EPA Victoria Groundwater Quality Restriction Use Zones (GQRUZ) - Location Polygons

dataset: GQRUZ_POLYGON
Groundwater Quality Restricted Use Zones (GQRUZ) are areas where there has been historic groundwater pollution as a result of previous industrial or other activities. These zones have been subject to clean up in line with the relevant environmental standards. However, restrictions remain on what the water can be used for if it is extracted via a groundwater bore. A GQRUZ remains when attempts have been made to clean up the groundwater at the affected site, but full clean-up was not possible - as it is often difficult to remove 100 per cent of groundwater pollution. It also may be impractical to clean up groundwater to the level needed to restore it to its original condition. EPA then identifies restrictions that should remain on how the water can be used without further treatment. GQRUZ do not represent a comprehensive list of all sites where groundwater quality may not be suitable for use. Rather, they represent locations where EPA has formally recognised that groundwater is polluted, following site investigations under EPA's environmental audit program. Other sources of information on groundwater quality include EPA's Priority Sites Register, which lists sites which are currently undergoing clean-up under EPA's compliance and enforcement activities. This dataset mirrors the GQRUZ data available on EPA's website interaction portal, but may not be up to date due to data transfer processes. For the most up to date data, go to EPA's website interaction portal.
 
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EPA Victoria Groundwater Quality Restriction Use Zones (GQRUZ) - Location Polygons

Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning
 

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Identifiers and Keywords

ANZLIC Id
ANZVI0803005873 
Victorian Spatial Data Library (VSDL) Schema
ENVIRONPROTECT:GQRUZ_POLYGON 
Jurisdiction
Victoria 
Topic category
  • Inland waters
  • Society
  • Geoscientific information
 

Resource Constraints

Use limitation
Available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. 
Classification
Unclassified  
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC-BY)
 

Other Dataset Details

Date ( Revision )
2020-10-07
Date ( Publication )
2024-04-15T12:04:15
Status
Completed  
Purpose
This layer contains the source polygon location data of current GQRUZs issued by EPA, as displayed on EPA's webpage 'Map of groundwater quality restricted use zones in Victoria'. 
Supplemental Information
Related Documents: None 
Maintenance and update frequency
Daily  
Maintenance date ( Publication )
2023-03-20T01:01:03
 

Spatial

Spatial representation type
Vector  
Reference system identifier
4283



 

Temporal

Begin date
1905-12-01 
End date
2020-06-30 
 

Quality

Missing Data
Complete across Victoria. 
Attribute Quality
Variable. Some fields are not populated. 
Positional Accuracy
Reasonable accuracy 
 

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Statement
Dataset Source: Environment Protection Authority Dataset Originality: Primary 
 

Attributes

Column Name Obligation Unique Data Type Data Length Data Precision Data Scale Reference Table Owner Reference Table Name Reference Table Code Column Name Short Column Name Definition
ADDRESS O N VARCHAR2 254 ADDRESS
MAP_LINK O N VARCHAR2 254 MAP_LINK
UFI_CREATED O N DATE 7 UFI_CR
FILE_NUMBER O N VARCHAR2 20 FILE_NUM
SUBURB O N VARCHAR2 50 SUBURB
ENV_AUDIT_REPORT_LINKS O N VARCHAR2 3999 EAUDITRPLK
LONGITUDE O N NUMBER 22 38 8 LONGITUDE
UFI O N NUMBER 22 10 0 UFI
RESTRICTED_USES O N VARCHAR2 254 RESTRCTUSE
COUNCIL O N VARCHAR2 50 COUNCIL
SITE_HISTORY O N VARCHAR2 254 SITEHIST
SE_ANNO_CAD_DATA O N BLOB 4000 SEANNOCAD
LATITUDE O N NUMBER 22 38 8 LATITUDE
REFERENCE_NUMBER O N NUMBER 22 10 0 REF_NUM
 

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urn:uuid / 2a68c769-5237-55bc-8848-e0b12935e732

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Date info ( Creation )
Date info ( Revision )
2020-10-07
Standard Name
ISO 19115-3:2018 
Profile Name
DELWP Profile 
Profile Version
Version 1 
Profile Date
2019-05-24  
 

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Unclassified  
 
 

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