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Water for a Healthy Country…partnerships delivering water management solutions to Australia
Discussions with Monash University12 December 2006
Australia is Warming
Karoly & Braganza (2004)
Tem
per
atu
re
chan
ge
(oC
)
+0.8
+0.6
+0.4
+0.2
-0.2
-0.4
0.0
1920 1940 1960 1980 2000Australia’s mean temperature since 1910
Eight climate models with additional GHGs in the atmosphere
Climate models without additional GHGs in the atmosphere
Demand is growing
•Sydney
•Perth
•Lower Hunter
•Melbourne
•Gold Coast
•Canberra
•Brisbane
•Adelaide
•City
• 174
• 171
• 181
• 159
• 147
• 187
• 210
• 190
•Current Per Capita
Consumption* (Unrestricted
Usage) (KL/Y)
• 54%• 80• 884,236
• 41%• 102• 312,966
• 44%• 101• 98,682
• 41%• 93• 658,567
• 47%• 78• 99,112
• 22%• 146• 74,704
• 51%• 103• 249,725
• 24%• 144• 205,731
•Reduction %
•Per Capita Consumption
required in 2030 to stay within reduced Sustainable Yield
(Unrestricted Usage) (KL/Y)
•Consumption 2030 (ML/Y)
Most cities must find equivalent of 40% reduction per capita consumption in next 25
years
We have no option but to pursue alternative strategies
The water scarcity challenge
Ensuring the integrity of our environmental assets(aquifers, rivers, floodplains, wetlands, estuaries)
Ensuring security of supply to water users(urban and rural)
Demandincreasing
Supplydecreasing
Goal
To achieve a ten fold increase in the social, economic and environmental benefits from
water by 2025
The research challenges are
different
• Australia’s water challenges are complex, and require a multidisciplinary, systems approach for resolution:
• The wider implications of climate change
• Identifying the best mix of options to meet water demand or environmental objectives
• Alternative market or institutional instruments
• Advancing water technologies to make the greatest difference
• Public acceptance of new water strategies
Alignment with Water Policy
The Flagship is explicitly aligned with the objectives and intent of the a set of water policies:
Living Murray Initiative
Western Australia State Water Strategy
Great Barrier Reef Water Quality and Protection Plan
National Water Initiative
Who does water research?
CSIROBRSANSTOGeosciences AustraliaBoM
Universities include:• UWA – Environmental
Systems Engineering• UMelb - Water Research
Centre• U of Newcastle• Monash U – Institute for
Sustainable Water Resources
Significant water-research partnerships:
• Water for a Healthy Country• eWater CRC• CRC Irrigation Futures• CRC for Water Quality &
Treatment
Water R&D differentiation
System complexity
Devices System components Whole systemperformance
Development & commercialisation
Frontierscience
Strategicscience
Incrementalscience
Water for a Healthy Country
Universities
CSIRODivisions
Application& adoption
Ho
rizo
n
Govt Departments
Water R&D differentiation
System complexity
Devices System components Whole systemperformance
Development & commercialisation
Frontierscience
Strategicscience
Incrementalscience
eWater CRC
Water for a Healthy Country
Universities
CSIRODivisions
Application& adoption
Ho
rizo
n
CRCWater Quality
&Treatment
CRC Irrigation Futures
Govt Departments
MDFRC
MDRFC = Murray Darling Freshwater Research Centre