Australian Water Information Dictionary

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GEODATA 9 Second Flow Direction Grid derived from DEM-9S. A grid describing the principal directions of surface drainage across the whole of Australia.

Source: Geoscience Australia

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A barrier to obstruct the flow of water, especially one of earth, masonry, etc., built across a stream.

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The software and hardware used to manage the storage of and access to information held in a set of related files.

Source: Water Regulations 2008 Regulation 1.03

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An organisation responsible for managing the collection of environmental and water observations (data) and information about these measurements (metadata). The designated owner may differ from the data provider.

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An organisation that provides data and metadata to the Bureau. The designated data provider may differ from the data owner.

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Level of water held in a major storage, expressed in metres relative to specified datum and the time of the observation.

Source: Water Regulations 2008 Schedule 3 Part 4

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Volume of water held in a major storage, expressed in megalitres and the time of the observation.

Source: Water Regulations 2008 Schedule 3 Part 4

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The date for which the published aggregated volume was calculated.

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The date on which the published measurement was observed.

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A period of 24 hours starting at 12:00 midnight.

Source: Water Regulations 2008 Regulation 1.04

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In a water storage, the volume of water stored below the level of the lowest outlet (the minimum supply level). This water cannot be accessed under normal operating conditions.

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The portion of total storage capacity that is equal to the volume of water below the level of the lowest outlet (the minimum supply level). This water cannot be accessed under normal operating conditions. See the water storage diagram for more information.

Related: minimum supply level

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Water in a storage that is below the elevation of the lowest constructed outlet.

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One of a series of threshold values that divides a set of ordered data into 10 groups with an equal number of data points in each.

For example, consider a dataset of annual rainfall totals arranged in increasing order. The first decile is a value with 10% of the data below it and 90% above it. The eighth decile is a value with 80% of the data below it and 20% above it.

Related: quantile

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Water service, or part of a water service, declared under chapter 2A, part 5A, division 2 of the Water Act 2000 (Queensland).

Source: Water Act 2000 (Qld) Schedule 4 – Dictionary

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The volume of water that moves below vegetation root zones which may or may not enter the saturated zone and become recharge to the groundwater system.

Source: © Commonwealth of Australia 2005, National Water Commission, Australian Water Resources 2005, Glossary and definitions, Viewed 5 October 2011, http://www.water.gov.au/Glossary.aspx

Related: zone of saturation

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Digital Elevation Model

Related: Geofabric

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GEODATA 9 Second Digital Elevation Model. A grid of ground level elevation points covering the whole of Australia with a grid spacing of 9 seconds in longitude and latitude (approximately 250 metres) in the GDA94 coordinate system.

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Volume of water sourced from desalination processes.

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The process of removing salt from brackish or saline water.

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A digital elevation model of the earth's surface.

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The volume of surface water abstracted when no prior allocation or other claim on the surface water existed.

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The volume of groundwater abstracted when no prior allocation or other claim on the groundwater existed.

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Flow of groundwater from the saturated zone to streams, water storages, farm dams and natural surface water features. This is a form of groundwater-surface water interaction.

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A hydrological model that takes into consideration the spatial variability of driving processes.

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Synonymous with abstraction in case the water is removed from the surface water store.

Synonym: abstraction

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Domestic purposes are defined in the dictionary of the Water Act 2000 (Qld) (Schedule 4). While not stated explicitly, domestic purposes includes water used in connection with a residential dwelling including human consumption, cooking, toilets and showers etc. Watering of gardens up to 0.25 ha in size is also considered to be domestic use provided the produce from the garden is not grown for sale, barter or exchange.

Source: Water Act 2000 (Qld) Schedule 4 – Dictionary

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The downward movement of groundwater from a shallow aquifer to a deeper, underlying aquifer.

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The total amount of terrestrial electromagnetic energy that falls on a specified unit horizontal surface.

Source: Water Regulations 2008 Schedule 3 Part 1

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The long-wave irradiance emitted from the sky that falls on a specified unit horizontal surface.

Source: Water Regulations 2008 Schedule 3 Part 1

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Data Product Specification based on ISO 19139

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Representation of the catchments of major surface water drainage systems, generally comprising a number of river basins. In Australia, 12 drainage divisions were first defined in the 1960s by the Australian Water Resources Council. Australian drainage division boundaries were revised by the Bureau in 2010 in line with the creation of the Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric) based on the 9 second Digital Elevation Model.

Related: Bureau

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A long period of abnormally low rainfall, especially one that adversely affects agriculture and other human activities. See the Climate page on drought for more information.

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The temperature of air measured by a thermometer freely exposed to the air but shielded from radiation and moisture.

Source: Water Regulations 2008 Schedule 3 Part 1

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All non-irrigated crops including cereals, oil seeds, sugar and legumes.

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All non-irrigated horticulture excluding intensive horticulture (e.g. glasshouses and shadehouses), which falls into the intensive use category. This category includes both perennial (e.g. tree fruits, tree nuts and vine fruits) and seasonal (e.g. fruits, nuts and herbs) horticulture.

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All non-irrigated pastures including grazing modified pasture, exotic pasture, native pasture, woody fodder plants, pasture legumes and sown grasses.

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