Great Artesian Basin water resource assessment
Last updated:7 June 2023
Project completed 2012
Background
Funded by the then Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Populations and Communities and the National Water Commission, the Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment (the Assessment) was completed in 2012. The Assessment carried out a basin-scale investigation of water resources across the GAB, assessing the status of water resources, identifying the potential impacts of climate change and resource development on those water resources and filling knowledge gaps in our understanding of the resource. The Assessment provides an updated interpretation of the geology and hydrogeology of the GAB that has refined the conceptualisation of how the groundwater system operates.
Technical reports
Database
- Data delivery and custodianship
Environment
- Assessment of the impacts of future climate and groundwater development on Great Artesian Basin springs
Lithostratigraphic Units
- Lexicon of the lithostratigraphic and hydrogeological units of the Great Artesian Basin and its Cenozoic cover
Models Review
Numerical Modelling
System Conceptualisation
Visualisation
- The three-dimensional visualisation of the Great Artesian Basin
Reports for Regions in the GAB
Carpentaria
- Water resource assessment for the Carpentaria region
- Water resource assessment for the Carpentaria region: Summary
Eromanga - Central
- Water resource assessment for the Central Eromanga region
- Water resource assessment for the Central Eromanga region: Summary
Eromanga - Western
- Water resource assessment for the Western Eromanga region
- Water resource assessment for the Western Eromanga region: Summary
Surat
- Water resource assessment for the Surat region
- Water resource assessment for the Surat region: Summary