Beneficial Use - Watertable

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.

本图层为界定维多利亚州地下水资源有益用途的相关数据集的组成部分。据维多利亚州环境保护局（Victorian Environmental Protection Authority, EPA）定义，有益用途指对环境或环境组成部分的利用行为，该行为需有利于公共利益、福祉、安全、健康或审美享受，且需免受废弃物排放、废弃物弥散与废弃物堆置的影响。有益用途既可为现有用途，也可为潜在用途；同一资源可具备多项有益用途。该州地下水资源存在多项有益用途，此类用途主要取决于地下水水质与含水层产水量，可被归入宽泛的水质类别之中。