Western Australia Groundwater Management Subareas

WRIMS - Groundwater Subareas (DWER-083) provides administrative boundaries for managing groundwater abstraction and licensing in Western Australia. The dataset is maintained by the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation and was last updated in March 2026. Subareas are defined under the Rights in Water and Irrigation Act 1914.

Use Cases

• Map administrative subarea boundaries to analyze groundwater license distribution.
• Integrate subarea polygons with other spatial data for regional water resource assessments.
• Use the proclaimed groundwater area boundaries for regulatory compliance mapping.

Strengths

• Authoritative source from the state's Department of Water and Environmental Regulation.
• Offered in multiple geospatial formats including GeoJSON, SHP, and Geopackage for flexibility.
• Regularly updated, with a last recorded update in March 2026.

Limitations

• No quantitative data on rows, columns, or sample size is provided for analytical assessment.
• Lacks attribute column descriptions, limiting understanding of associated administrative data.

Provenance

Source

Department of Water and Environmental Regulation, Geospatial and Data Services Manager.

Collection Method

Administrative boundaries defined for groundwater resource management under state legislation.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-24.

Geography

State of Western Australia.