Water Sharing Plan Groundwater Sources: Aquifer Management Zones in New South Wales

New South Wales polygon features defining groundwater sources and management zones under the Water Management Act 2000. The dataset represents the 'stacked' nature of aquifers, with fields for up to five subsurface levels. It is published by the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water and was initially published on 28/08/2024.

Use Cases

• Delineate water sharing plan boundaries based on the Water_Sharing_Plan field mentioned in the description
• Analyze the vertical structure of aquifers based on the '_1' to '_5' subscript fields representing different depths
• Map groundwater management zones for regulatory compliance and planning purposes

Strengths

• Data schema explicitly models up to five vertically stacked aquifer levels
• Spatial reference systems are specified as GDA94 and WGS84
• Data currency is specified as 28/08/2024

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, Environment and Water via Spatial Services (DCS)

Collection Method

Derived from In Force gazetted Water Sharing Plans under the NSW Water Management Act 2000.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-26 01:05:33.030477; freshness should be verified

Geography

New South Wales, Australia