| '000 | thousand |
| $m | million dollars |
| ABARES | Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences |
| ABS | Australian Bureau of Statistics |
| ABSBR | Australian Bureau of Statistics Business Register |
| ACLUMP | Australian Collaborative Land Use and Management Program |
| ACT | Australian Capital Territory |
| ANZSIC | Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification |
| ARMS | Agricultural Resource Management Survey |
| Aust. | Australia |
| BURE | Business Activity Statement Unit Record Estimates |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CSIRO | Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation |
| EGS | Electricity Generators Survey |
| EWES | Energy, Water and Environment Survey |
| FAO | Food and Agriculture Organization |
| GL | gigalitre |
| GVIAP | gross value of irrigated agricultural production |
| ha | hectare |
| hh | household |
| IGVA | industry gross value added |
| kg | kilogram |
| kL | kilolitre |
| L | litre |
| LGA | local government area |
| m² | square metre |
| m³ | cubic metre |
| mm | millimetre |
| ML | megalitre |
| MW | megawatt |
| no. | number |
| NGERS | National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System |
| NPR | National Performance Report |
| NSW | New South Wales |
| NT | Northern Territory |
| NWC | National Water Commission |
| NWI | National Water Initiative |
| Qld | Queensland |
| QWD | Queensland Water Directorate |
| SA | South Australia |
| SEEA | System of Environmental-Economic Accounts |
| SEEA-CF | System of Environmental-Economic Accounts - Central Framework |
| SEEA-W | System of Environmental-Economic Accounts - Water |
| SNA | System of National Accounts |
| SWIM | Statewide Water Information Management |
| Tas. | Tasmania |
| Vic. | Victoria |
| WA | Western Australia |
| WSAA | Water Services Association of Australia |
| WSSS | Water Supply and Sewerage Services Survey |
| WUE | Water Use Efficiency |
| yr | year |