This project is jointly funded by the Australian Government ($750,000) and the Tasmanian Government ($350,000). Australian Government funding is provided through the National Water Grid Fund.
The project will deliver reports on risks and opportunities for groundwater use. Credit: Department of Environment, Photographer Dragi Markovic.
Project overview
This project will deliver reports on risks and opportunities for groundwater use. The project includes development of a risk assessment tool. These resources will help inform:
- water management policy
- water infrastructure planning.
This project will address a knowledge gap in core water resource information. This information is required for infrastructure investment choices and optimising public investment in water security.
Goals of the assessment
Tasmania has complex hydrogeological systems. This assessment aims to provide better understanding of the state’s:
- groundwater sustainable yields and use
- aquifer properties and recharge.
The project’s objectives are to:
- deliver a groundwater risk assessment tool and management framework
- improve knowledge of risks and opportunities for groundwater use in Tasmania
- inform water management policy and water infrastructure planning.
The assessment
The assessment will undertake targeted field studies, investigations and activities across 32 groundwater assessment units. Activities include:
- high-level, relative regional assessment of groundwater risk across Tasmania
- developing a risk screening tool for further investigation
- consistent and transparent assessment of risk.
Areas include:
- groundwater provinces
- hydrogeological complexes
- connected water regions
- surface water regions
- groundwater model areas.
The project is expected to be completed in 2025.
Key project benefits
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