Groundwater information

Our suite of nationally consistent data and information products are designed to inform your research and decision-making on groundwater resources.

What's New April 2024

A new National Aquifer Framework (NAF) version has been released. New features include:

  • Updated geological units (GUs), hydrogeological units (HGUs) and hydrogeological complexes (HGCs) based on latest state aquifer frameworks
  • Further update to the GUs to align with Geoscience Australia's Australian Stratigraphic Units Database
  • The groundwater provinces used to populate Geoscience Australia's Australian Hydrogeological Inventory are added as a new attribute in the NAF to each GU and HGU

Groundwater information products

Australian Groundwater
Insight

Interpreted national and regional groundwater information ... Insight

Australian Groundwater
Explorer

Bore data visualisation, selection and download ... Explorer

Plain text interface

National Groundwater
Information System

Spatial groundwater database for GIS specialists ... Information System

Ask for NGIS data water@bom.gov.au

Groundwater Dependent
Ecosystems Atlas

National inventory of groundwater dependent ecosystems ... GDE Atlas

Plain text interface

More information


Find out more on our Groundwater info sheet or view one of our short videos to the right of the screen, demonstrating how to use our groundwater information products.


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