Australian Water Resource Permits Register

Water Resources public register contains regulatory data on surface water and groundwater extraction governed by the Water Resources Act 2007. The dataset is administered by the Environment Protection Authority and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze permit volumes for surface water sources like rivers and lakes to assess regional resource allocation.
• Monitor groundwater extraction from bore water sources to identify potential aquifer stress.
• Track regulatory compliance and activity under the Water Resources Act 2007 using permit and administrative data.

Strengths

• Data is provided in multiple machine-readable formats including RDF, JSON, CSV, and XML.
• Managed by the authoritative Environment Protection Authority, ensuring regulatory relevance.
• Dataset was updated in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The number of records, columns, and total data size are unknown, limiting assessment of analytical scope.
• Specific data fields and sample records are unavailable, obscuring the structure and granularity of information.

Provenance

Source

ACT Government Open Data, provided by ACIntel.

Collection Method

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Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-24.

Geography

Australia, specifically the Australian Capital Territory (ACT).