Suitability maps of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR), Northern Australia

The MAR Portal contains the Global MAR Inventory, an inventory of over 1200 sites where Managed Aquifer Recharge is or has been implemented. The Global MAR Inventory includes information on site name, MAR type, year of scheme deployment, the source of infiltration water, the final use of abstracted water, as well as the main objectives of the project.

This dataset presents a MAR suitability map for Northern Australia, developed by CSIRO (2018). The study assesses opportunities for Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) in surficial aquifers to support agricultural development across the Fitzroy, Darwin, and Mitchell catchments. The analysis is based on the characteristics of surficial geology, topography, and modelled estimates of regolith thickness and soil permeability. The dataset provides geospatial information that can support sustainable water resource planning and agricultural water management in Northern Australia. It is part of the global collection of MAR suitability assessments compiled by IGRAC.

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10.63253/p7jqzbdj
IHP-WINS (2025). Suitability maps of Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR), Northern Australia [Data set]. UNESCO .
Published: 2025-10-16 | Publisher: UNESCO

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DOI https://doi.org/10.63253/p7jqzbdj
Resource type Spatial data set
Date of creation 2025-10-02
Date of last revision 2025-10-16
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Metadata identifier Suitability-maps-of-Managed-Aquifer-Recharge-(MAR),-Northern-Australia
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