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Environmental Water Allocation Publications

Assessment of Information Needs for Freshwater Flows into Australian Estuaries

This report was jointly commissioned by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and Land & Water Australia to assess the information needs for freshwater flows into estuaries. This report is based on the results of a desk study together with the outputs from an expert workshop. It has the following objectives: create a logical framework showing the potential links between freshwater inflows and (more)...

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Assessment Toolbox

A Framework for assessing the Environmental Water Requirements of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems

The primary purpose of water allocation planning in Australia is to achieve an equitable way in which to allocate and manage a region’s water resources that is consistent with the Council of Australian Government’s (COAG) Water reform…

Australian water entitlements

The Australian Government is acquiring and holding water entitlements with intention of achieving improved environmental outcomes. Regions in which the Government has indicated an interest in acquiring entitlements are the Murray-Darling Basin in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia, the Fitzroy basin in Queensland, Tasmania, and the South-West and Carnarvon regions of Western Australia. This report provides an overview of the water entitlements in these areas and an initial (more)...

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Defining Environmental Flows

The term ‘Environmental Flows’ has come into common usage. To some this term apples to releases from dams which are specificallly for environmental benefit. To others it can be any flow which achieves an environmental benefit.

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Ecology and management of the Lake Wellington wetlands, Gippsland Lakes

A report on the R&D project, 2003-2006

This handbook summarises the results of a four-year R&D project undertaken by staff at Victoria University and Monash University on the wetlands that fringe Lake Wellington in the Gippsland Lakes of south-eastern Victoria.

Environmental flows to wetlands

putting science in to practice

Environmental Water Allocation Forum Presentations

Videos and summary of proceedings

To download video presentation files from the forum, right-click on a link below, select "save link as" and save it to a location on your computer. You will need the Quick Time player installed on your computer to run the files. The Quick Time player can be downloaded from here.