Levels of reporting
AWR 2005 can be approached at several levels, each dealing with key issues
of scale, detail, technical rigour and information. The defined levels of assessment
that meet National Water initiative (NWI) objectives are outlined in the table
below.
Australian Water Resources 2005 levels of reporting
1. Management indicator level |
Management level reporting to inform stakeholders
of national situation |
2. Review and interpretation of existing
information |
State or territory based, using existing
technical assessments, and pieced together and analysed for AWR 2005 |
3. Detailed assessment |
Undertaking new detailed analysis to provide
revised or new coverage |
Each of the above levels of assessment is defined by the:
- scale of the assessment
- questions that should be answered
- ability to report on management indicators or resource condition indicators
A number of fundamental principles were incorporated when considering the
proposed levels of assessment for each theme and whether the levels would meet
NWI objectives. These include:
- use of existing data where possible. This can include interpreted
data and information, for instance, whether a catchment management plan
has recognised environmental flow provisions in its water allocations
- use of existing state and territory approaches where these
are relevant to informing the NWI
- ability to provide a level of national coverage by mid-2006
- ability to provide information to inform the NWI over the
medium term (December 2006 and June 2007) and the longer term (post-June
2007)
- creation of an enduring asset of information and supporting
system to be useful in subsequent assessments
- recognition of existing systems and data infrastructures that
can be used to manage, maintain and deliver the information assembled as
part of this assessment
- support of parties to the NWI
For AWR 2005, the outputs from the different levels of assessment will be
combined to ensure coverage of the different components of the headline parameters
of water availability, water use, and river and wetland health.
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