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In this section you will find detailed information, including national overviews and state and regional level assessments, from the 2000-2002 National Land and Water Resources Audit theme assessments.
Water - Appendix 2. Groundwater Availability
Assessment reliability
The quality of Australian Water Resources Assessment varies across attributes. It was evaluated using a qualitative scale. Appendices 4 & 5 provide a summary of extent, completeness and reliability estimate of the databases that supports this water resource assessment.
Data presented are as supplied by the States and Territories. While every effort has been taken to identify obvious errors in the data, users should verify the data with the agencies.
Readers should also refer to Appendix 3 for explanation of the assessment methods used by State and Territory agencies.
In the following tables, n/a signifies that data was either not assessed or not available.
Estimates of data reliability.
Class Groundwater quantity
- Based on reliable recorded and surveyed data that have required little or no extrapolation or interpolation. Estimated accuracy: ±10%.
- Based on approximate analysis and limited surveys. Some measured data and some interpolation/extrapolation to derive the dataset. Estimated accuracy: ±10% to 25%.
- Little measured data, based on reconnaissance data. Estimated accuracy: ±25% to 50%.
- Derived without investigation data. Figures estimated from data in nearby catchments, or extrapolated/interpolated from any available data. Estimated accuracy: ±50%.
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Categories are defined by the percentage of water abstracted from the groundwater management unit and sustainable yield.
Groundwater management unit Sustainable yield (ML) Groundwater use Groundwater allocation Sustainable yield assessment reliability Total abstraction (ML) Development category Total allocation (ML) Development category 1F Coen Groundwater Province Queensland Unincorporated area - Coen n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2S Laura Groundwater Province Queensland Unincorporated area - Laura n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 3F Tasman Groundwater Province Queensland Alligator Creek 4 000 n/a n/a n/a 1 D Atherton 14 500 14 500 3 11 023 4 B Barambah Creek 1 800 1 650 3 n/a 1 C Barker Creek 6 200 5 750 3 n/a 1 C Barron Delta 3 440 131 3 086 4 B Black River alluvium 6 000 7 500 4 10 683 4 D Boyne River 7 000 n/a n/a n/a 1 D Braeside/Nebo 2 500 2 800 4 4 443 4 D Bribie Island 25 000 1 610 1 n/a 1 C Burdekin River Delta 350 000 n/a n/a n/a 1 B Burdekin River Irrigation Area (left bank) 40 000 29 130 3 66 232 3 D Burdekin River Irrigation Area (right bank) 20 000 n/a 3 n/a 1 D Callide Valley 12 000 16 614 4 32 107 4 A Cattle Creek 400 n/a 1 415 4 D Cooloola 1 130 n/a n/a n/a 1 A Cooyar Creek 100 n/a n/a n/a 1 D Cressbrook Creek 3 800 2 924 3 n/a 1 B Dawson River (Cracow to Theodore) 8 000 n/a n/a n/a 1 D Don and Dee Rivers 11 800 n/a 12 966 4 D Don River 17 000 12 792 3 19 395 4 B Duck Farm n/a 28 n/a 135 n/a n/a Farnborough/Waterpark 1 200 1 670 4 1 669 4 D Fraser Island 216 000 253 1 253 1 D Gooburrum 25 000 9 658 3 22 564 3 A Herbert River 64 000 600 1 n/a 1 B Isaac River 30 000 n/a n/a 1 274 1 D Isis River 3 000 n/a n/a 1 D Johnstone River 63 500 n/a 1 n/a 1 C Koumala 4 000 4 000 4 5 640 4 D Mary River 1 000 n/a n/a 1 D Mossman 19 000 4 1 2 367 1 B Mt Larcom 2 000 n/a n/a n/a 1 D Mulgrave River 20 000 35 1 9 847 2 A Nangur Creek 8 000 4 900 4 n/a 1 C North Stradbroke Island 100 000 14 552 2 58 662 1 B Pioneer River 67 660 16 255 1 88 770 4 C Proserpine River 19 600 10 000 2 21 745 4 B Rochedale 1 300 2 000 4 n/a 1 C Russell River 25 000 n/a 1 n/a 1 D Stanley River 9 700 2 500 3 n/a 1 C Stuart River 500 n/a 3 n/a 1 C Three Moon Creek 22 500 8 658 2 20 535 3 D Townsville/Thuringowa 12 500 n/a n/a 1 425 1 D Tully/Murray Rivers 19 000 2 000 1 n/a 1 B Unincorporated area - Bowen 260 000 n/a 1 n/a 1 D Unincorporated area - Hodgkinson 250 000 n/a n/a 1 D Unincorporated area - Ravenswood n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 n/a Unincorporated area - Yarraman 170 000 n/a n/a n/a 1 D Woongarra 30 000 17 539 2 37 810 4 A 4S Clarence - Moreton Groundwater Province New South Wales Alstonville Basalt 22 000 4 700 2 8 200 2 C North coast fractured rocks 80 000 1 200 1 2 248 1 D Richmond coastal sands 68 000 6 1 6 1 D Richmond River alluvium 13 000 3 608 1 4 593 1 1 Unincorporated area - Clarence - Moreton Basin 427 500 4 515 1 8 420 1 D Queensland Central Lockyer Valley 14 000 13 607 3 n/a 1 A Condamine - Condamine Groundwater management unit Sub-area 4 1 930 1 302 2 3 694 4 A Condamine River alluvium (Cunningham to Ellangowan) 9 400 6 000 2 8 080 3 B Condamine River alluvium (Killarney to Murray Bridge) 2 300 1 500 2 2 061 3 B Condamine River alluvium (Murray Bridge to Cunningham) 7 000 4 000 2 4 165 2 B Dalrymple Creek alluvium 7 560 3 111 2 4 315 3 B Flagstone Creek 700 700 3 n/a 1 D Glengallan Creek 4 330 8 090 4 6 775 4 A King?s Creek alluvium 4 230 1 200 1 1 780 2 B Laidley Creek (upper reach) 2 500 n/a 3 n/a 1 D Lockyer - Helidon 1 500 1 500 3 n/a 1 D Logan/Albert Rivers 13 950 11 000 3 n/a 1 C Lower Lockyer Creek 3 000 4 000 4 n/a 1 B Lower Oakey Creek alluvium 6 500 2 500 2 6 013 3 D Ma Ma Creek 970 970 3 n/a 1 D Myall/Moola Creek North 3 500 2 000 2 2 341 2 B Myall Creek 5 300 n/a 1 1 096 1 B Nobby Basalts 2 400 3 712 4 2 775 4 B Oakey Creek Management Area 7 000 4 205 2 9 663 4 B Sandy Creek 580 580 3 n/a 1 C Swan Creek alluvium 900 800 3 1 365 4 B Tenthill Creek 2 400 2 400 3 n/a 1 D Toowoomba City Basalt 6 500 2 500 2 5 544 3 C Unincorporated area - Clarence - Moreton Basin 79 000 n/a n/a n/a n/a D Upper Hodgson Creek 4 800 473 1 2 518 2 B Upper Lockyer Creek 4 000 4 000 3 n/a 1 D 5F New England Groundwater Province New South Wales Bellinger coastal sands 2 080 2 1 2 1 D Hastings River alluvium 12 710 973 1 999 1 D Inverell basalt 8 600 1 549 1 3 015 1 D Macleay alluvium and coastal sands 25 000 14 171 2 15 296 2 D Miscellaneous tributaries of the Namoi River (alluvium) 5 000 4 321 3 14 906 4 D Peel River alluvium 10 000 8 000 2 33 000 4 C Unincorporated area - New England Province 1 864 544 32 195 1 45 422 1 D Viney Creek alluvium and coastal sands 21 000 1 005 1 1 001 1 D Queensland Border Rivers 30 000 3 946 1 30 890 4 B 6S Sydney Groundwater Province New South Wales Blue Mountains sandstone 39 000 10 780 2 2 509 2 C Botany sand beds 22 500 11 000 2 5 859 1 B Coolaburragundy - Talbragar Valley alluvium 7 000 1 800 1 7 189 3 D Hunter Valley alluvium 57 000 34 491 2 104 529 4 D Mangrove Mountain 26 600 674 1 2 336 1 B Maroota tertiary sand 200 182 3 182 3 C Maules Creek alluvium 7 000 665 1 8 833 4 C Southern Highlands 221 000 9 762 1 21 494 1 C Tomago/Stockton/Tomaree sandbeds 45 000 34 816 3 52 616 4 C Unincorporated area - Gunnedah Basin 208 000 4 069 1 7 293 1 D Unincorporated area - Oxley Basin 179 000 6 818 1 12 350 1 D Unincorporated area - Sydney Basin 555 000 7 047 1 5 857 1 D Upper Namoi alluvium 118 000 81 800 3 279 176 4 B 7F Lachlan Groundwater Province Australian Capital Territory1 Murrumbidgee 9 900 2 450 1 3 550 1 D Namadgi 54 600 300 1 450 1 D Queanbeyan and Molonglo 38 250 2 100 1 3 300 1 D New South Wales Araluen alluvium and weathered granite 1 700 570 2 494 2 C Bell Valley alluvium 7 000 1 050 1 5 918 3 C Belubula River alluvium 6 000 3 000 2 19 152 4 C Billabong Creek alluvium 20 000 2 330 1 7 461 1 C Cudgegong Valley alluvium 12 000 3 200 1 15 769 4 C Lower Macquarie alluvium 48 200 34 006 3 154 021 4 C Mid and upper Murrumbidgee Catchment fractured rocks 6 000 2 004 2 1 577 2 C Mid Murrumbidgee alluvium 89 000 36 956 2 50 823 2 C Molong Limestone 7 000 800 2 4 000 3 D Mudgee Limestone 2 000 510 1 2 459 3 D 7F Lachlan Groundwater Province New South Wales Orange Basalt 17 000 6 400 1 7 684 1 D Unincorporated area - Lachlan Fold Belt Province 428 900 23 552 1 47 101 1 D Upper Lachlan alluvium 205 000 47 559 1 174 474 3 C Upper Macquarie alluvium 30 000 11 000 2 43 127 4 C Young Granite 15 500 7 095 2 18 010 4 D Victoria Alexandra 5 025 720 1 935 1 B Ascot 8 100 5 590 3 8 226 3 B Bullarook 5 015 n/a 1 n/a 1 B Bungaree 4 400 4 337 4 5 870 4 B Glengower 6 550 n/a 1 n/a 1 n/a King Lake 3 800 943 1 1 906 1 B Lancefield 1 480 739 3 972 2 B Moolort 6 650 2 560 2 3 340 2 B Spring Hill Groundwater Supply Protection Area 5 100 610 1 1 500 1 B Tourello 2 730 n/a 1 n/a 1 B Unincorporated area - Lachlan 440 000 22 780 1 23 140 1 B Wandin Yallock 3 300 1 935 3 2 580 3 B 8S Gippsland Groundwater Province Victoria Denison Groundwater Supply Protection Area 12 000 11 325 4 12 115 4 B giffard 3 700 2 241 2 2 980 3 B Leongatha 11 000 683 1 912 1 B Moe 8 200 1 158 1 1 545 2 B Rosedale 14 000 14 969 4 19 948 4 B Sale Groundwater Supply Protection Area 13 000 9 014 3 14 828 4 B Seacombe 100 000 113 575 4 113 785 4 B Tarwin 3 350 1 115 2 1 490 2 B Unincorporated area - Gippsland (lower tertiary aquifer) n/a n/a 1 n/a 2 Unincorporated area - Gippsland (middle tertiary aquifer) 61 875 n/a 1 n/a 1 B 8S Gippsland Groundwater Province Victoria Unincorporated area - Gippsland (upper tertiary aquifer) n/a 680 1 680 1 n/a Unincorporated area - Gippsland (watertable aquifer) 360 000 17 690 1 17 690 1 B Wa De Lock 31 850 8 861 3 11 653 2 B Wy Yung 9 070 5 004 2 6 754 3 B 9S Westernport Groundwater Province Victoria Corinella 3 600 545 1 723 1 B Koo-wee-rup Dalmore Groundwater Conservation Area 10 608 5 750 3 7 050 3 D Lang Lang 4 080 3 434 4 3 645 4 B Unincorporated area - Westernport 20 000 2 880 1 2 880 1 B 10S Port Phillip Groundwater Province Victoria Cut Paw Paw 4 750 662 1 870 1 B Deutgam 2 400 3 394 4 4 518 4 B Frankston 4 950 1 134 2 1 391 2 B Jan Juc 6 800 3 009 2 4 012 2 B Merrimu 450 356 3 362 3 B Moorabbin 4 300 1 860 2 2 495 2 B Nepean 10 300 3 051 3 4 016 2 B Unincorporated area - Port Phillip (lower tertiary aquifer) 48 800 n/a 1 n/a 1 B Unincorporated area - Port Phillip (middle tertiary aquifer) 11 400 650 1 650 1 B Unincorporated area - Port Phillip (watertable aquifer) 121 700 7 570 1 7 570 1 B 11S Otway Highlands Groundwater Province Victoria Unincorporated area - Otway Highlands 86 000 20 1 20 1 B 12S Otways Groundwater Province South Australia Comaum Caroline 1 85 400 33 800 2 69 800 2 B Comaum Caroline 2 28 500 n/a 1 S342 2 C Lacepede - Kongorong 1 546 000 66 500 1 150 500 1 C Lacepede - Kongorong 2 62 500 18 200 1 27 600 1 C Victoria Colangulac 14 200 1 679 1 2 248 1 C Condah 8 700 909 3 1 208 2 B Gellibrand 0 30 3 n/a 3 B Gerangamete 4 000 9 447 4 12 619 4 B Glenormiston 5 000 1 137 2 1 533 2 B Heywood 21 700 4 465 2 5 974 2 B Lake Mundi 48 000 10 584 2 14 060 2 B Newlingrook 41 650 n/a 1 159 1 B Nullawarre Groundwater Supply Protection Area 25 100 16 915 3 22 551 3 B Paaratte 4 600 1 001 3 1 093 1 B Portland 20 600 4 645 1 4 787 1 B Unincorporated area - Otways (lower tertiary aquifer) 131 340 60 1 60 1 B Unincorporated area - Otways (middle tertiary aquifer) 900 426 2 426 2 B Unincorporated area - Otways (watertable aquifer) 740 200 31 760 1 31 760 1 B Warrion 16 500 8 343 3 11 150 3 C Yangery Groundwater Supply Protection Area 11 500 7 930 4 10 605 4 B 13SF1 Tasmania 1 Groundwater Province Tasmania Burnie 135 000 2 155 1 2 155 1 B Smithton 60 000 832 1 832 1 B Unincorporated area - West 1 315 046 1 906 1 1 906 1 B 13SF2 Tasmania 2 Groundwater Province Tasmania Llandherne 3 039 29 1 29 1 B Longford 25 661 1 116 1 1 116 1 B Sorell 449 302 2 302 2 B Spreyton 2 500 183 1 183 1 B St Marys 458 81 1 81 1 B Unincorporated area - Central South East 728 383 10 236 1 10 236 1 B Wesley Vale 4 825 2 649 2 2 648 2 B 13SF3 Tasmania 3 Groundwater Province Tasmania Flinders Island 38 322 80 1 80 1 B Ledgerwood 1 017 29 1 29 1 B Ringarooma 1 017 60 1 60 1 B Scottsdale 963 56 1 56 1 B Tomahawk 38 138 5 1 5 1 B Unincorporated area - North East 175 191 498 1 498 1 B Winnaleah 763 35 1 35 1 B 14S Murray Groundwater Province New South Wales Lower Lachlan alluvium 94 000 28 011 2 237 452 4 C Lower Murray alluvium 136 000 102 870 4 331 646 4 C Lower Murrumbidgee alluvium 226 000 184 063 3 384 376 4 B Unincorporated area - Murray Basin 480 000 2 100 1 2 100 1 D Upper Murray alluvium 30 300 13 093 2 39 476 4 C South Australia Angas Bremer 5 000 1 700 2 6 500 3 B Mallee 1 52 800 17 500 2 35 900 2 B Mallee 2 7 500 n/a 1 S203 2 C Marne n/a n/a 3 n/a n/a n/a Naracoorte Ranges 1 81 700 41 000 2 78 700 3 B Naracoorte Ranges 2 4 500 n/a 1 S284 3 C Padthaway 1 35 100 24 200 3 35 100 3 A Padthaway 2 1 000 n/a 1 S265 3 C Tatiara 1 86 500 60 900 3 90 500 3 B Tatiara 2 4 000 n/a 1 S246 3 C Tintinara 1 n/a 17 500 3 17 500 3 n/a Tintinara 2 n/a 8 000 3 8 000 3 n/a Unincorporated area 1 - Murray Group Limestone 20 000 5 500 1 n/a n/a D Unincorporated area 2 - Renmark Group 20 000 1 000 1 n/a n/a D Victoria Balrootan (Nhill) 1 000 910 3 1 550 4 B Barnawartha 2 400 83 1 102 1 B Berrook 1 100 n/a 1 n/a 1 B Boikerbert (Apsley) 24 300 990 1 1 380 1 B Bridgewater (Loddon) 14 200 13 321 3 17 742 4 B Campaspe Groundwater Supply Protection Area 19 850 31 040 4 38 670 4 B Ellesmere 2 400 436 1 841 1 B Goorambat 4 850 655 1 1 270 1 B Katunga Groundwater Supply Protection Area 12 500 33 141 4 50 292 4 B Kialla 4 770 1 435 1 1 759 2 B Lillimur (Kaniva) 6 950 1 510 1 1 760 1 B Mullindolingong 6 980 760 1 1 270 1 B Murmungee 16 710 7 500 1 12 250 2 B Murrayville Groundwater Supply Protection Area 1 815 1 950 4 5 110 4 B Nagambie 5 650 1 393 1 7 214 1 B Neuarpur Groundwater Supply Protection Area 10 307 12 660 4 18 430 4 B Salisbury West 9 200 153 1 233 1 B Shepparton Groundwater Supply Protection Area 170 000 127 880 3 180 678 3 A Telopea Downs 8 970 490 1 640 1 B Unincorporated area - Murray (lower tertiary aquifer) 27 000 n/a 1 n/a 1 B Unincorporated area - Murray (middle tertiary aquifer) 42 000 5 070 1 5 070 1 B Unincorporated area - Murray (watertable aquifer) 770 000 20 450 1 20 450 1 B 15F Olary Groundwater Province New South Wales Unincorporated area - Olary Province 153 000 265 1 501 1 D 16F Mt Lofty - Flinders Ranges Groundwater Province South Australia Adelaide Metropolitan T1 3 400 n/a 2 n/a D Adelaide Metropolitan T2 1 100 200 2 n/a n/a D Northern Adelaide plains T1 8 000 18 400 4 26 500 4 n/a Northern Adelaide plains T2 n/a S10* 4 S107 4 D Unincorporated area n/a n/a 1 n/a n/a n/a Willunga Embayment 6 000 6 500 3 6 000 3 B 17F St Vincent Groundwater Province South Australia Unincorporated area 1 250 n/a 1 n/a n/a D 18F Yorke Peninsula Groundwater Province South Australia Unincorporated area 1 000 n/a 2 n/a n/a D 19S Pirie - Torrens Groundwater Province South Australia Unincorporated area n/a n/a 1 n/a n/a n/a 21 F Gawler Groundwater Province South Australia Carribie Basin 800 6 1 n/a n/a D Para Wurlie Basin 800 200 3 n/a n/a D Penong 2 4 3 n/a n/a B Robinson 240 230 3 n/a n/a A Unincorporated area 1 000 n/a 1 n/a n/a D 22S Eucla Groundwater Province South Australia Unincorporated area 5 000 n/a 1 n/a n/a D Western Australia Eucla North 5 323 n/a 1 0 1 C Eucla South 83 315 n/a 1 0 1 C 23.1F Albany - Fraser 1 Groundwater Province Western Australia Albany - Fraser East 135 133 212 1 212 1 C Gibson 3 344 25 1 25 1 C 23.2F Albany Fraser 2 Groundwater Province Western Australia Albany - Fraser West 64 629 n/a 1 0 1 C 24.1S Bremer 1 Groundwater Province Western Australia Bremer East 28 016 n/a 1 0 1 C Condingup 51 n/a 1 0 1 C Esperance 4 549 3 378 3 3 378 3 C Hopetoun 592 144 1 144 1 C 24.2S Bremer 2 Groundwater Province Western Australia Albany 4 647 4 647 3 4 647 3 C Bremer Bay 231 134 2 134 2 C Bremer West 29 161 111 1 111 1 C 25F Leeuwin Groundwater Province Western Australia Blackwood - Leeuwin 4 922 1 836 2 1 836 2 B Busselton Capel - Naturaliste 4 938 190 1 190 1 B 26S Perth Groundwater Province Western Australia Arrowsmith - Cockleshell Gully North 2 955 n/a 1 0 1 B Arrowsmith - Cockleshell Gully South 3 500 86 1 86 1 B Arrowsmith - Lesueur 2 000 837 2 837 2 B Arrowsmith - Mullingarra 2 067 n/a 1 0 1 B Arrowsmith - Parmelia 52 000 888 1 888 1 B Arrowsmith - Superficial 8 000 3 868 2 3 868 2 B Arrowsmith - Yarragadee 83 500 35 019 2 35 019 2 B Blackwood - Leederville 110 788 3 919 1 3 919 1 B Blackwood - Lesueur 8 934 8 621 3 8 621 3 B Blackwood - Sue 1 398 549 2 549 2 B Blackwood - Superficial 92 253 470 1 470 1 B Blackwood - Yarragadee 25 380 6 537 1 6 537 1 B Bunbury - Leederville 17 000 6 797 2 6 797 2 B Bunbury - Superficial 19 700 3 830 1 3 830 1 B Bunbury - Yarragadee 33 000 19 705 2 19 705 2 B Busselton Capel - Leederville 23 400 19 880 3 19 880 3 B Busselton Capel - Sue 4 000 847 1 847 1 B Busselton Capel - Superficial 35 800 4 962 1 4 962 1 B Busselton Capel - Yarragadee 67 000 16 418 1 16 418 1 B Cockburn - Leederville 6 6 3 6 3 B Cockburn - Superficial 29 230 29 230 3 29 230 3 A Cockburn - Yarragadee 5 786 5 786 3 5 786 3 B Gascoyne - Yarragadee 14 972 282 1 282 1 C Gascoyne - Yuna 41 238 377 1 377 1 C Gingin - Leederville 34 390 14 004 2 14 004 2 B Gingin - Leederville - Parmelia 37 500 30 520 3 30 520 3 B Gingin - Superficial - Plateau 8 040 5 402 2 5 402 2 B Gingin - Superficial - Coastal Plain 255 440 64 796 1 64 796 1 B Gingin - Yarragadee 37 550 3 882 1 3 882 1 B Gnangara - Leederville 23 840 23 840 3 23 840 3 B Gnangara - Superficial 65 880 31 859 2 31 859 2 B Gnangara - Yarragadee 25 150 25 150 3 25 150 3 B Gwelup - Leederville 4 680 4 680 3 4 680 3 B Gwelup - Superficial 14 060 14 060 3 14 060 3 B Gwelup - Yarragadee 3 500 3 500 3 3 500 3 B Jandakot - Leederville 1 973 1 973 3 1 973 3 B Jandakot - Superficial 23 850 18 308 3 18 308 3 B Jandakot - Yarragadee 0 n/a 1 0 1 B Jurien - Cockleshell Gully 8 800 n/a 1 0 1 B Jurien - Leederville 20 800 2 272 1 2 272 1 B Jurien - Lesueur 3 000 n/a 1 0 1 B Jurien - Superficial 48 500 982 1 982 1 B Jurien - Yarragadee 25 100 1 016 1 1 016 1 B Mirrabooka - Leederville 4 002 4 002 3 4 002 3 B Mirrabooka - Superficial 26 850 24 281 3 24 281 3 B Mirrabooka - Yarragadee 2 000 2 000 3 2 000 3 B Murray - Cockleshell Gully 2 597 3 775 4 3 775 4 B Murray - Leederville 28 272 4 547 1 4 547 1 B Murray - Superficial 62 324 2 012 1 2 012 1 B Perth - Leederville 17 297 17 297 3 17 297 3 B Perth - Superficial 129 109 129 109 3 129 109 3 B Perth - Yarragadee 15 940 15 940 3 15 940 3 B Rockingham - Cockleshell Gully 141 n/a 1 0 1 B Rockingham - Leederville 487 486 3 486 3 B Rockingham - Superficial 34 960 25 505 3 25 505 3 B Rockingham - Yarragadee 0 n/a 1 0 1 B Rottnest - Superficial 998 51 1 51 1 B Serpentine - Cockleshell Gully 284 240 3 240 3 B Serpentine - Leederville 3 140 3 141 3 3 141 3 B Serpentine - Superficial 35 163 12 463 2 12 463 2 B Serpentine - Yarragadee 135 135 3 135 3 B Southwest coastal - Cockleshell Gully 847 n/a 1 0 1 B Southwest coastal - Leederville 25 407 2 921 1 2 921 1 B Southwest coastal - Superficial 60 000 23 416 2 23 416 2 B Swan - Leederville 5 659 5 659 3 5 659 3 B Swan - Superficial 22 200 14 926 2 14 926 2 B Swan - Yarragadee 1 1 3 1 3 B Unincorporated area - Cookernup 37 320 600 1 600 1 B Wanneroo - Leederville 0 n/a 1 0 1 B Wanneroo - Superficial 58 600 34 828 2 34 828 2 B Wanneroo - Yarragadee 0 n/a 1 0 1 B Yanchep - Leederville 400 400 3 400 3 B Yanchep - Superficial 10 373 1 758 1 1 758 1 B Yanchep - Yarragadee 0 n/a 1 0 1 B 27S Collie Groundwater Province Western Australia Collie 8 300 23 520 4 23 520 4 A 28F Yilgarn Groundwater Province Western Australia Arrowsmith - Coorow 2 360 n/a 1 0 1 B Bolgart - Bolgart East 342 43 1 43 1 B Dwellingup 20 16 3 16 3 B East Murchison - Ningham 28 464 5 953 1 5 953 1 C Gascoyne - Mullewa 35 676 2 785 1 2 785 1 C Gingin - Superficial - Scarp 1 248 855 2 855 2 B Goldfields - Deborah 40 419 7 308 1 7 308 1 C Happy Valley 128 85 2 85 2 B Jurien - Watheroo 1 918 650 2 650 2 B Kondinin - Ravensthorpe 15 580 235 1 235 1 C New Norcia 333 30 1 30 1 B Swan - Superficial - Scarp 2 805 615 1 615 1 B Westonia 23 761 1 040 1 1 040 1 C Yenart 333 86 1 86 1 B Yerecoin 950 30 1 30 1 B Yilgarn - Southwest 406 178 3 700 1 3 700 1 C 29F Yilgarn - Gold Fields Groundwater Province Western Australia East Murchison - Wiluna 62 073 5 421 1 5 421 1 C East Murchison - Wiluna Superficial 6 540 6 540 3 6 540 3 C Goldfields - Lake Carey 31 340 10 107 2 10 107 2 C Goldfields - Lake Carey - Superficial 30 672 30 672 3 30 672 3 C Goldfields - Lefroy - Dundas 48 381 5 332 1 5 332 1 C Goldfields - Lefroy - Dundas - Superficial 13 709 6 690 2 6 690 2 C Goldfields - Minigwal 59 292 28 1 28 1 C Goldfields - Raeside 20 311 8 125 2 8 125 2 C Goldfields - Raeside - Superficial 10 515 10 514 3 10 514 3 C Goldfields - Rebecca 37 276 3 313 1 3 313 1 C Goldfields - Rebecca - Superficial 6 315 6 315 3 6 315 3 C Goldfields - Roe 12 206 12 205 3 12 205 3 C Goldfields - Roe - Superficial 30 173 30 173 3 30 173 3 C 30F Yilgarn- Murchison Groundwater Province Western Australia East Murchison - Cue 56 041 29 796 2 29 796 2 C Gascoyne - Byro 50 515 15 1 15 1 C 31.F Northampton Groundwater Province Western Australia Northampton Complex 15 553 1 946 1 1 946 1 C Northampton Town 876 186 1 186 1 C 32S Carnarvon Groundwater Province Western Australia Gascoyne - alluvium 4 417 4 417 3 4 417 3 C Gascoyne - Bidgienaya 33 002 90 1 90 1 C Gascoyne - Birdrong 27 907 19 986 3 19 986 3 C Gascoyne 5 581 5 581 3 5 581 3 C Gascoyne - Exmouth 2 402 1 560 2 1 560 2 C Gascoyne - Superficial 100 540 227 1 227 1 C Gascoyne - Tumblagooda 19 656 366 1 366 1 C Pilbara - Peedamulla 3 300 n/a 1 0 1 C Pilbara - Peedamulla Superficial 47 656 350 1 350 1 C 33.1F Capricorn 1 Groundwater Province Western Australia Nabberu 63 353 n/a 1 0 1 C 33.2F Capricorn 2 Groundwater Province Western Australia Glengarry 18 496 2 160 1 2 160 1 C 33.3F Capricorn 3 Groundwater Province Western Australia Gascoyne - Province 89 326 10 1 10 1 C 33.4F Capricorn 4 Groundwater Province Western Australia Ashburton - Province 63 246 164 1 164 1 C 34F Marymia Groundwater Province Western Australia Marymia 6 250 6 250 3 6 250 3 C 35F Banemall Groundwater Province Western Australia Banemall 65 686 14 082 1 14 082 1 C 36F Calyie - McFadden Groundwater Province Western Australia Savory 94 335 n/a 1 0 1 C 37F Sylvania Groundwater Province Western Australia Sylvania 5 244 n/a 1 0 1 C 38F Hamersley Groundwater Province Western Australia Hamersley - Carawine 31 500 31 500 3 31 500 3 C Hamersley - Fortescue 15 100 15 100 3 15 100 3 C Hamersley - Wittenoom 16 130 319 1 319 1 C Hamersley East 75 920 16 400 1 16 400 1 C Hamersley West 174 995 15 500 1 15 500 1 C 39S Pilbara Groundwater Province Western Australia Pilbara - Coast alluvium 12 808 5 000 2 5 000 2 C Pilbara - East 100 990 3 020 1 3 020 1 C Pilbara - West 45 027 475 1 475 1 C 40F Paterson Groundwater Province Western Australia Paterson 19 181 n/a 1 0 1 C 41S Canning Groundwater Province Western Australia Canning - Broome Town 15 770 6 513 2 6 513 2 B Canning 296 305 n/a 1 0 1 C Canning - Dora 37 428 n/a 1 0 1 C Canning - Erskine 21 153 n/a 1 0 1 B Canning - Erskine Southeast 5 520 n/a 1 0 1 C Canning - Lagrange 79 596 1 533 1 1 533 1 B Canning - Napier 29 222 3 390 1 3 390 1 C Canning - Pardoo 13 005 227 1 227 1 C Canning - Pender 105 517 2 258 1 2 258 1 B Canning - Wallal 218 073 n/a 1 0 1 C Derby 5 406 2 699 2 2 699 2 B 42F Kimberly Groundwater Province Western Australia Kimberley 83 185 n/a 1 0 1 C 43F Halls Creek Groundwater Province Northern Territory Unincorporated area - metamorphic rock (Kununurra) 443 n/a 1 n/a 1 D Western Australia Halls Creek Province 217 811 6 996 1 6 996 1 C 44S Bonaparte Groundwater Province Northern Territory Unincorporated area - Alluvial sands 1 403 10 1 10 1 1 Unincorporated area - Palaeozoic sandstone (Wadeye) 1 139 063 686 1 221 1 D Unincorporated area - Palaeozoic shale (Kununurra) 570 5 1 n/a 1 D Western Australia Bonaparte 122 504 2 000 1 2 000 1 C 45F Ord - Victoria Groundwater Province Northern Territory Unincorporated area - Palaeozoic basalt (Lajamanu) 144 649 3 072 1 2 795 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic dolomite (Yarralin) 3 395 275 1 275 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic sedimentary rock (Timber Creek) 205 046 2 270 1 1 973 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic sedimentary rock, low yield (Kalkarind) 14 930 1 287 1 656 1 D Unincorporated area - tertiary sedimentary rock (Yarralin) 715 68 1 68 1 D Ord - Argyle 82 080 n/a 1 n/a 1 C Ord - Bungle Bungle 19 024 n/a 1 n/a 1 C Ord - Nicholson 90 724 n/a 1 n/a 1 C 46F Pine Creek Groundwater Province Northern Territory Berry Springs Dolomite 7 480 4 761 2 471 1 C Koolpinyah Dolomite 44 642 18 920 2 10 691 1 C Unincorporated area - Cretaceous sedimentary rock (Anura Bay) 5 231 n/a 1 n/a 1 D Unincorporated area - granite (Goomadeer) 96 758 393 1 393 1 D Unincorporated area - Palaeozoic limestone (Daly River) 106 275 171 1 171 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic dolomite (Bark Hut Inn) 412 988 561 1 131 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic sedimentary (Adelaide River) 249 375 17 048 1 3 830 1 C 47S Melville Groundwater Province Northern Territory Unincorporated area - Cretaceous sedimentary rock (Murgenella) 129 938 864 1 n/a 1 D Unincorporated area - Van Diemen sandstone 115 519 355 1 n/a 1 D 48S Arafura Groundwater Province Northern Territory Unincorporated area - Buckingham Bay sandstone 55 613 17 1 17 1 D Unincorporated area - Marchinbar sandstone 37 688 1 422 1 72 1 D Unincorporated area - Raiwalla Shale 27 503 12 1 12 1 1 49S McArthur Groundwater Province Northern Territory Gove Water Control District 12 150 10 145 3 12 000 3 C Unincorporated area - Cretaceous sedimentary rock (Camburinga) 778 275 5 728 1 27 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic dolomite (Bulman) 257 475 53 1 53 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic rocks low yielding (Bulman) 55 605 300 1 300 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic sedimentary rock (north-east Northern Territory) 1 256 760 4 466 1 1 410 1 D Queensland Unincorporated area - McArthur n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 n/a 50S Daly River Groundwater Province Northern Territory Tindall-Katherine Water Control District 27 053 12 692 2 576 1 C Unincorporated area - Jinduckin Formation 165 615 4 545 1 295 1 C Unincorporated area - Oolloo Limestone 324 863 1 673 1 73 1 C Unincorporated area - Tindall Limestone 131 625 487 1 203 1 C 51S Wiso Groundwater Province Northern Territory Tennant Creek Water Control District 5 079 1 792 2 2 161 2 C Unincorporated area - Palaeozoic limestone (central Northern Territory) 104 621 2 094 1 1 645 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic sedimentary rock (Green Swamp Well) 6 035 88 1 88 1 D 52F Tennant Creek Groundwater Province Northern Territory Unincorporated area - granite (Tennant Creek) 2 356 14 1 14 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic sedimentary rock (Tennant Creek) 26 453 633 1 423 1 D 53S Georgina Groundwater Province Northern Territory Unincorporated area - Palaeozoic Limestone (Eastern Northern Territory) 171 087 8 794 1 8 656 1 D Queensland Unincorporated area - Georgina n/a n/a 2 n/a 1 n/a 54F Mt Isa - Cloncurry Groundwater Province Queensland Unincorporated area - Mt Isa n/a n/a 2 n/a 1 n/a 55S Great Artesian Groundwater Province New South Wales Great Artesian Basin - Central - New South Wales 5 750 6 580 4 6 580 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Southern Recharge 10 100 11 580 4 36 490 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Surat (NSW) 53 640 70 780 4 70 780 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Warrego (NSW) 38 770 44 390 4 44 390 4 D Lower Gwydir alluvium 35 000 40 762 4 99 032 4 C Lower Namoi alluvium 95 000 43 849 3 213 264 4 A Queensland Condamine - Condamine Groundwater management unit Sub-area 1 1 440 2 157 4 3 560 4 A Condamine - Condamine Groundwater management unit Sub-area 2 2 490 4 252 4 10 723 4 A Condamine - Condamine Groundwater management unit Sub-Area 3 14 810 19 179 4 49 562 4 A Condamine - Condamine Groundwater Management Area Sub-area 5 1 500 154 1 1 126 3 A Condamine River (down-river of Condamine Groundwater Management Area) 3 500 1 800 3 1 898 2 C Great Artesian Basin - Barcaldine - Queensland 36 310 44 170 4 44 170 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Central - Queensland 16 680 28 000 4 28 000 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Eastern Recharge A - Queensland 1 400 1 600 4 1 600 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Eastern Recharge B - Queensland 32 450 37 140 4 37 140 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Eastern Recharge C - Queensland 15 690 17 950 4 17 950 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Flinders - Queensland 39 270 48 710 4 48 710 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Gulf - Queensland 18 570 21 260 4 21 260 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Mimosa - Queensland 13 970 15 990 4 15 990 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Northwest - Queensland 10 680 12 230 4 12 230 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Surat - Queensland 71 960 96 720 4 96 720 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Warrego - Queensland 48 960 59 400 4 59 400 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Western - Queensland 80 90 4 90 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Western Recharge - Queensland 80 90 4 90 4 D St George alluvium 18 000 2 000 1 6 340 2 C Weipa 64 000 63 000 3 210 1 D Winton/Mackunda Formations 24 000 n/a 4 n/a 1 D South Australia Curdimurka (Wellfield A) n/a 2 000 3 15 000 3 n/a Total Great Artesian Basin - South Australia 60 000 54 800 3 63 800 3 D Muloorina (Wellfield B) n/a 5 500 3 S438 3 n/a Unincorporated area - Hamilton n/a n/a 1 n/a n/a D Unincorporated area - Peake Denison n/a n/a 1 n/a n/a n/a NorthernTerritory Great Artesian Basin - Western - Northern Territory 490 570 4 570 4 D Great Artesian Basin - Western Recharge - Northern Territory 330 380 4 380 4 D 56S Officer Groundwater Province South Australia Unincorporated area 100 n/a 1 n/a n/a D Western Australia Officer 182 189 n/a 1 0 1 C 57F Musgrave Groundwater Province Northern Territory Unincorporated area - Cretaceous sedimentary 878 38 1 38 1 D Unincorporated area - metamorphic rock (south-west Northern Territory) 19 955 185 1 175 1 D Unincorporated area - tertiary sedimentary rock (south-west Northern Territory) 3 282 80 1 80 1 D South Australia Unincorportated Area 1 000 n/a 1 n/a n/a C Western Australia Musgrave 38 553 n/a 1 0 1 C 58S Amadeus Groundwater Province Northern Territory Mereenie sandstone - Alice Water Control District 1 408 11 739 3 13 848 3 C Unincorporated area - Palaeozoic sedimentary (southern Northern Territory) 78 727 1 411 1 1 067 1 D Unincorporated area - tertiary sedimentary rock (Yulara) 19 700 917 1 278 1 D Western Australia Amadeus 29 798 n/a 1 0 1 C 59F Arunta Groundwater Province Northern Territory Alice Springs Town Basin Water Control District 300 842 4 651 4 C Ti Tree 3 897 2 567 2 3 884 3 C Unincorporated area - metamorphic rock (Harts Range) 94 675 1 732 1 1 484 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic sedimentary rock (Kintore) 21 694 430 1 365 1 D Unincorporated area - tertiary sedimentary rock (The Granites) 24 748 484 1 393 1 D Unincorporated area - Ti Tree 2 878 97 1 97 1 D Queensland Unincorporated area - New England n/a n/a n/a n/a 1 n/a Arunta 10 026 n/a 1 n/a 1 C 60S Ngalia Groundwater Province Northern Territory Unincorporated area - Proterozoic sedimentary rock (Laramba) 3 237 39 1 39 1 D Unincorporated area - tertiary sedimentary rock (Nyirripi) 7 676 124 1 124 1 D 61F Tanami Groundwater Province Northern Territory Unincorporated area - granite (The Granites) 13 597 243 1 43 1 D Unincorporated area - Proterozoic sedimentary rock (central west Northern Territory) 18 526 143 1 143 1 D Unincorporated area - tertiary sedimentary rock (Didjiedoonkuna Hills) 1 307 8 1 8 1 1 Western Australia Tanami 1 94 500 n/a 1 0 1 C Tanami 2 570 n/a 1 0 1 C Tanami 3 246 n/a 1 0 1 C Tanami 4 18 650 n/a 1 0 1 C Tanami 5 4 938 n/a 1 0 1 C SA1 Adelaide Geosyncline Groundwater Province South Australia Barossa fractured rock 2 000 340 1 340 1 D Barossa Valley sediments 3 500 4 100 3 4 860 3 B Booborowie Valley 1 000 1 000 3 n/a n/a C Clare Valley n/a 2 650 3 2 650 3 n/a Unincorporated area - Flinders Ranges n/a n/a 1 n/a n/a n/a Unincorporated area - Mt Lofty Ranges 47 000 25 000 2 n/a n/a B Walloway Basin 300 50 1 n/a n/a D Willochra Basin 600 550 3 n/a n/a D SA2 Eyre Peninsula Groundwater Province South Australia County Musgrave 6 400 900 1 6 000 3 B Southern Basins 12 100 10 300 3 12 010 3 B Unincorporated area 3 200 n/a 1 n/a n/a D 1 Includes information relating to the Queanbeyan River Catchment in New South Wales.
2 S43: refer to Curdimurka (Wellfield A) in 55S Groundwater Province in South Australia
3 S20: refer to Mallee I in 14S Groundwater Province in South Australia.
4 S28: refer to Naracoorte Ranges I in 14S Groundwater Province in South Australia.
5 S26: refer to Padthaway I in 14S Groundwater Province in South Australia.
6 S24: refer to Tatiara I in 14S Groundwater Province in South Australia
7 S10: refer to Northern Adelaide Plains T2 in 16F Groundwater Province in South Australia.
8 S43: refer to Comaum Caroline I in 12S Groundwater Province in South Australia.
Table of Contents for the Australian Water Resources Assessment 2000
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