Kamal K. Saha, Saleh A. Wasimi   CQ University, Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia k.saha@cqu.edu.au   Abstract Every year Australian oceans experience the genesis of many Tropical Cyclones (TCs). About 40 percent of these make landfall. Because of the enormous difference in socio-economic and environmental impacts between landfalling and non-landfalling TCs, it is critically important to be able […]

P. Basnayaka, R. Sarukkalige and D. Kannangara Department of Civil Engineering, Curtin University, Perth, Australia a.basnayak@postgrad.curtin.edu.au   Abstract Australian local governments urge to practice the water sensitive urban designs and best management practices in urban land development processes to protect the pre-development hydrology in the post- development stage. This usually comes with the best management […]

Kandasamy Kuhan 1 NSW Office of Water, DPI, Parramatta, Australia k_kuhan@hotmail.com   Abstract Managing Surface Water data starts from the initial hydrometric activities and continues to the publishing of the final water data on the Internet. This involves managing risk at each stage of the data collection and management process. An organisation which manages a […]

2010-566 CHARACTERIZING GROUNDWATER DYNAMICS IN WESTERN VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA USING MENYANTHES SOFTWAREYohannes Woldeyohannes 1, John Webb 11 La Trobe University, Environmental geoscience, Bundoora, Vic, Australia Abstract:Water table across much of the western Victoria, Australia have been declining for at least the last 10-15 years, and this is attributed to the consistently low rainfall for these years, […]

2010-280 Water Management in Aflaj system under changing climate change Salim Al Mamary 11 University of South Australia, AustraliaAbstract:The Aflaj systems are an indigenous engineering technique for an ancient irrigation system in Oman. These were created by the ancient Omanis civilisation hundreds of years ago to supply water for irrigation and domestic use and have […]

2010-394 ECOHYDROLOGY OF DYNAMIC WETLANDS IN AN AUSTRALIAN AGRICULTURAL LANDSCAPE:A WHOLE OF SYSTEM APPROACH FOR UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSJarrod Kath 1, Andrew Le Brocque 1, Craig Miller 21 Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments / Faculty of Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia2 Biodiversity Conservation, Management and Implementation, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia […]

2010-396 DRIVERS OF WETLAND HYDROLOGY AT THE LANDSCAPE SCALE: IMPLICATIONS FOR BIODIVERSITYJarrod Kath 1, Andrew Le Brocque 1, Craig Miller 21 Australian Centre for Sustainable Catchments / Faculty of Sciences, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia2 Biodiversity Conservation, Management and Implementation, CSIRO Sustainable Ecosystems, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Abstract:Throughout a landscape a hydrological variability between […]

2010-096 WATER DATA MANAGEMENT / DISSEMINATION FOR SUSTAINABLE WATER MANAGEMENT IN NEW SOUTH WALESKandasamy Kuhan 1, John Hayes 11 NSW Office of Water, DECCW, Parramatta, Australia   Abstract:In the most populous state on the driest inhabited continent knowledge of the available water resources is critical. Water data collection started in NSW in the early 1800’s […]

022 – Modelling of seasonal and longterm trends in lake salinity in Southwestern Victoria, Australia   Yohannes Yihdego and John A. Webb Department of Environmental Geosciences, La Trobe University, Bundoora 3086, Victoria, Australia yyihdegowoldeyohanne@students.latrobe.edu.au     Abstract :   In southwestern Victoria a large number of lakes are scattered across the volcanic plains; many have […]

BALWOIS 2004 Ohrid, Macedonia, 25-29 May 2004   WHAT VALUE IS LONG TERM DATA? Richard Silberstein CSIRO Land and Water, Floreat, Western Australia Private Bag No. 5, PO Wembley, WA 6913, AUSTRALIA Richard.Silberstein@csiro.au   Long-term datasets are the underlying backbone of hydrology, ecology and many natural sciences. While much knowledge and understanding is gained from […]