Beneficial Use - Watertable

This layer is part of a set that defines the beneficial use of Victoria's groundwater resources.\nAccording to the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), a beneficial use is a use to the environment, or a segment of the environment which is conductive to public benefit, welfare, safety, health or aesthetic enjoyment and which requires protection from the effects of waste discharges, emissions or deposits. A beneficial use may be an existing or potential use. A resource may have more than one beneficial use.\nThe State's groundwater resources have a number of beneficial uses. These uses primarily depend on groundwater quality and aquifer yield and can be assigned to broad water quality classes.

本图层属于维多利亚州地下水资源有益用途（beneficial use）定义体系的组成部分。
根据维多利亚州环境保护局（Victorian Environmental Protection Authority，EPA）的定义，有益用途指对环境或某一环境单元的使用行为，该行为可助力实现公共利益、社会福祉、公共安全、民众健康或审美享受，且需要得到保护以免受废物排放、释放与堆积的影响。有益用途可分为现有用途与潜在用途，同一水资源可具备多项有益用途。
本州地下水资源具备多项有益用途。此类用途主要取决于地下水水质与含水层产水量，可被归入相应的广义水质类别。