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Dynamics of sediment and nutrient fluxes from burnt forest catchments

Final Report for Land and Water Australia Project DSE1, and Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment Project

The magnitude of the impact of wildfire on water quality in SE Australia has rarely been estimated because the location and timing of wildfires is unpredictable, usually precluding the establishment of robust before and after impact experimental designs.  However the 2003 Alpine fires presented a rare opportunity to overcome this constraint when two long-term water quality research catchments were burnt by wildfire. The combination of a sound experimental design and (more)...

Fires impact water quality long after quenched

Leading research into the impact of the 2003 Alpine bushfires on water quality suggests the trouble is far from over when the fires are finally out. In the past, the impact of fires on water catchments could only be estimated, as the unpredictable nature of fires left very little possibility for collecting strong data.

Water Resources in Australia

A Summary of the Australian Water Resources Assessment 2000

Australia is a dry continent—rainfall is distributed unevenly and very little (12%) runs off to collect in rivers. The rest evaporates; is taken up by plants; or is held in lakes, wetlands and aquifers. Australia’s erratic climate, with its

The Issues: Rivers & Water Quality

The supply of good quality water throughout a catchment is the life blood of a community. Water quality impacts on animal production in the following ways:

Water Quality on New England wool properties

Northern Tablelands Project Fact Sheet: 5

During the Land, Water and Wool (LWW) Northern Tablelands Project (NSW), water quality in Monitor farm dams and creeks was measured to establish a baseline for the future. This Fact Sheet reports the results of water chemistry testing, and the diversity

Managing creeks and waterways in the mid north of South Australia: A woolgrowers guide

Summarises the aims and objectives of the LWW River and Water Quality research sub-program. Provides in-depth information about waterways on farming properties, rainfall extremes, knowledge and experience, incorporating science into farming, and snapsho

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Wool Industry River Management Guide: High rainfall zones including tableland areas

This Guide aims to help woolgrowers and those that work with them in high rainfall areas, to improve and protect the health of water courses and riparian land on their farms, as well as to minimise the impacts of wool production on water quality and strea

River Health Linking Woolgrowers on Upper Macquarie

Helping Tasmanian woolgrowers better manage their rivers and farm waterways to meet both production and environmental goals is the objective of the unique Rivers and Water Quality research project taking place in the Tasmanian midlands. If you would like to read more about farm water ways in Tasmania click on this link [Managing Rivers & Streams in Tasmania: A Woolgrowers Guide]( (more)...

Managing gully erosion in the NSW Tablelands to improve water quality and maintain productive wool pastures

Gully erosion is a major issue for woolgrowers in many Tableland areas. If left unattended, it can lead to large areas of valuable soil and nutrients being washed away, choking streams and rivers with sediment. Gully erosion can also make stock management and pasture utilisation difficult, reducing whole farm productivity.