National Water Commission

Barossa Prescribed Water Resources Areais within South Australia and is 529 km².

The Barossa Prescribed Water Resources Area groundwater management unit (GMU) and surface water management area (SWMA) share the same boundaries.

Management indicator data for the Barossa Prescribed Water Resources Area GMU is provided via the 'Management Indicators GMU' tab above.
Management indicator data for the Barossa Prescribed Water Resources Area SWMA is provided via the 'Management Indicators GMU' tab in the report for the Barossa Prescribed Water Resources Area SWMA, via the link in the list below.

The SWMA report also includes a more detailed introduction and information about water resources, water balance and water use for both the Barossa Prescribed Water Resources Area GMU and SWMA.

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This page provides high level performance indicators of water management for the Barossa Prescribed Water Resources Area groundwater management unit (GMU) based on information provided by the government of SA. It provides answers to a range of questions of relevance to the National Water Initiative (NWI), specifically in relation to: Groundwater management framework Water resource caps Surface water / groundwater interaction Sustainable groundwater yield Environmental allowances / provisions Groundwater diversions Groundwater entitlements Please note that a dash means that either the data was not available, not provided or that the question was not relevant for a particular area. Groundwater management unit Barossa Prescribed Water Resources Area Project ID SA_GW_67 Size of groundwater management unit 530 km² State SA Groundwater management framework What is the status of the water management plan for this groundwater management unit? Final If a final or draft plan has been written, what year was it completed? 2000 If a final or draft plan has been written, does it explicitly consider surface water? Yes If yes, how? Minor reduction to groundwater yield to allow for some discharge of groundwater to the SW Does your water plan specify water quality objectives to meet environmental and other public benefit outcomes? Yes Other items included in the management framework are: Metering program for this area Included Effluent recycling Not included Climate change Not included Aquifer storage and recovery Included Efficient irrigation systems Included Other Not included Management plan available at: Water resource caps Has a cap been placed on groundwater usage / abstraction in this groundwater management unit? Yes Is the cap an absolute limit to allocation or provisional limit? Absolute If there is a cap, what year was it implemented? 2000 If there is a cap, is it considered to represent the sustainable groundwater yield? Yes The following water usage types are included/not included under the cap: Irrigation Included Urban supply Included Commercial / Industrial Included Stock and domestic Not included Mining / Oil and gas Included Forestry Not included Drought supply Not included Greywater use Not included Effluent recycling Not included Aquifer storage and recovery Not included Other - Surface water / groundwater interaction Are groundwater and surface water managed as an integrated water resource in this groundwater management unit? Yes Reason or method: Combined SW and groundwater management plans allowing for short term and long term impacts Sustainable groundwater yield The sustainable yield within this groundwater management unit for 2004/05 was: 6000 ML The method used to determine the sustainable yield was: Simple analytical calculations Was the sustainable yield determined for the combined (i.e. surface water and groundwater) water resources? Yes Is the cap considered to be at or below the sustainable yield of surface water? At If the cap is above the sustainable yield, are there management actions to bring the cap down to sustainable yield? - How has the aquifer responded? Stable Does this aquifer trend require a management response? No What is the level of development relative to the sustainable yield? High level of development Environmental allowances / provisions Have groundwater dependent ecosystems been identified for this groundwater management unit? Yes If yes, in what year were they identified? 2000 If yes,  what type (s) of groundwater dependent ecosystems have been identified? Terrestrial vegetation - River base flow systems Identified Aquifer and cave ecosystems - Wetlands - Terrestrial fauna - Estuarine and near shore marine ecosystems - Other - Have environmental water requirements for the identified groundwater dependent ecosystems been determined? No Have environmental water provisions for the identified groundwater dependent ecosystems been formally adopted / approved? Yes Do the environmental water provisions take into account surface water? Yes If yes, how? Detailed analysis of SW-groundwater interaction Completed environmental water requirement/provision reports available at: Groundwater diversions The total groundwater extraction in the groundwater management unit for 2004/05 was: 500-4999 ML What percentage of groundwater extraction is determined from metered data? - What is the level of diversions relative to the sustainable yield? 33% For surface water diversion that is NOT metered, how was the surface water diversion determined for 2004/05? Estimated from irrigated areas Yes Estimated from licence volume Yes Estimated from power usage for pumps No Estimated from models No Other No Groundwater entitlements Entitlements for groundwater are required/not required for the following usage types: Irrigation Required Urban supply Required Commercial / Industrial Required Farm dams Required Stock and domestic Not required Mining / Oil and gas Required Forestry Not required Floodplain harvesting Required Drought supply Not required Greywater use Not required Effluent recycling Not required Aquifer storage and recovery - Other - Related links The links below provide access to similar reports for surface water management areas (SWMAs) that overlap this groundwater management unit (GMU).

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