Adavale Basin region: Adavale Basin groundwater package

Publicly available groundwater data have been compiled to provide a common information base to inform environmental, resource development and regulatory decisions in the Adavale Basin region. This data guide gives examples of how these data can be used. The data package included with this data guide captures existing knowledge of Adavale Basin aquifers and their properties, including salinity and water levels. The methods to derive these data for all Adavale Basin aquifers are outlined in the associated metadata files. These are described in groundwater conceptual models (Gouramanis et al., 2023).
The Adavale Basin includes multiple aquifer systems that are grouped and more broadly defined as the Adavale Basin aquifers. Compiled data are assigned to these intervals and used to characterise groundwater systems at the basin scale.
The data are compiled for a point in time to inform decisions on potential resource developments in the Basin. The available historical groundwater data can be used to assess the potential effects on groundwater. The data can also be used for other purposes, such as exploring unallocated groundwater resource potential. Data to January 2022 are used for this compilation.

本数据集汇编了公开可获取的地下水数据，旨在为阿达瓦利盆地（Adavale Basin）区域的环境治理、资源开发与监管决策提供统一的信息基础。本数据指南示例展示了此类数据的具体应用场景。本数据指南配套的数据包收录了阿达瓦利盆地含水层及其水文属性的现有研究认知，涵盖盐度与地下水位等核心指标。所有阿达瓦利盆地含水层相关数据的推导方法已在配套元数据文件中列明，相关细节可参见地下水概念模型（Gouramanis等，2023）。阿达瓦利盆地包含多套含水层系统，经归类整合后统称为阿达瓦利盆地含水层。汇编数据已分配至上述含水层区间，用于刻画盆地尺度下的地下水系统特征。本次汇编的数据基于特定时间节点，旨在为该盆地内潜在资源开发相关决策提供支撑。现有历史地下水数据可用于评估开发活动对地下水环境的潜在影响，也可应用于其他场景，例如探查未分配地下水资源的开发潜力。本次数据汇编的截止时间为2022年1月。