| '000 | thousand |
| $m | million dollars |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ANCID | Australian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage |
| ANCOLD | Australian National Committee on Large Dams |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ASR | aquifer storage and recovery |
| ATSE | Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering |
| Aust. | Australia |
| AWA | Australian Water Association |
| AWR 2005 | Australian Water Resources 2005 |
| AWRC | Australian Water Resources Council |
| BE | bulk entitlement |
| BoM | Bureau of Meteorology |
| BRS | Bureau of Rural Sciences |
| COAG | Council of Australian Governments |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| DEUS | New South Wales Government Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability |
| DIPNR | New South Wales Government Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Natural Resources |
| DSE | Victorian Government Department of Sustainability and Environment |
| DWR | South Australian Department of Water Resources |
| EFG | Environmental Flow Guidelines |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Agency |
| GA | Geoscience Australia |
| GCCC | Gold Coast City Council |
| GL | gigalitre |
| GWh | gigawatt hour |
| ha | hectare |
| I-O | input-output |
| IGVA | industry gross value added |
| kL | kilolitre |
| km\super 2 | square kilometre |
| kWh | kilowatt hour |
| L | litre |
| mg | milligram |
| mm | millimetre |
| MAR | mean annual run-off |
| MDBC | Murray-Darling Basin Commission |
| ML | megalitre |
| nec | not elsewhere classified |
| no. | number |
| NCC | National Competition Council |
| NCP | National Competition Policy |
| NLWRA | National Land and Water Resources Audit |
| NPI | National Pollutant Inventory |
| NRW | Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Water |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NWC | National Water Commission |
| NWI | National Water Initiative |
| PC | Productivity Commission |
| PIRSA | Primary Industries and Resources South Australia |
| Qld | Queensland |
| SA | South Australia |
| SEEA | System of Integrated Environmental and Economic Accounting |
| SEEAW | System of Environmental-Economic Accounting for Water |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| SOI | Southern Oscillation Index |
| SWMA | surface water management area |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| UN | United Nations |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WSAA | Water Services Association of Australia |
| yr | year |