Partnerships
The National Aquifer Framework was developed by Sinclair Knight Merz and the Bureau of Meteorology with significant input and direction from the following agencies:
- Department of Jobs, Precincts and Regions (Victoria)
- Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (Victoria)
- Department for Environment and Water (South Australia)
- Department of Environment, Parks and Water Security (Northern Territory)
- Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water (Queensland)
- Department of Natural Resources and Environment (Tasmania)
- Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (Western Australia)
- Department of Environment and Science (Queensland)
- Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate (Australian Capital Territory)
- Geoscience Australia (GA)
- Murray Darling Basin Authority
- Department of Planning and Environment — Water (New South Wales)
- Water Corporation (Western Australia)
Development of the National Groundwater Information System, including the National Aquifer Framework, has been jointly funded by the Bureau of Meteorology and the former National Water Commission. The 2022-2023 update to the National Aquifer Framework was funded as part of GA's Exploring for the Future Program National Groundwater Systems Project.
