This section provides direct access to maps illustrating water resource management information that can be found in various topic areas on the website. Click on the links below to create and customise your own versions of the maps (e.g. add or remove layers) using the Map Maker tool on the Australian Natural Resource Atlas website:

In the tables below click on the links in the ‘Link to page where map can be viewed and/or downloaded’ column to link to the page in this website where the map is presented and discussed.

Key messages

Map title	Link to page where the map can be viewed and/or downloaded
Surface water management areas	Surface and groundwater management boundaries
Groundwater management units	Surface and groundwater management boundaries
Protected wetlands, rivers and river catchments - National	River and wetland health - protected wetlands and rivers

Introduction to Australian Water Resources 2005

Map title	Link to page where the map can be viewed and/or downloaded
Surface water management areas	Reporting areas - surface and groundwater management boundaries
Groundwater management areas	Reporting areas - surface and groundwater management boundaries
Comparison of surface water management areas from AWR 2000 and AWR 2005	Reporting areas - surface and groundwater management boundaries
Comparison of groundwater management units from AWR 2000 and AWR 2005	Reporting areas - surface and groundwater management boundaries
Total rainfall for July 2004 – June 2005	Climatic contextual data
Percentage of mean annual rainfall for July 2004 – June 2005	Climatic contextual data

Water availability

Map title	Link to page where the map can be viewed and/or downloaded
Annual average rainfall across Australia, based on a standard 30 year climatology record (1961-1990) (Source: Bureau of Meteorology)	Rainfall distribution
Total rainfall for July 2004 – June 2005 (Source: Bureau of Meteorology)	Rainfall distribution
Percentage of mean annual rainfall for July 2004 – June 2005 (Source: Bureau of Meteorology)	Rainfall distribution
Rainfall decile ranges across Australia for (a) 10-year period starting in early 1997 and (b) 5-year period starting in 2002 (Source: Australia’s water supply status and seasonal outlook, NWC October 2006)	Rainfall distribution
Annual average potential evaporation rates across Australia (Source: Bureau of Meteorology)	Evapotranspiration
Annual average areal actual evapotranspiration across Australia (Source: Bureau of Meteorology)	Evapotranspiration
Australia’s annual average distribution of runoff from each drainage division in 2004-05 (Source: Bureau of Rural Sciences)	Runoff
Australia’s runoff volumes in 2004-05 from each drainage division (Source: Bureau of Rural Sciences)	Runoff
Australia’s runoff in 2004-05 compared to the mean annual runoff from each drainage division (Source: Bureau of Rural Sciences)	Runoff
Australia’s mean annual deep drainage (recharge to groundwater) in each drainage division in 2004-05 (Source: Bureau of Rural Sciences)	Groundwater recharge
Australia’s deep drainage (recharge to groundwater) in 2004–05 compared to the mean annual deep drainage in each drainage division (Source: Bureau of Rural Sciences)	Groundwater recharge
Location of large dams across Australia as registered by ANCOLD	Water Storage
Water stored in large dams for each drainage division as at June 2005 (Sourced from Geoscience Australia and the Bureau of Rural Sciences)	Water Storage
Map of Australia, showing the selected individual and combined water management areas where water balances for 2004-05 were prepared	Water Balance Assessments
Status of surface water planning	Surface water management framework summary
Surface water management plans that consider groundwater	Consideration of groundwater in surface water plans
Status of groundwater planning	Summary of groundwater management frameworks
Groundwater management plans that consider surface water	Consideration of surface water in groundwater management plans
Sustainable yield - surface water July 2004 - June 2005	Surface water sustainable yield
Surface water sustainable yield as compared to the cap.	Sustainable yield relative to surface water cap
Level of surface water development July 2004 - June 2005	Level of surface water entitlements relative to sustainable yield
Level of surface water diversions relative to sustainable yield July 2004 - June 2005	Level of surface water diversions relative to sustainable yield
Sustainable yield - groundwater July 2004 - June 2005	Groundwater sustainable yield
Groundwater sustainable yield as compared to the cap	Sustainable yield relative to groundwater cap
Level of groundwater development July 2004 - June 2005	Level of groundwater entitlements relative to sustainable yield
Level of groundwater extractions relative to sustainable yield July 2004 - June 2005	Level of groundwater extractions relative to sustainable yield
Surface water diversions July 2004 - June 2005	Surface water diversions
Groundwater extractions July 2004 - June 2005	Groundwater extractions

Water Use

Map title	Link to page where the map can be viewed and/or downloaded
Modelled water use in water management areas of Australia in 2004-05 (note some areas have been aggregated due to data availability) Sourced from Australian Bureau of Statistics	Estimated water use in selected geographic areas

River and Wetland Health

Map title	Link to page where the map can be viewed and/or downloaded
Overall condition of surface water management areas in Tasmania	Testing the national framework by assessing river condition in Tasmania and Victoria
Overall condition of surface water management areas in Victoria	Testing the national framework by assessing river condition in Tasmania and Victoria
River and Wetland Health Regional Assessments	Snapshot of river and wetland health across Australia from previous assessments
River reaches with similar scores for catchment disturbance, habitat, and nutrient and suspended sediment load indices (grouped and colour coded) in Australia. Hydrology data have not been included because of the sparse data coverage. Data Sources: NLWRA (2001). Data used are assumed to be correct as received from the data suppliers. © Commonwealth of Australia 2001	River condition in the intensive land use zone, 2000
Locations of reaches affected by issues of differing severity in the Murray-Darling Basin. Note that almost all reaches are affected by both catchment land use and water quality. Data Sources: NLWRA (2001b). Data used are assumed to be correct as received from the data suppliers. © Commonwealth of Australia 2001	River condition in the Murray-Darling Basin 2001
Hydrological condition of river reaches in the Murray-Darling Basin. Data Sources: NLWRA (2001b). Data used are assumed to be correct as received from the data suppliers. © Commonwealth of Australia 2001	River condition in the Murray-Darling Basin 2001
Protected wetlands, rivers and River Catchments - National	Maps - protected wetlands, rivers and river catchments
Protected wetlands and River Catchments - ACT and NSW	Maps - protected wetlands, rivers and river catchments
Protected wetlands - NT	Maps - protected wetlands, rivers and river catchments
Protected wetlands - QLD	Maps - protected wetlands, rivers and river catchments
Protected wetlands - SA	Maps - protected wetlands, rivers and river catchments
Protected wetlands - TAS	Maps - protected wetlands, rivers and river catchments
Protected wetlands and Rivers - VIC	Maps - protected wetlands, rivers and river catchments
Protected wetlands - WA	Maps - protected wetlands, rivers and river catchments
Protected terrestrial areas - National	Maps - protected terrestrial areas
Protected terrestrial areas - ACT and NSW	Maps - protected terrestrial areas
Protected terrestrial areas - NT	Maps - protected terrestrial areas
Protected terrestrial areas - QLD	Maps - protected terrestrial areas
Protected terrestrial areas - SA	Maps - protected terrestrial areas
Protected terrestrial areas - TAS	Maps - protected terrestrial areas
Protected terrestrial areas - VIC	Maps - protected terrestrial areas
Protected terrestrial areas - WA	Maps - protected terrestrial areas
Environmental water provisions - National	Maps – environmental water provisions
Environmental water provisions - ACT and NSW	Maps – environmental water provisions
Environmental water provisions - NT	Maps – environmental water provisions
Environmental water provisions - QLD	Maps – environmental water provisions
Environmental water provisions - SA	Maps – environmental water provisions
Environmental water provisions - TAS	Maps – environmental water provisions
Environmental water provisions - VIC	Maps – environmental water provisions
Environmental water provisions - WA	Maps – environmental water provisions
Identification of groundwater dependent ecosystems	State programmes

Integrated Assessment

Map title	Link to page where the map can be viewed and/or downloaded
Levels of consumptive use compared to inflows across Australia in 2004-05	Water resource development in priority geographic areas
Surface water and groundwater interaction as a percentage of total runoff and groundwater recharge in water management areas	Groundwater – surface water interactions and implications
Surface water and groundwater interaction as a percentage of the total runoff and groundwater recharge in interjurisdictional areas.	Groundwater – surface water interactions and implications

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Last Updated 22/08/2007