Australian Water Information Dictionary

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A period commencing at the beginning of a day of one of the 12 months of the year and ending immediately before the beginning of the corresponding day of the next month or, if there is no such corresponding day, ending at the expiration of the next month.

Source: Acts Interpretation Act 1901 Part V 22

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The volume of water that a water storage can hold between the minimum supply level and full supply level; equal to the total storage capacity excluding the dead storage capacity. It is the sum of this capacity that is reported for a collection of water storages. See the water storage diagram for more information.

Synonym: accessible storage capacity

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The zone of soil moisture above the water table where water is drawn upwards by capillary tension in which the water is at less than atmospheric pressure.

Source: Richardson, S., et al., (2011). Australian groundwater-dependent ecosystem toolbox part 1: assessment framework, Waterlines report, National Water Commission, Canberra

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The land area draining to a point of interest, such as a water storage or monitoring site on a watercourse.

Related: water storage

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The extent of land where water from precipitation drains into the water storage.

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A person specified as a Category A person in the document titled Persons and Classes of Persons

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Source: Water Regulations 2008 Regulation 1.03

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A person specified as a Category B person in the document titled Persons and Classes of Persons

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Source: Water Regulations 2008 Regulation 1.03

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A person specified as a Category C person in the document titled Persons and Classes of Persons

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Source: Water Regulations 2008 Regulation 1.03

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A person specified as a Category D person in the document titled Persons and Classes of Persons

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Source: Water Regulations 2008 Regulation 1.03

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A person specified as a Category E person in the document titled Persons and Classes of Persons

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Source: Water Regulations 2008 Regulation 1.03

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A person specified as a Category F person in the document titled Persons and Classes of Persons

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Source: Water Regulations 2008 Regulation 1.03

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A person specified as a Category G person in the document titled Persons and Classes of Persons

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Source: Water Regulations 2008 Regulation 1.03

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A person specified as a Category H person in the document titled Persons and Classes of Persons

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Source: Water Regulations 2008 Regulation 1.03

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computerised design IFD rainfall system

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The change in net water assets for the water report entity from one reporting date to the next.

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The change in net water assets for the region from one reporting date to the next.

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The change in net water storage for the region from one report date to the next.

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Increases or decreases in the water report entity’s water assets from one reporting date to the next.

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Increases or decreases in the region’s water assets from one reporting date to the next.

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Increases or decreases in the water report entity’s water liabilities from one reporting date to the next.

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Increases or decreases in the region’s water liabilities from one reporting date to the next.

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The change in water storage for a water report entity from one reporting date to the next.

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An artificial or constructed waterway designed to convey water. Often described as open channels to distinguish then from pipes, channels can be categorised as: main (or major) channels whose primary purpose is to convey bulk water from headworks storage or river diversion points into the distribution system; or distribution channels whose primary purpose is to deliver water from main channels to individual farms. The term canal may sometimes be used for main channels that are used for other purposes than just conveyance of bulk water, such as recreation or transport.

Source: NWC Water Dictionary

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A right to water or an interest or claim associated with a right to water.

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Adjustments to claims to water in the region. For example, amounts written off as a result of the operation of rules or upon agreement between the relevant parties.

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The average long term weather conditions in a particular area. See the Weather and Climate pages for more information.

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The condition of the climate (e.g. rainfall, temperature, humidity) over a particular period such as a year or a month.

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Net water assets at the end of the reporting period.

Related: net water assets

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The total water storage in water assets in the region at the end of the reporting period.

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The total water storage for a water report entity at the reporting date.

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The total amount of metered and estimated non-metered, potable and non-potable, water supplied to commercial properties.

Source: Water Regulations 2008 Schedule 3 Part 1

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Adherence to relevant externally-imposed requirements, or with broader notions of best practice relevant to water reporting entities, such as statutory requirements, regulations, rules, ordinances, or directives, in respect of which non-compliance may have, or may have had, an economic, environmental or social effect.

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A platform independent model for showing the entities and relationship between the features of interest generally described using UML.

Source: Geofabric Product Guide V2.0

Related: UML

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Documentation of a conceptual understanding of the location of GDEs and interaction between ecosystems and groundwater.

Source: Richardson, S., et al., (2011). Australian groundwater-dependent ecosystem toolbox part 1: assessment framework, Waterlines report, National Water Commission, Canberra

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An aquifer overlain by a confining bed. The confining bed has a significantly lower hydraulic conductivity than the aquifer. Typically groundwater in a confined aquifer is under pressure significantly greater than atmospheric pressure.

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All the surface water bodies connected to the river channel network, with the exception of the off-channel but connected man-made water structures.

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Decreases in connected surface water due to natural processes or diversion of water.

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Increases in connected surface water due to natural processes or return of water.

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Volume of physical inflows to connected surface water during the reporting period; from outside the region or from other stores.

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Volume of physical outflows from connected surface water during the reporting period; to outside the region or to other stores.

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Comprises all the surface water bodies connected, either seasonally or perennially, to the river channel network that are administered by the jurisdictions. Also includes any other surface water body which contains water not yet ‘abstracted’, such as storages managed by organisations to provide water to urban centres.

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An obligation that derives from actions of the management of a water report entity whereby: a) an established pattern of past practice, published policies or sufficiently specific current statement means that the management of the water report entity has indicated to other parties that it will accept certain responsibilities; and b) as a result, a valid expectation has been created on the part of those other parties that the management of the water report entity will discharge those responsibilities.

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The amount of a water resource that can be made available for consumptive use in a particular water resource plan area under the rules of the water resource plan for that water resource plan area.

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A possible water asset that arises from past events and whose existence will be confirmed only by the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the management of the water report entity.

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A possible obligation that arises from past events and whose existence will be confirmed only by the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the management of the water report entity.

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A skill score calculated in the original measurement space. Both the forecast and the observation are converted to cumulative density functions. In the case of the observation, this is a step function. The area between the two functions is the single CRPS value, which is averaged across all forecasts. Alt text

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A set of low level catchments derived from the nine second digital elevation model (DEM) with a contracted node at the outflow point.

Source: Geofabric Product Guide V2.0

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An entity within the Geofabric that represents a logical feature in the landscape such as the confluence of two major rivers or a significant monitoring location. A contracted node has a unique and persistent identifier.

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Water required primarily to operate regulated rivers and utility supply networks to enable the delivery of water.

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An international non-profit organisation that provides free licences and tools that copyright owners can use to allow others to share, reuse and remix their material, legally.

Source: Creative Commons Australia

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continuous ranked probability score

A skill score calculated in the original measurement space. Both the forecast and the observation are converted to cumulative density functions. In the case of the observation, this is a step function. The area between the two functions is the single CRPS value, which is averaged across all forecasts. Alt text

Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

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Right that allows diversion of water for anyone who holds native title with respect to water, as determined under the Native Title Act 1993 (Commonwealth).

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