Table 1: Summary of key features of the top five ranked models by SKM (2011a) and the CSIRO model currently under development. Yarram Gippsland Sale WSPA Integrated ecoMarkets CSIRO DPI Basin Resource (SKM 2008) (GHD, 2008a, (Freij-Ayoub (Beverly et IRM (SKM 1999) (Nahm 2002) 2010a) et al., 2011a) al., 2012) (Schaeffer, 2008) Extent focus onshore offshore onshore onshore, onshore offshore onshore offshore Inclusion of offshore extractions 1 2 1 3 1 3 Representation of within-Basin structural features 2 2 2 2 2 2 Number of layers 4 7 4 18 7 10 18 Grid resolution 500–2000 m ? 1 km 1 km 200 m 1 km 200 m Representation of major aquifers and aquitards 1 2 1 3 2 3 3 Representation of both onshore and offshore 2 2 0 3 2 3 3 hydrogeology Representation of appropriate boundary conditions 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 Accurate representation of groundwater/surface water 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 interface Ability to represent abstraction and injection wells 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Ability to determine extraction impacts on 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 environment/users Ability to identify shallow water tables 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 Ability to simulate steady-state conditions 3 ? 3 3 2 3 3
Table 1: Summary of key features of the top five ranked models by SKM (2011a) and the CSIRO model currently under development. Yarram (SKM 1999) Gippsland Basin (Nahm 2002) Sale WSPA (SKM 2008) Integrated Resource IRM (Schaeffer, 2008) ecoMarkets (GHD, 2008a, 2010a) CSIRO (Freij-Ayoub et al., 2011a) DPI (Beverly et al., 2012) Extent focus onshore offshore onshore onshore, offshore onshore offshore onshore Inclusion of offshore extractions 1 2 1 3 1 3 Representation of within-Basin structural features 2 2 2 2 2 2 Number of layers 4 7 4 18 7 10 18 Grid resolution 500–2000 m ? 1 km 1 km 200 m 1 km 200 m Representation of major aquifers and aquitards 1 2 1 3 2 3 3 Representation of both onshore and offshore hydrogeology 2 2 0 3 2 3 3 Representation of appropriate boundary conditions 1 2 1 3 3 3 3 Accurate representation of groundwater/surface water interface 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 Ability to represent abstraction and injection wells 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Ability to determine extraction impacts on environment/users 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 Ability to identify shallow water tables 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 Ability to simulate steady-state conditions 3 ? 3 3 2 3 3
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