TY - GEN
T1 - A web-based platform for integrated groundwater data management
AU - El Sawah, S.
AU - Hicks, A.
AU - Manger, P.
AU - Athanasiadis, I. N.
AU - Croke, B. F.W.
AU - Jakeman, A. J.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Integrated management of groundwater involves implementing policies that can achieve economic and ecologically sustainable outcomes. Developing integrated policies needs to be supported by long term reliable data of groundwater levels and factors that influence recharge and extraction rates. In Australia, hydrological and groundwater data are currently collected and managed by different agencies, and scattered in various formats and locations. The objective of the National Groundwater Information System (NGIS) project is to provide a unified framework for collecting and managing groundwater data. The implementation of the NGIS requires: (1) setting up mechanisms for acquiring and storing data, (2) developing methods and tools to examine and improve the quality of collected data, (3) developing analytical tools to support various research and management purposes, and (4) providing methods and protocols for data access and sharing among relevant stakeholders. In this paper, we present a web-based platform that aims to serve these requirements in six sites: Wellington (NSW), Namoi (NSW), Ti Tree (NT), Willunga (SA), North Stradbroke Island (QLD), and Ovens (Victoria). The platform presents an architecture (i.e. technologies and tools) and data model that can be transferred to other locations. The paper gives an overview of the system architecture and the implemented prototype version. It concludes by highlighting future directions to extend the capacity and use of the platform.
AB - Integrated management of groundwater involves implementing policies that can achieve economic and ecologically sustainable outcomes. Developing integrated policies needs to be supported by long term reliable data of groundwater levels and factors that influence recharge and extraction rates. In Australia, hydrological and groundwater data are currently collected and managed by different agencies, and scattered in various formats and locations. The objective of the National Groundwater Information System (NGIS) project is to provide a unified framework for collecting and managing groundwater data. The implementation of the NGIS requires: (1) setting up mechanisms for acquiring and storing data, (2) developing methods and tools to examine and improve the quality of collected data, (3) developing analytical tools to support various research and management purposes, and (4) providing methods and protocols for data access and sharing among relevant stakeholders. In this paper, we present a web-based platform that aims to serve these requirements in six sites: Wellington (NSW), Namoi (NSW), Ti Tree (NT), Willunga (SA), North Stradbroke Island (QLD), and Ovens (Victoria). The platform presents an architecture (i.e. technologies and tools) and data model that can be transferred to other locations. The paper gives an overview of the system architecture and the implemented prototype version. It concludes by highlighting future directions to extend the capacity and use of the platform.
KW - Data management
KW - Integrated groundwater management
KW - National Groundwater Information System
KW - Web-based technologies
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84858841322&partnerID=8YFLogxK
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9780987214317
T3 - MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty
SP - 3141
EP - 3147
BT - MODSIM 2011 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future
T2 - 19th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation - Sustaining Our Future: Understanding and Living with Uncertainty, MODSIM2011
Y2 - 12 December 2011 through 16 December 2011
ER -