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1.3.1.2 Compiling assets and developing the water-dependent asset register


The water-dependent assets register was compiled by assessing the water dependency of assets in the asset list for the Central West subregion (Bioregional Assessment Programme, Dataset 1).

1.3.1.2.1 Ecological assets

One natural resource management organisation (NRM) nominated assets through the contribution of data to the Water Asset Information Tool (WAIT) database (Australian Government Department of Environment, Dataset 2). These NRM-nominated assets were added to the asset database (Table 3). Other datasets in the asset database and their associated source organisations are listed in Table 4 together with the number of assets and elements.

Table 3 Natural resource management organisations that contributed data to the Water Asset Information Tool database


Organisation

Description in asset database

Central West Catchment Management Authority

WAIT_Central West

Table 4 Datasets for ecological assets in the Central West subregion


Dataseta,b

Dataset citation

Elements

Assets

(asset lists)

New South Wales NSW - Regional - CMA - Water Asset Information Tool - WAIT - databases

Australian Government Department of Environment (Dataset 2)

23,373

276

Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database (CAPAD) 2010 - External RESTRICTED (Not current release) - Metadata only

Australian Government Department of the Environment (Dataset 3)

25

25

Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (DIWA) Spatial Database (Public)

Australian Government Department of the Environment (Dataset 4)

185

1

Ramsar Wetlands of Australia

Australian Government Department of Environment (Dataset 5)

2

2

Environmental Asset Database - Commonwealth Environmental Water Office -RESTRICTED (Metadata only)

Australian Government Department of the Environment (Dataset 6)

6

6

National Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDE) Atlas

Bureau of Meteorology (Dataset 7)

Subsurface: 14,355

Surface: 1,671

Subsurface: 221

Surface: 124

Communities of National Environmental Significance Database - RESTRICTED (Metadata only)

Australian Government Department of the Environment (Dataset 8)

54,778

6

Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT) - Australia - Species of National Environmental Significance Database (BA subset - RESTRICTED - Metadata only)

Bioregional Assessment Programme (Dataset 9)

2,516

50

Key Environmental Assets - KEA - of the Murray Darling Basin RESTRICTED (Metadata only)

Murray-Darling Basin Authority (Dataset 10)

Streams: 351

Waterbodies: 11

Streams: 5

Waterbodies: 2

Birds Australia - Important Bird Areas (IBA) 2009

Birds Australia (Dataset 11)

3

3

Climate Change Corridors (Dry Habitat) for North East NSW

Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) NSW (Dataset 12)

4

4

Macquarie Marshes Vegetation 1991-2008 VIS_ID 3920

Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) NSW (Dataset 13)

1,262

8

Native Vegetation Management (NVM) - Manage Benefits

NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) (Dataset 14)

3,460

4

Travelling Stock Route Conservation Values

NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) (Dataset 15)

143

141

NSW Wetlands

NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water (DECCW) (Dataset 16)

795

3

Great Artesian Basin and Laura Basin groundwater recharge areas

Geoscience Australia (Dataset 17)

1

1

Total

102,941

882

aThe asset database (Bioregional Assessment Programme, Dataset 1) is a collation of all these source datasets. Some assets may be captured in multiple databases. These replicates are retained in the asset database as boundaries may differ between databases.

bTypology and punctuation are given as provided in the metadata for these datasets.

1.3.1.2.2 Economic assets

The datasets used in compiling the economic assets for the Central West subregion are shown in Table 5.

Table 5 Datasets for economic assets in the Central West subregion


Dataseta

Dataset citation

Elements

Assets

(asset list)

NSW Office of Water Groundwater licences extract linked to spatial locations NIC v3 20140313

Bioregional Assessment Programme (Dataset 18)

315

19

NSW Office of Water Surface Water Licences in NIC linked to locations v1 20140422

Bioregional Assessment Programme (Dataset 19)

1442

25

NSW surface water sharing plans (groundwater and surface water)

NSW Office of Water (Dataset 20)

32

32

NSW groundwater macro plans

NSW Office of Water (Dataset 20)

16

16

NSW regulated rivers

NSW Office of Water (Dataset 20)

1

1

Total

1806

93

aThe asset database (Bioregional Assessment Programme, Dataset 1) is a collation of all these source datasets. Some assets may be captured in multiple databases. These replicates are retained in the asset database as boundaries may differ between databases.

1.3.1.2.3 Sociocultural assets

Indigenous sociocultural assets were sourced from existing Commonwealth heritage databases (Table 6).

Meetings have been held with Indigenous knowledge holders in the Central West subregion to gain further understanding of Indigenous cultural water-dependent assets. Where possible and appropriate, and with the agreement of Indigenous knowledge holders, these additional Indigenous water-related values will be published in a separate report. Identified assets will be incorporated into an updated water-dependent asset register (available at http://data.bioregionalassessments.gov.au/product/NIC/CEN/1.3).

Table 6 Datasets for sociocultural assets in the Central West subregion


Dataseta

Dataset citation

Elements

Assets

(asset list)

National Heritage List Spatial Database (NHL) (v2.1)

Australian Government Department of the Environment (Dataset 21)

2

2

Australia, Register of the National Estate (RNE) - Spatial Database (RNESDB) Internal

Australian Government Department of the Environment (Dataset 22)

55

55

Total

57

57

aThe asset database (Bioregional Assessment Programme, Dataset 1) is a collation of all these source datasets. Some assets may be captured in multiple databases. These replicates are retained in the asset database as boundaries may differ between databases.

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