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Australian Groundwater Explorer

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The Australian Groundwater Explorer provides several datasets to download: the National Groundwater Information System (NGIS) and groundwater level, salinity and hydrochemistry. Please note that a data owner may apply different terms and conditions for using each dataset.

National Groundwater Information System

Refer to NGIS’s copyright page for data providers' licensing preferences.

Groundwater level and salinity

Data owners using the Creative Commons licence

The data owners listed below have made their data available under a Creative Commons licence. Click Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence to obtain the terms of that licence, and include the attribution specified below when reusing their material.

State/Territory	Data owner	Attribution
ACT	Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate	© ACT Environment Protection Authority
NSW	Water NSW	© WaterNSW
NT	Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security	© Northern Territory Government (Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security)
NT	Power and Water Corporation (Power and Water)	© Power and Water Corporation (Power and Water)
QLD	Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water	© State of Queensland (Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water)
SA	Department for Environment and Water	© Crown in right of the State of South Australia
TAS	Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania	© State of Tasmania (Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania)
VIC	Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action	© State of Victoria (Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action)
WA	Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development	© State of Western Australia (Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development)
WA	Water Corporation	© Water Corporation

Other data owners

The data owners listed below have unspecified or other licence conditions (not Creative Commons). Please contact them using the details provided to obtain their licence conditions before using their material.

State/Territory	Data owner	Contact details
Australia	UNSW on behalf of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS) Groundwater Infrastructure Program (UNSW, Flinders University, Australian National University and Monash University)	A/Prof Martin Andersen Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre (CWI) UNSW, Sydney Phone: 02 8071 9800 Email: m.andersen@unsw.edu.au Postal Address: 110 King St, Manly Vale, NSW 2093 Web: http://www.connectedwaters.unsw.edu.au/ncris
WA	Department of Water and Environmental Regulation	Phone: 08 6364 6505 Email: wir@dwer.wa.gov.au Postal Address: PO Box K822 Perth WA 6842 Web: Department of Water and Environmental Regulation

Hydrochemistry

CSIRO and Geoscience Australia have made their data available under the Creative Commons licence. Click Creative Commons Attribution Australia Licence to obtain the terms of that licence, and include the attribution specified below when reusing their material.

Data owner	Attribution
CSIRO	© Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Geoscience Australia	© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2016

3D Aquifer Visualisations

Data owners using the Creative Commons licence

State/Territory	Model Region	Data owner	Attribution
Australia	Great Artesian Basin	Geoscience Australia	© Commonwealth of Australia (Geoscience Australia) 2016
	Murray Basin	Department of Environment and Water, Department of Planning and Environment – Water, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action	©Crown in right of the State of South Australia ©State of NSW ( Department of Planning and Environment – Water) ©State of Victoria (Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action)
	Otway Basin	Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, Department for Environment and Water	© State of Victoria (Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action) © Crown in right of the State of South Australia
ACT	ACT	Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate	© ACT Environment Protection Authority
New South Wales	Lower Namoi	Water NSW Department of Planning and Environment – Water	© WaterNSW © State of NSW (Department of Planning and Environment – Water
Northern Territory	Cambrian Limestone Aquifers	Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security	© Northern Territory Government (Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security)
Queensland	Galilee Basin	Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water	© State of Queensland (Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water)
South Australia	Northern Yorke	Department for Environment and Water	© Crown in right of the State of South Australia
South Australia	St Vincent Basin	Department for Environment and Water	© Crown in right of the State of South Australia
Tasmania	Ringarooma	Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania	© State of Tasmania (Department of Natural Resources and Environment Tasmania)
Victoria	Gippsland Basin	Geological Survey of Victoria	© Geological Survey of Victoria

Other data owners

State/Territory	Model Region	Data owner	Attribution
Western Australia	Gnangara	Department of Water and Environmental Regulation	Phone: 08 6364 6505 Email: wir@dwer.wa.gov.au Postal Address: PO Box K822 Perth WA 6842 Web: Department of Water and Environmental Regulation

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