Rivers and Wetlands

Convergence: wetlands and communities

Karyn Bradford, a former farmer now business owner, now textile artist, community advocate and very recently, Regional Expansion Officer for Wetland Care Australia.

The life and lines of Cooper Creek: A tour of the Gulf Country by a grazier from Cooper Creek

Pastoralist Bob Morrish lives on Kyabra Creek, near Windorah on the Cooper Creek floodplain and is Chairman of the Cooper Creek Protection Group. Through their joint efforts, the Group secured an ecologically sound outcome for the management of the Cooper’s water resources. Bob will use his Land & Water Australia Community Fellowship to travel throughout the Gulf region to share his knowledge with communities and encourage (more)...

Indigenous participation in the National Water Initiative thought the TRaCK initiative

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Download Building better Indigenous Participation from the Tropical Rivers and Coastal Knowledge (TRaCK ) website

Water Planning Tools

Water planning is one of the most important tools for achieving sustainable use of water. While water planning can apply to a range of matters such as flood risk, water quality, water supply etc, the type of water planning with which the National Water Initiative (NWI) is most concerned is water allocation/ water sharing planning. That is, planning how surface and underground water resources will be managed and shared to achieve environmental, economic and (more)...

Integrating Water and Catchment Planning

In most jurisdictions across Australia, developing water sharing plans is a key activity. However, the programs and processes for developing catchment plans like: Integrated Catchment Management (ICM) plans and targets Natural Resource Management plans Catchment Action Plans (CAP) Regional/Local Environment Plans and those for preparing the Water Sharing Plans (more)...

Sustainability of fresh water lenses under major rivers

This project has provided new knowledge to understand and predict the hydrogeology of the lenses of freshwater that contribute to the maintenance of Murray River baseflow.

Inland river floodplains: the role of sediment and nutrient exchanges

Rivers around the world are under increasing pressure from a variety of human activities. Effective management of riverine landscapes requires an ecosystem approach and one that recognises the complex interactions between their physical, chemical and biological components. Perceptions of pattern and process are central to our understanding of riverine landscapes.

Salinity processes in Lake Eyre Basin Rivers

Elizabeth’s research is aimed at understanding the natural processes that control salt and water exchange between surface and groundwater environments in arid zones. This is being achieved through field investigation of the large rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin, located in central Australia. There is very little known about the rivers of the Lake Eyre Basin, so the project is heavily field based and a total of five field campaigns have been undertaken. The field campaigns involved drilling soil (more)...

Optimising river flow management for environmental and economic sustainability

This PhD research project by Debbie Burgis (University of New England) is contributing to understanding the effects of environmental flow releases is crucial to the development of successful water sharing plans. Irrigators and the wider community want to know what environmental good comes from releasing water for environmental purposes.