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Providing easily accessible information about water resources, their use and scarcity is recognised as one of the most effective ways of encouraging people to adopt a lifestyle that embraces water conservation.

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The potential to capture and harness stormwater has been identified as a key opportunity in developing strategies for long-term sustainable water management.

Aquifers have already proven to be a successful option for storing stormwater on a commercial scale in other parts of Australia. These underground formations allow water to percolate through them and act as natural storage facilities.

There is a wealth of hydrogeological (groundwater) information available for the Greater Melbourne region. However, its value for water managers, policy-makers, business and the community is limited by how difficult it is to find, access and understand.

To make accessing the data easy, the Victorian Government and Sinclair Knight Merz created the Melbourne Groundwater Map. The Map combines several key groundwater data sources into a single, user-friendly format.