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NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water
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NSW Water Dashboards-Tracking Groundwater Extraction

Tracking groundwater extraction against extraction limits: How extractions are tracking against extraction limits in inland groundwater sources.

How and why we track groundwater extraction: The amount of groundwater that can be extracted from a groundwater source is limited. While the amount extracted by all water users varies each year, on average it cannot exceed the extraction limits (i.e. the long-term average annual extraction limit or the Sustainable Diversion Limit).

Before July each year, the department assesses if average extraction over the previous five years has exceeded the long-term average annual extraction limit plus a buffer (called the compliance trigger).

For each inland groundwater source, the dashboard shows for the current water year:

  • volume that if extracted will reach the compliance trigger (in ML, calculated annually)

  • volume remaining to be extracted before reaching the compliance trigger (in ML, calculated throughout the year)

  • the likelihood that access to groundwater may be reduced in the next water year.

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Language English
Edition 1.0
Purpose Public Dissemination
Frequency of change Daily
Keywords WATER
Metadata Date 2023-05-25
Date of Asset Creation 2023-05-25
Date of Asset Publication 2023-05-25
License Creative Commons Attribution 4.0
Geospatial Topic Environment
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Dataset extent
Temporal Coverage From 2004-01-07
Datum GDA94 Geographic (Lat\Long)
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Attribution NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water asserts the right to be attributed as author of the original material in the following manner: "© State Government of NSW and NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water 2023"
Groups Department of Planning and Environment—Water