Beneficial Use - Upper Tertiary

This layer is part of a set that defines the beneficial use of Victoria's groundwater resources.According 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.The 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.本图层隶属于一套界定维多利亚州（Victoria）地下水资源有益用途的数据集。根据维多利亚州环境保护局（Victorian Environmental Protection Authority, EPA）的定义，有益用途指对环境整体或某一环境单元的利用，该利用有助于实现公共利益、社会福祉、公共安全、人体健康或审美愉悦，且需免受废物排放、释放与堆放所造成的影响。有益用途可涵盖现有用途与潜在用途，且单一资源可具备多项有益用途。该州地下水资源拥有多项有益用途，此类用途主要取决于地下水水质与含水层产水量，并可被划归至宽泛的水质类别中。