Watertable Salinity Classes for Victoria, Australia

Seven salinity concentration classes for Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in Victoria's watertable, mapped in mg/L. The dataset is provided by the Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action and was last updated on 2026-04-09. The classes reflect the beneficial use segments prescribed in the State Environment Protection Policy (Waters) (2018).

Use Cases

• Classify groundwater suitability for agriculture based on mapped TDS concentration classes.
• Model environmental policy compliance based on the State Environment Protection Policy (Waters) (2018) segments.
• Analyze regional salinity trends in Victoria's watertable using geospatial data.
• Assess water resource management strategies based on the <600 to >10000 mg/L TDS classification.

Strengths

• Data is structured according to seven specific TDS concentration classes (<600 to >10000 mg/L).
• Geospatial data is available in multiple standard formats (SHP, GDB, TAB, DXF, DWG, MIF).
• Dataset is licensed under CC-BY-4.0 for open use and redistribution.

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action

Collection Method

Likely derived from environmental monitoring and mapping.

Time Range

Policy reference is from 2018; specific temporal coverage of data is unknown.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:47:09.549990; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Victoria, Australia