The groundwater resource along the South Australian-Victorian border is shared between the states. In recognition of the need to cooperatively manage these resources, the two states entered into the Border Groundwaters Agreement in 1985. This agreement establishes a Designated Area, extending 20 km on either side of the border, and from the coast to the Murray River.

Water Frontages are a subset of the VMPROP.V_PARCEL_MP_CROWN_APPROVED dataset. From the LIMS database, water frontage licences were selected and the associated parcels were selected on the SPI number or the P Number. The parcels selected were compared to the list of streams reserved under the 1881 reservation of water frontages for public purposes. A majority of streams were identified. Some stream beds and banks have not yet been parcelised, so any unidentified parcels were selected which aligned with the hydrology layer and had an irregular shape and were added to the layer. The VicMap hydrology layer was used to label water frontages.

This layer contains the yearly Natural Resource Management standard outputs reported by CMAs. The raw submissions have gone through a statewide consolidation process which QAs selected common attributes.

This layer contains the yearly Natural Resource Management standard outputs reported by CMAs. The raw submissions have gone through a statewide consolidation process which QAs selected common attributes.

This dataset is a subset of the Victorian Groundwater Data Inventory, developed by DELWP. The Data Inventory collated available data relating to four themes: groundwater recharge, aquifer/aquitard properties, groundwater use and aquifer/aquitard thickness. Information has been sourced from 65 hydrogeological studies and contains a spatially enabled representation of data coverage. This dataset represent the Recharge component of the Data Inventory. A total of 35 groundwater recharge data sources were identified for Victoria and 31 were successfully sourced and added to the database.

This layer contains the yearly Natural Resource Management standard outputs reported by CMAs. The raw submissions have gone through a statewide consolidation process which QAs selected common attributes.

This layer is part of a set that defines the beneficial use of Victoria's groundwater resources. According to the Victorian Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), a beneficial use is a use to the environment, or a segment of the environment which is conductive to public benefit, welfare, safety, health or aesthetic enjoyment and which requires protection from the effects of waste discharges, emissions or deposits. A beneficial use may be an existing or potential use. A resource may have more than one beneficial use. The State's groundwater resources have a number of beneficial uses. These uses primarily depend on groundwater quality and aquifer yield and can be assigned to broad water quality classes.

Groundwater Flow Systems (GFS) have been developed in the National Land and Water Resources Audit as a framework for dryland salinity management in Australia. Originally developed in a broad national context, GFS has since been applied at the Murray Darling Basin scale and consequently CMA scale to support and underpin the development of salinity management strategies across regional jurisdictions. GFS1M joins and aggregates the mapping for the Victorian CMAs where a GFS framework exists, and presents a statewide map with a consistent attribute framework. Of the order of 100 regional GFSs is condensed into 25 statewide GFSs. GMS1M is designed for broad statewide policy use only. The GFS framework encompasses: (a) identification of generalised conceptual models of groundwater behaviour in each of the region's geological and geomorphic provinces, (b) an assessment of the physical attributes of each system, and (c) first order consideration of potential salinity management strategies applicable within each GFS. A GFS will exhibit similar physical characteristics across its extent, and generally incorporate the complete groundwater flow path from recharge to discharge. Central to the framework is the assessment of the hydrogeological responsiveness of a GFS that guides appropriate land use to assist in the management of salinity. The development GFS framework for a region is typically undertaken through intense workshopping involving local expertise, then this documented in a regional GFS map and accompanying report. The consolidation of regional GFSs into GFS1M was undertaken by PIRVic and funded through NAP.

Areas of catchments that drain directly to Victorian estuaries - i.e. not via major freshwater tributaries. The layer was derived by Deakin University as part of the project: "Linking catchments to the sea: Understanding how human activities impact on Victorian estuaries" funded by the National Heritage Trust and the Department of Sustainability and Environment.

Boundaries defining the approximate jurisdiction of the Urban Water Corporations. This data was loaded in June 2018, it has never been updated by the water group.