Groundwater and the Environment: Understanding the role of groundwater in the maintenance of sustainable ecosystems in Australia.

地球上97%的淡水是地下水。尽管如此，它还是被低估了，基本上没有被探索过，也不太了解。在澳大利亚，地下水在我们的盐度问题中发挥着关键作用，并维持着我们的生态系统。这将是未来的一个重要供水来源，特别是在地表水稀缺的干旱时期。我们国家的地下水资源需要我们现在在墨累-达令盆地看到的同样不响亮的保护承诺。该网络为迫切需要的国家地下水中心奠定了基础，以提供研究，确保该国水资源和依赖水资源的用户取得双赢结果。

97% of freshwater on earth is groundwater. Despite this, it is undervalued, largely unexplored and poorly understood. In Australia, groundwater plays a critical role in our salinity problem and sustains our ecosystems. It will be a critical water supply in the future, especially in times of drought when surface water is scarce. Our nation's groundwater resources require the same unresounding commitment to preservation that we now see in the Murray-Darling basin. This network develops foundations for a desperately needed National Groundwater Centre to provide research to ensure win-win outcomes for this country's water resources and the users that rely on them.