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National Workshop for Water Planners
The Water Planning Tools team hosted an open-space workshop with water planners from around the country in the last week of July, in an attempt to both review our project findings with water agencies and to allow water planners across Australia to identify and discuss key issues in their practice. The proceedings from this workshop are available for download.
Over-allocation in water systems: why correcting this is so difficult
A paper developed by Richard Davis, the senior science advisor for the National Water Commission presented in November last year attempts to look at the challenges associated with returning over-allocated systems to sustainable levels of extraction. The paper outlines a number of proposed measures, but primarily recommends that all jurisidictions develop transparent processes of identifying sustainable limits, and that environmental water be defined and delivered in accountable ways.
Participatory Analysis of Changing Rainfall Patterns: A Tool
This paper provides a brief overview, including strengths and limitations, of an innovative use of a rain calendar as a tool for the participatory analysis of changing rainfall patterns.
Release of “Guide to Draft Basin Plan” to be delayed
The Murray-Darling Basin Authority announced today following a discussion of Authority members that, consistent with election caretaker period conventions, it will defer the release date of the Guide to the proposed Murray-Darling Basin Plan.
91% of Australians think we'll run out of water
Australians are gravely concerned about the nation's water supply in light of forecast population targets, and though they are committed to reducing household water usage, there is widespread preference for more infrastructure to satisfy growing demand, according to the findings of new research commissioned by MWH Australia.
Training Workshops Announced for music4
music v4 is one of the few software tools available that can accurately simulate real-time water sensitive design, making it easier to design urban developments that meet Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) standards. The eWater CRC has announced a series of two-day training workshop across the country to learn how simulating the performance of stormwater quality improvement measures can help in urban water management.
Political war over the Murray-Darling Water Plan
This article by the Greenlines blog at The Age warns of the political storm set to descend on Canberra that is still largely unnoticed by the commentariat - the release of the draft Murray-Darling Basin plan.
How healthy catchments create climate resilience
The U.S.A.'s Forest Service's Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station has published a report about the role of maintaining healthy ecological systems as a means of creating resilience in the stewardship of water in a changing climate. "Water, Climate Change, and Forests: Watershed Stewardship for a Changing Climate" describes healthy, resilient catchments as a primary strategy for sustaining ecosystems and creating water security.
First Peoples' Water Engagement Council holds inaugural meeting
The initial meeting of the First Peoples' Water Engagement Council (FPWEC) was held in Canberra on 7 June 2010. The FPWEC is a new group established by the National Water Commission which will provide advice to the Commission on national water issues in Australia.
Latest research on European river restoration
A new study of European river restoration projects published in the Journal of Applied Ecology has indicated that their impact on the physical characteristics of rivers depends on the region, river type and restoration approach. However, regardless of the river, region or approach, impacts on the biodiversity of riverbed species was found to be limited. The study indicated that in efforts to restore biodiversity, larger scale projects could be more effective.
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