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Visualising Victoria’s GroundwateriAwards Winner – Victoria - Society Domain - Regional
Dr Peter Dahlhaus, Dr Helen Thompson and Mr Andrew Macleod6 August 2013
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VALUE
Groundwater sustains communities, food production, rivers and wetland ecologies. More then 500 billion litres of groundwater is used every year in Victoria and the demand is growing, driven by drier climates and increasing population
Groundwater is a hidden resource
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A collaboration of 17 partner organisations
An interoperative spatial information portal that federates groundwater data from disparate sources to assist water managers make the correct choices for the sustainable use of a precious resource
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UNIQUENESS
Open standardsOpen source
Interoperability
Data remains with the custodiansFirst in Australia
Access to legacy data
Designed for NBNCrowd-sourcing dataGlobally transferrable technologies
Intuitive to use Allows data downloads
Links spatial data to primary source
Free access
Publically available3D data visualisation
Improves productivity
Strong collaboration
Make an invisible resource visible
Easy access to open data
Reduces red tape
Created new initiatives in NRM and beyond
Dynamic modelling
Links widely varied data from widely varied sources
“Changing the paradigm in government data delivery”
Not a government portal
Decision support for a precious resource
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System architectureFUNCTION
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Bores from 4 different databases + springs
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Predictions of depth to watertable, groundwater quality, surface elevation and basement elevation
e.g. ground-water salinity
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Predictions of aquifer top, bottom and thickness
e.g. surface elevation +
basalt thickness
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Links to bore data
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Bore location & construction
Aquifer parameters
Waterlevel monitoring
Groundwater chemistry
Bore lithology
Links to: Photos Documents Maps & sections
Stratigraphy
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Waterlevel monitoring
Groundwater chemistry
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CeCC Success 2/5/12
Access to rare spatial data(e.g. Ballarat Water Board maps from 1870)
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3D visualisation of Victoria’s groundwater systems on demand
Combining technologies with QUT – dynamic 3D visualisations in a browser
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Mobile version
Data on the nearest bores
Sink a virtual borehole
Interrogate the groundwater systems under foot
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The VVG is the tool of choice used every day to manage groundwater use and maintain environmental flows, plan the clean-up of contaminated sites, investigate the potential for water supplies, research groundwater system function, educate the community…
VALUE
Farmers, water authorities, researchers, consultants, drillers, government departments, educators, community groups, students, catchment managers…
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Further information
Dr Helen ThompsonDirectorCentre for eCommerce and CommunicationsOffice of Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research)University of Ballarat
Email [email protected] www.vvg.org.au and www.ubspatial.com.au