Surface Water - This dataset displays Victoria's surface-water Water Supply Protection Areas (WSPAs), and has been prepared for the Groundwater and Licensing Branch and the River Health Branch DSE, by LICS (Land Information Cartographic Services) and Melbourne Water. As part of the 2002 amendments to the Water Act 1989, surface-water was included to allow WSPAs to be declared for the protection of surface-water resources in a defined area. A legally enforceable Streamflow Management Plan is then developed. The aim of the plan is to manage the surface water resources of the WSPA equitably and to ensure the long-term sustainability of the resource. An extensive consultative process guarantees that surface water users have a major input into the development of the Streamflow Management Plan for their area. A Ministerial appointed Consultative Committee which represents all relevant interests prepares the Plan. In an area where farming predominates, farmers who own or occupy farming land in the area must comprise at least half of the membership of the committee. Groundwater - This dataset displays Victoria's groundwater Water Supply Protection Areas (WSPAs), and was originally prepared for Groundwater and Licensing Branch DSE, by LICS (Land Information Cartographic Services). Boundaries generaterd by LICS and Melbourne Water. Subsequent revisions have been undertaken by GLiB and the Rural Water Corporations. WSPAs are areas that have been (or are proposed to be) proclaimed under the Water Act 1989 for the purpose of establishing a management plan. The aim of the plan is to manage the groundwater resources of the WSPA equitably and to ensure the long-term sustainability of the resource. An extensive consultative process guarantees that groundwater users have a major input into the development of the Groundwater Management Plan for their area. A Ministerial appointed Consultative Committee, which represents all relevant interests, prepares the Plan. In an area where farming predominates, farmers who own or occupy farming land in the area must comprise at least half of the membership of the committee.

This layer is to be used in conjunction with the WSPA layer. It represents individual zones within a specific Water Supply Protection Area.

This layer is used in association with the GMA layer and represents the internal zone boundaries within each GMA (if applicable).

Feral Pig Program dataset for loading into MapShare via VDP. this project didnt go ahead

Winterfill sustainable diversion limit volumes (SDLs) have been developed across Victoria and represent the upper limit on winterfill diversions, beyond which there is an unacceptable risk that additional extractions may degrade the environment. The SDL_BASIN dataset is a spatial representation of river basins, which represent an aggregate of the intermediate SDL catchments. These basins DO NOT reflect the Victorian surface water river basins as defined by the Australian Water Resources Council. Winterfill SDL data is held in the SDL_DATA layer.

Dam locatons in Victoria

Regions by which water quality and quantity is monitored.

This dataset is a collation of data, including aquifer properties and test design, from pumping tests conducted in Victoria. This data was initially compiled as part of the Secure Allocation Future Entitlements (SAFE) project and updated in the aquifer properties project with the Department of Economic Development, Jobs, Transport and Resources.

Wetland landscape profiles represent a regionalisation of wetlands at the landscape scale. They are based on variation in regional wetland vegetation as described in Appendix 3 of Department of Sustainability and Environment (2012) Index of Wetland Condition assessment of wetland vegetation update - December 2012. Department of Sustainability and Environment, East Melbourne, Victoria.

This layer provides the boundaries of the River Basins of Victoria, and is part of a system devised by the Australian Water Resources Council (AWRC). The basins within Victoria are contained within two drainage divisions; the Murray Darling Division and the South East Coast Division.