This course will provide a study of the detailed occurrence and the environmental problems associated with groundwater and groundwater development in aquifer systems of importance to Australia. Environments include karst hydrogeology; Coastal sand beds; Deep sedimentary basins; Basalt plateau systems; Fractured basement rocks; Tertiary alluvial channels, and The Great Artesian Basin. Groundwater management aspects will present a review of the major challenges to effective management and use of groundwater; groundwater rights: national and international perspectives; impact of climate change on groundwater; irrigation and dryland salinity perspectives; managed aquifer recharge; groundwater dependent ecosystems, ecohydrology; and conflict potential arising from internationally shared groundwater resources.