SEMINAR: WATER INFORMATION - WHERE DO I GET IT FOR RESEARCH AND ACADEMIC USE?

The Department of Water has an extensive Statewide network of monitoring bores and gauging stations that has records going back to the early 1900’s. The types of projects that DOW’s water information was used in 2009 was wide ranging including: major urban land development projects, large infrastructure projects, engineering design and construction, mine site planning, industrial estate design and planning, groundwater and surface water modelling, flood studies, aboriginal community planning, water supply planning, Geothermal research and academic research. Lindsay Preece, Manager Water Information at the Department of Water and his Program Managers (John Patten, John Argus and Goran Alibegovic) will cover what water information is available, who is using it and how do you get hold of it for your research. The information available from the Department of Water includes water flow, water level, water quality and numerous water related spatial datasets.