply forecasting.
• Map administrative water management units using the provided geospatial features.

Strengths

• Contains 24 distinct water demand regions, an increase from a previous 20-region version.
• Based on authoritative 2011 Australian Bureau of Statistics Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) boundaries.
• Maintained by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation's Geospatial and Data Services Manager.

Limitations

• Boundaries are derived from 2011 census data, which may not reflect current demographic or land-use patterns.
• The dataset supersedes a previous version, potentially causing confusion or integration issues with legacy systems.

Provenance

Source

Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, Western Australia.

Collection Method

Regions developed by aggregating 2011 ABS SA2 boundaries to match previous Water Demand Region boundaries.

Time Range

Based on 2011 ABS boundaries.

Freshness

Last updated on March 24, system.

Geography

Western Australia.