DEPARTMENT OF PRIMARY INDUSTRIES
Private Groundwater Extraction Bores
| Victoria has over 50,000 privately operated bores licenced to extract 600,000 megalitres per year, although extractions currently only average 290,000 ML per year. Recharge to aquifers is estimated at 1 million megalitres per year. Graph: Average Annual Groundwater Recharge, Licence Allocations and Extraction, Victoria  |  Private Groundwater Extraction Bores This map shows the density and distribution of privately owned bores used for extracting groundwater. |
| Primary Use | No. of bores |
| 'Stock and Domestic' | 45,000 |
| Irrigation, dairy & commercial | 5,000 |
| Urban communities | 60 |
See also... Groundwater Management Maps and information on Victoria's 53 groundwater Management Areas, where groundwater has been intensively developed or has the potential for additional development. Relevant Groundwater Notes (on DSEs website) Decommissioning a Bore (PDF 55 Kb) (external link) Drilling and Constructing a Water Bore (PDF 45 Kb) (external link) Encrustation of Water Bores - Iron Bacteria (PDF 45 Kb) (external link) Looking after your Water Bore Quality (PDF 45 Kb) (external link) Testing the Aquifier and Pumping Groundwater (PDF 45 Kb) (external link) When is a Bore a Water Bore? (PDF 45 Kb) (external link) How to become a Groundwater user (PDF 45 Kb) (external link) |  Stock and domestic bore, Mt. Buninyong, near Ballarat, March 1998. Photo: Kevan Richards |
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This document was last reviewed on 07/10/2008