WaterConnect web services¶

The Groundwater Data section of the WaterConnect website uses a number of straightforward GET calls to obtain groundwater data in JSON format.

The links below detail a variety of GET request URLs and examples of the returned JSON responses.

(The documentation is a work in progress; help would be welcome!)

Searching for wells¶

Searching by well identifiers¶

These services all take a comma-delimited list and return a list of drillhole numbers (DHNO), together with some summary information:

Spatial searches¶

These also return a list of drillhole numbers, sometimes with other keys – check the examples for the exact format.

There are geometric queries:

You can search by general-purpose geographic information:

Or more groundwater-specific areas:

Lists of valid query values for many of these can be obtained through the metadata requests shown in the Metadata section below.

Data from a drillhole¶

Most groundwater information is obtained through these queries. All these requests are for a single drillhole at a time; see the pages for more details.

GetConstructionInformation - returns COMPLETION_NOs
GetElevationDetails - returns ELEVATION_NOs
GetDrillersLogInformation - returns LOG_NOs
GetLithologicalLogInformation
GetHydrostratInformation - returns HYDRO_INT_NOs
GetStratigraphicLogsDetails

Query with COMPLETION_NO:

GetProductionZoneSummary
GetConstructionSummaryInformation
GetCasingSummary
GetDrillingSummary
GetConstructionWaterCut
GetExtraSummaryDetails

Query with LOG_NO:

GetDrillersLogSummary

Query with HIN (equivalent to HYDRO_INT_NO):

GetExtraHydrostratInformation

Metadata¶

Lists of names and codes to be used in requests can be obtained through the GetAdvancedListsData GET request. The sample below shows only the first and last entries in each list. Follow the link for all the data.

{
    "LGA": [
        {
            "V": "ADELAIDE"
        },
        {
            "V": "YORKE PENINSULA"
        }
    ],
    "Purpose": [
        {
            "V": "APN",
            "T": "Anode Protection"
        },
        {
            "V": "HOL",
            "T": "Water Hole"
        }
    ],
    "Status": [
        {
            "V": "ABD",
            "T": "Abandoned"
        },
        {
            "V": "UNW",
            "T": "Unworked"
        }
    ],
    "Aquifer": [
        {
            "V": "A",
            "T": "A: Unnamed GIS Unit"
        },
        {
            "V": "Tyw",
            "T": "Tyw: Winnambool Formation"
        }
    ],
    "PrescribedArea": [
        {
            "V": "Angas-Bremer",
            "G": "South Australian Murray Darling Basin"
        },
        {
            "V": "Tintinara-Coonalpyn",
            "G": "South East"
        }
    ],
    "PrescribedWRArea": [
        {
            "V": "Baroota"
        },
        {
            "V": "Western Mount Lofty Ranges"
        }
    ],
    "NRMRegion": [
        {
            "V": "Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges",
            "T": "Adelaide & Mt Lofty Ranges"
        },
        {
            "V": "South East",
            "T": "South East"
        }
    ],
    "Networks": [
        {
            "V": "AW_NP",
            "T": "Alinytjara Wilurara Non-Prescribed Area"
        },
        {
            "V": "WMLR",
            "T": "Western Mount Lofty Ranges PWRA"
        }
    ],
    "Suburb": [
        {
            "V": "ABERFOYLE PARK"
        },
        {
            "V": "ZADOWS LANDING"
        }
    ],
    "Chem_Name": [
        {
            "V": "2_4_5_T",
            "T": "2,4,5 - T: 2_4_5_T",
            "G": "P"
        },
        {
            "V": "ZrO2",
            "T": "Zirconium oxide: ZrO2",
            "G": ""
        }
    ],
    "Analyte_Group": [
        {
            "V": "B",
            "T": "Biological / Bacteria"
        },
        {
            "V": "S",
            "T": "Standard Analysis"
        }
    ]
}