The contents of this document may no longer be current. Please contact AGSO for further information. The Australian Geological Survey Organisation provides research and technical services to support the sustainable management of natural resources, including water. Water is pre-eminent in the debate about managing the world's natural resources. There is a growing recognition that effective management of water resources is a key to human survival.
Water is essential for life and underpins both economic and social development.
But, more than a billion people have no access to adequate supplies of potable water or proper sanitation. Lack of water is a major constraint to agricultural and other development in many parts of the world, and there is now the realisation that poor land management practices are having a negative impact on water resources. AGSO has developed a multidisciplinary approach to providing regional frameworks for key groups managing natural resources. This approach includes the traditional fields of the earth sciences-geology, geophysics, geochemistry and hydrogeology together with the modern technologies of geographic information systems and spatial data analysis, image processing and relational database management systems. Groundwater Resources AGSO undertakes groundwater assessment and management programs.