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Key messages
Status of information in 2004–05
Surface and groundwater management boundaries
Water resource development
Water availability – 2004-05
Water use – 2004-05
River and wetland health assessment - national framework
River and wetland health - protected wetlands and rivers
River and wetland health - environmental water provisions
Information and system gaps/limitations
Moving forward
Australian Water Resources Information System (AWRIS)
Acknowledgements
Introduction to Australian Water Resources 2005 
What does AWR 2005 report?
Objectives of AWR 2005
The National Water initiative (NWI)
Related water resource management activities and links
Previous work
Other NWI projects
Other related projects
Links
Availability of data-the Discovery Phase
Levels of reporting
Reporting areas
Data sources and accuracy
AWR 2005 meeting the needs of the NWI
Climatic contextual data
Water availability
What is our total water resource?
Total water resource
Rainfall distribution
Temperature
Evapotranspiration
Runoff
Groundwater recharge
Water storage
Intercepting activities
Alternative water sources
Water balance assessments
Water balance assessment method
Data reliability and gaps
Water balance results
Outcomes from water balances
Water cycle outcomes
Capital cities summary
Interjurisdictional areas summary
State and territory summaries
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
Water management
Surface water management plans
Surface water management framework summary
Proportion of areas covered by surface water management plans
Summary of review process for surface water plans
Summary of additional management framework items
Consideration of groundwater in surface water plans
Groundwater management plans
Summary of groundwater management frameworks
Summary of review process for groundwater plans
Summary of additional management framework items
Consideration of surface water in groundwater management plans
Water resources caps
Surface water caps
Status of surface water caps
Management of surface water caps
Surface water usage NOT covered by a cap
Groundwater caps
Status of groundwater caps
Management of groundwater caps
Groundwater usage NOT covered by the cap
Resource sustainability
Sustainable yield definitions
Surface water sustainability
Surface water sustainable yield
Sustainable yield relative to surface water cap
Level of surface water entitlements relative to sustainable yield
Level of surface water diversions relative to sustainable yield
Groundwater sustainability
Groundwater sustainable yield
Sustainable yield relative to groundwater cap
Level of groundwater entitlements relative to sustainable yield
Level of groundwater extractions relative to sustainable yield
Surface water and groundwater interaction
Water diversions and extractions
Surface water diversions
Groundwater extractions
Water entitlements
Surface water entitlements
Groundwater entitlements
Water use
Australian Bureau of Statistics water accounts
How was water used by the economy?
Capital city water use
Agricultural water use
Estimated water use in selected geographic areas
Water access entitlements, allocations and trading
River and wetland health
Assessment of river and wetland health
National framework
Testing the national framework
Snapshot of river and wetland health
River condition in the intensive land use zone
River condition in the Murray-Darling Basin
Aquatic ecosystem health for south-east Queensland
Identifying protected high-conservation water assets
Protected wetlands, rivers and river catchments
Maps
Datasets
Discussion
Protected terrestrial areas
Maps
Discussion
Environmental water provisions
Maps
Environmental water provisions at a glance
Queensland
New South Wales
Murray-Darling Basin
Australian Capital Territory
Victoria
Tasmania
South Australia
Western Australia
Northern Territory
Groundwater environmental allowances and provisions
Discussion of environmental water requirements and provisions
State programmes
Integrated Assessment
Water resource development in priority geographic areas
Entitlements, allocations and sustainable yields
Water resource development across Australia
Groundwater - surface water interactions and implications
The way forward and recommendations
Regional water resources assessments
Maps
Publications