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Rizak, S., D. Cunliffe, M. Sinclair, R. Vulcano, J. Howard, S. Hrudey, and P. Callan. "Drinking water quality management: a holistic approach." Water Science and Technology 47, no. 9 (May 1, 2003): 31–36. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2003.0485.

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A growing list of water contaminants has led to some water suppliers relying primarily on compliance monitoring as a mechanism for managing drinking water quality. While such monitoring is a necessary part of drinking water quality management, experiences with waterborne disease threats and outbreaks have shown that compliance monitoring for numerical limits is not, in itself, sufficient to guarantee the safety and quality of drinking water supplies. To address these issues, the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has developed a Framework for Management of Drinking

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Nadebaum, P., M. Chapman, S. Ortisi, and A. Baker. "Application of quality management systems for drinking water quality." Water Supply 3, no. 1-2 (March 1, 2003): 359–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2003.0125.

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Over the past few years the water authorities in Australia have been applying the principles of quality management and risk management in their provision of drinking water of a safe and acceptable quality. These principles have been taken up by the regulatory authorities, and the Australian water industry is ensuring that drinking water guidelines, customer contracts, licences and auditing (both statutory and quality systems auditing), and appropriate quality management systems, are in place for drinking water quality management. A particular focus of this work has been the application of AS/N

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Maher, M., J. Nevill, and P. Nichols. "Achieving river integrity through natural resource management and integrated catchment management legislative frameworks." Water Science and Technology 45, no. 11 (June 1, 2002): 127–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2002.0387.

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This paper reports on a project which further refines a model legislative framework first identified in a Land and Water Australia project in 1999. This framework is benchmarked against legislative excerpts from within Australian jurisdictions, as well as the major policy initiatives of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) water reform agenda, the Commonwealth's National Action Plan on Salinity and Water Quality, and others. The model framework has been heavily influenced by current thinking on ecological systems, good governance, and organisational management. Another important produc

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Miller, R., B. Whitehill, and D. Deere. "A national approach to risk assessment for drinking water catchments in Australia." Water Supply 5, no. 2 (September 1, 2005): 123–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2005.0029.

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This paper comments on the strengths and weaknesses of different methodologies for risk assessment, appropriate for utilisation by Australian Water Utilities in risk assessment for drinking water source protection areas. It is intended that a suggested methodology be recommended as a national approach to catchment risk assessment. Catchment risk management is a process for setting priorities for protecting drinking water quality in source water areas. It is structured through a series of steps for identifying water quality hazards, assessing the threat posed, and prioritizing actions to addres

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La Point, Thomas W. "Water Quality Management: Freshwater Ecotoxicity in Australia. B. T. Hart." Journal of the North American Benthological Society 6, no. 2 (June 1987): 144–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1467228.

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McKay, Jennifer. "Water institutional reforms in Australia." Water Policy 7, no. 1 (February 1, 2005): 35–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2005.0003.

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With a brief description of the physical setting and institutional history of the Australian water sector, this paper reviews the water institutional reforms in Australia focusing especially on the nature and extent of reforms initiated since 1995 and provides a few case studies to highlight the issues and challenges in effecting changes in some key reform components. The reforms initiated in 1995 are notable for their comprehensiveness, fiscal incentives and clear and time-bound targets to be achieved. Although water institutions in Australia have undergone remarkable changes, thanks to the r

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Smith, Phil, Grahame Collier, and Hazel Storey. "As Aussie as Vegemite: Building the Capacity of Sustainability Educators in Australia." Australian Journal of Environmental Education 27, no. 1 (2011): 175–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0814062600000161.

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AbstractVegemite, a thick, rich and salty product made from yeast extract, is a paste commonly spread on bread or toast in Australian households. This iconic product mirrors some of the unique aspects of this country. For example, Vegemite thinly spread is best. The population of this country is sparse across the wide lands, and the Australian environment with its thin soils, water shortages and intense climates, might also be described as spread thin. These aspects of context present challenges because Australia needs quality sustainability educators thick on the ground to deal with the many

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Edwards, Louise, and Helen Crabb. "Water quality and management in the Australian pig industry." Animal Production Science 61, no. 7 (2021): 637. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/an20484.

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Context Water is the first nutrient and an essential component of all agricultural production systems. Despite its importance there has been limited research on water, and in particular, the impact of its availability, management and quality on production systems. Aims This research sought to describe the management and quality of water used within the Australian pig industry. Specifically, the water sources utilised, how water was managed and to evaluate water quality at both the source and the point of delivery to the pig. Methods Fifty-seven commercial piggeries across Australia participate

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Gourley, C. J. P., and D. M. Weaver. "Nutrient surpluses in Australian grazing systems: management practices, policy approaches, and difficult choices to improve water quality." Crop and Pasture Science 63, no. 9 (2012): 805. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/cp12154.

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Nutrient surpluses, inefficiencies in nutrient use, and inevitable leakage of nutrients from grazed animal production systems are putting growing pressure on Australian inland and coastal water resources. While there are some examples of regulatory policy approaches in Australia which aim to reduce nutrient emissions and improve water quality around important and impaired coastal and inland waters, most policy options involve voluntary schemes, often including financial incentives to both industry organisations and farmers to offset the costs of implementing improved management practices. In c

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Dry, Peter R., B. R. Loveys, M. G. Mccarthy, and Manfred Stoll. "Strategic irrigation management in Australian vineyards." OENO One 35, no. 3 (September 30, 2001): 129. http://dx.doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2001.35.3.1699.

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<p style="text-align: justify;">Regulated Deficit Irrigation (RDI) and Partial Rootzone Drying (PRD) are examples of strategie irrigation management. They have been successfully adopted for winegrape production in Australia with the aim of controlling vegetative growth to produce 'balanced' vines, and to improve both water-use efficiency (measured as tonnes of fruit per ML of irrigation water applied) and fruit quality for winemaking. This paper will outline some of the physiological principles that underpin these strategies and provide details of experimental and commercial experience i

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McKay, Jennifer, and Anthony Moeller. "Statutory Regulation of Water Quality in Modern Australia." Water International 25, no. 4 (December 2000): 595–609. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508060008686875.

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Crockett, J. A., K. J. Hartley, and W. D. Williams. "Setting and Achieving Water Quality Criteria for Recreation." Water Science and Technology 21, no. 2 (February 1, 1989): 71–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1989.0030.

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Water-based recreation is popular in Australia. On the coast many canal estates and marinas are being constructed. Australia's arid and variable climate introduces unusual problems in the establishment of inland recreational lakes. In setting water quality criteria what is achievable must be balanced with what is desirable and criteria may need to be varied between flood and dry periods. Greater emphasis should be placed on understanding, monitoring and managing the ecology of water-bodies. If a stable ecology is maintained, it will generally follow that water quality and conditions surroundin

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Emmett, A. J., and A. L. Telfer. "Influence of karst hydrology on water quality management in southeast South Australia." Environmental Geology 23, no. 2 (March 1994): 149–55. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00766988.

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Tomlinson, Moya, and Andrew J. Boulton. "Ecology and management of subsurface groundwater dependent ecosystems in Australia - a review." Marine and Freshwater Research 61, no. 8 (2010): 936. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf09267.

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As demand for consumptive use of groundwater escalates, the need for careful management becomes more pressing. Water reforms in Australia require explicit recognition of environmental needs in water resource plans, but subsurface groundwater dependent ecosystems (SGDEs) are rarely provided for. The ecological values of these sequestered ecosystems are not well documented and are readily overlooked. We review the biodiversity, ecological processes and ecosystem services of Australian SGDEs and highlight the ecological relevance of their connectivity with other ecosystems. A lack of attention to

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Sinclair, Martha, and Samantha Rizak. "DRINKING-WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT: THE AUSTRALIAN FRAMEWORK." Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A 67, no. 20-22 (October 2004): 1567–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15287390490491873.

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Shea, A., J. Poon, and S. Williamson. "Microbial risk assessment of drinking water to set health-based performance targets to improve water quality and treatment plant operations." Water Practice and Technology 11, no. 2 (June 1, 2016): 495–502. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2016.006.

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Western Water (WW) provides water, recycled water and wastewater services to almost 150,000 people whilst continuously striving to improve processes to provide its customers with safe, cost effective and reliable drinking water, recycled water and treatment services. Under this framework of continuous improvement, WW has reviewed the effectiveness of its drinking water treatment systems using quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA) techniques described by the World Health Organization (WHO). The microbial-related water quality targets in the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines Paper 6 N

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Brandis, K. J., J. Spencer, B. Wolfenden, and D. Palmer. "Avian-botulism risk in waterbird breeding colonies and implications for environmental water management." Marine and Freshwater Research 71, no. 2 (2020): 179. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf18446.

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Avian botulism poses a significant risk to waterbird health in Australian wetlands. This paralytic, often fatal, disease occurs when birds ingest a neurotoxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Our current understanding of avian botulism comes largely from studies in the northern hemisphere, with many of these studies linking outbreaks of avian botulism with poor water quality. The Murray–Darling Basin provides the most important breeding habitat for colonial waterbirds in Australia, but the frequency of large-scale breeding events has declined, and waterbird populations are near

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Milligan, C. J., and A. B. McAlister. "Water Quality Management at Palm Meadows Golf Course (Australia) by Limited Tidal Exchange." Water Science and Technology 21, no. 2 (February 1, 1989): 211–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1989.0052.

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This paper describes the fulfillment of a design brief for a tidal exchange system for lakes within a golf course on the Queensland Gold Coast to maintain aesthetic appeal while retaining approximately constant water levels. Secondary objectives of minimal maintenance, yet ability of the system to support water based recreation were also defined. To achieve the above, a simulation of potential lake layouts and their tidal hydraulics was achieved using ‘ESTRY', a hydrodynamic modelling program developed by Winders, Barlow and Morrison. Output from the model defined the necessary design criteria

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Khan, Shahbaz. "Managing climate risks in Australia: options for water policy and irrigation management." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 48, no. 3 (2008): 265. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea06090.

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Australia, a country which suffers from recurrent droughts, is currently experiencing a shift in climate. It is often classified as the driest inhabited continent due to the extremely low annual average rainfall (465 mm) and associated low annual average runoff (57 mm). This has required a regular revision of Australia’s water policy to align with the needs of its society. Several changes in water policy have been formulated in recent times with the objective of striking a balance between the consumptive and environmental components of flows in Australian catchments. Some of the developments t

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Hatton MacDonald, Darla, Ali Ardeshiri, John M. Rose, Bayden D. Russell, and Sean D. Connell. "Valuing coastal water quality: Adelaide, South Australia metropolitan area." Marine Policy 52 (February 2015): 116–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2014.11.003.

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Sharp, I. H., and M. A. Schell. "Study of Recreational Use of Sydney Water Board and Fish River Water Supply Storages (Australia)." Water Science and Technology 21, no. 2 (February 1, 1989): 119–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1989.0037.

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Existing and potential recreational uses in a number of very different water supply catchments managed by two major N.S.W. authorities were investigated. Community attitudes to recreational use of both land based and water based activities were analysed together with reactions to increased charges to cover costs of ensuring safe water quality. Threats to water quality were studied and additional management and water quality control measures formulated.

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Scarsbrook, M. R., and A. R. Melland. "Dairying and water-quality issues in Australia and New Zealand." Animal Production Science 55, no. 7 (2015): 856. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/an14878.

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The scale and intensity of dairy farming can place pressure on our freshwater resources. These pressures (e.g. excessive soil nutrient concentrations and nitrogen excretion) can lead to changes in the levels of contaminants in waterways, altering the state and potentially affecting the uses and values society ascribes to water. Resource management involves putting in place appropriate responses to address water-quality issues. In the present paper, we highlight trends in the scale and extent of dairying in Australia and New Zealand and describe water-quality pressures, state, impacts and respo

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Khan, Stuart J., Daniel Deere, Frederic D. L. Leusch, Andrew Humpage, Madeleine Jenkins, David Cunliffe, Shona K. Fitzgerald, and Benjamin D. Stanford. "Lessons and guidance for the management of safe drinking water during extreme weather events." Environmental Science: Water Research & Technology 3, no. 2 (2017): 262–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6ew00165c.

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Woodley, Simon. "Management of Water Quality in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park." Water Science and Technology 21, no. 2 (February 1, 1989): 31–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1989.0024.

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The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef system in the world. It is recognised and appreciated worldwide as a unique environment and for this reason has been inscribed on the World Heritage List. The Reef is economically-important to Queensland and Australia, supporting substantial tourism and fishing industries. Management of the Great Barrier Reef to ensure conservation of its natural qualities in perpetuity is achieved through the establishment of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. The maintenance of water quality to protect the reef and the industries which depend on it is becomin

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Atkins, R. P. "A Review of Water Quality and Management Problems in Canal Estates in Western Australia." Water Science and Technology 21, no. 2 (February 1, 1989): 217–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1989.0053.

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Canal estates are located on the Peel-Harvey Estuarine System, a nutrient enriched waterbody with excessive growths of both macroalgae and phytoplankton. Yunderup Canals have poor water quality exhibiting typical symptoms including frequent phytoplankton blooms, depressed oxygen levels, odour emissions and fish kills. Water in Waterside Mandurah Canals is marginally poorer than that in the Peel Inlet Channel but within an acceptable range. The difference between developments is related to the proximity of the ocean and therefore tidal action. Canal water quality projections are made and severa

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Brown, R. R., and M. A. Farrelly. "Challenges ahead: social and institutional factors influencing sustainable urban stormwater management in Australia." Water Science and Technology 59, no. 4 (February 1, 2009): 653–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2009.022.

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In a time of climate uncertainty and drought in Australia, improved urban stormwater quality management practices are required not only for protecting waterway health, but also as a fit-for-purpose supply source. To conceive of urban stormwater as an environmental threat as well as a water supply source requires a substantial shift in our traditional linear supply and wastewater structures towards more hybrid and complex infrastructure systems. To understand what drives and limits treatment technology adoption for stormwater management, over 800 urban water professionals in three Australian ca

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Eberhard, Rachel, Catherine J. Robinson, Jane Waterhouse, John Parslow, Barry Hart, Rodger Grayson, and Bruce Taylor. "Adaptive management for water quality planning - from theory to practice." Marine and Freshwater Research 60, no. 11 (2009): 1189. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf08347.

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Adaptive management has been promoted as a structured approach to learning in response to the uncertainty associated with managing complex systems. We developed and tested a protocol to guide an adaptive approach to water quality management in north-eastern Australia. The protocol articulates a framework for documenting uncertainties and performance expectations, negotiating feedback and anticipating iterative and transformative responses to future scenarios. A Water Quality Improvement Plan developed for the Tully–Murray catchment in the Great Barrier Reef region was used to test the protocol

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Northcott, K., S. Bartlett, D. Sheehan, I. Snape, P. Scales, and S. Gray. "Water quality risk management strategies for remote operations." Water Supply 18, no. 2 (June 26, 2017): 482–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2017.130.

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Abstract The delivery of treatment and supply solutions for the management of water infrastructure for small and remote communities presents unique challenges. The identification of water quality hazards, the management of risks and conducting plant performance validation and verification activities can all be problematic. The ‘Demonstration of Robust Water Recycling’ (Robust Recycling) Project was funded by the Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence (AWRCoE) and the Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) as a means of developing strategies for the provision of small scale water treatmen

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Edgar, B., N. Schofield, and A. Campbell. "Informing river management policies and programs with science." Water Science and Technology 43, no. 9 (May 1, 2001): 185–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2001.0536.

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Conventional wisdom has it that we already have enough science to address the problems causing degradation of our environment, including rivers. This is not true. However it is the case that we could be using existing knowledge better, and that we could be doing more to learn the lessons from the huge sums being spent on river restoration and management. Informing good policy and practical on-ground management with R&D outputs has proven to be is difficult, but essential. This paper reviews some of the history of water and river management in Australia and how perceptions of rivers have ev

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Kroon, F. J., C. J. Robinson, and A. P. Dale. "Integrating knowledge to inform water quality planning in the Tully - Murray basin, Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 60, no. 11 (2009): 1183. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf08349.

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Decentralised approaches to water governance have emerged as a common approach to tackle complex environmental management issues in Australia and elsewhere. While decentralisation offers hope for a more holistic, integrated and effective approach to environmental planning decisions and solutions, challenges remain to put these ideals into practice. The present paper focuses on a key component of this approach to environmental planning and decision-making – the integration of different types of knowledge used to inform planning goals and the design of water quality management programs. The anal

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Keipert, N., D. Weaver, R. Summers, M. Clarke, and S. Neville. "Guiding BMP adoption to improve water quality in various estuarine ecosystems in Western Australia." Water Science and Technology 57, no. 11 (June 1, 2008): 1749–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2008.276.

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The Australian Government's Coastal Catchment Initiative (CCI) seeks to achieve targeted reductions in nutrient pollution to key coastal water quality hotspots, reducing algal blooms and fish kills. Under the CCI a Water Quality Improvement Plan (WQIP) is being prepared for targeted estuaries (Swan–Canning, near Perth, and the Vasse–Geographe, 140 km south of Perth) to address nutrient pollution issues. A range of projects are developing, testing and implementing agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce excessive loads of nutrients reaching the receiving waters. This work builds

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Masters, B. K. "Management of Dairy Waste: A Low Cost Treatment System Using Phosphorus-Adsorbing Materials." Water Science and Technology 27, no. 1 (January 1, 1993): 159–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1993.0038.

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Dairy wastes are a source of nutrient pollution of surface and ground waters in high rainfall areas of south west Western Australia. Many of the state's 546 dairies are sited over soils that are either sandy, leading to pollution of ground waters, or clayey, causing reductions in surface water quality. Awareness of the environmental implications of their activities is motivating dairy farmers to join Land Conservation District Committees, where water quality improvement is a primary goal. A low cost treatment system has been designed to reduce the water pollution potential of dairy waste. It i

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Lynam, Tim, John Drewry, Will Higham, and Carl Mitchell. "Adaptive modelling for adaptive water quality management in the Great Barrier Reef region, Australia." Environmental Modelling & Software 25, no. 11 (November 2010): 1291–301. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.envsoft.2009.09.013.

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Bohnet, Iris C., and Clarence Kinjun. "Community uses and values of water informing water quality improvement planning: a study from the Great Barrier Reef region, Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 60, no. 11 (2009): 1176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf08329.

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Community participation has gained widespread recognition in water management and planning for its potential to inform management plans and gain community support for actions that are aligned with the community’s water values. However, the practical application of community participation remains challenging as there is no consensus on who should be involved and why. During a participatory research project to inform the Tully Water Quality Improvement Plan (WQIP), the local community was involved in qualitative interviews and workshops to identify the water uses and values in the Tully basin. T

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Paterson, John. "Water Management and Recreational Values; Some Cases in Victoria, Australia." Water Science and Technology 21, no. 2 (February 1, 1989): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1989.0021.

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The growing recognition of recreational and amenity demands on water systems introduces a multitude of issues, many of them complex, to the established tasks of water quality management and water management generally. Victorian case studies are presented. They (1) illustrate the range and diversity of situations that can arise in managing competition and enhancing compatibility between traditional water supply objectives and recreational demands. (2) Fluctuation of storage levels, essential to storage operations, detract from recreational value. Recreational and tourism demands upon Lake Hume

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Moss, A. J. "Water Quality in Residential Tidal Canals." Water Science and Technology 21, no. 2 (February 1, 1989): 53–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1989.0027.

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Monitoring of water quality in residential tidal canals in Queensland has been carried out since 1974. Some recent data from four separate canal systems and their source waters is presented. Source water quality was generally good and this high quality was maintained in surface waters throughout these systems. Stratification of the water column in poorly flushed canal branches led to periodic deterioration in bottom water quality but this never resulted in significant management problems. Based on the Queensland data and on data from other Australian and overseas canal systems, conclusions are

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Braune, M. J., and A. Wood. "Best management practices applied to urban runoff quantity and quality control." Water Science and Technology 39, no. 12 (June 1, 1999): 117–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1999.0537.

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South Africa currently has one of the highest rates of urbanisation in the world causing a significant increase in surface water runoff. This, in turn, causes increased flooding and a significant decrease in water quality due primarily to the accumulation of pollutants. The need exists to manage urban stormwater runoff on an integrated catchment basis, thereby reducing the negative impact of urbanisation on the environment and quality of life. In this paper, details on how existing problem areas can be identified and ranked, the use of Best Management Practices (BMPs) to reduce the impacts of

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Arthington, A. H., G. J. Miller, and P. M. Outridge. "Water Quality, Phosphorus Budgets and Management of Dune Lakes Used for Recreation in Queensland (Australia)." Water Science and Technology 21, no. 2 (February 1, 1989): 111–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1989.0036.

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The water quality and trophic status of two Queensland dune lakes are compared in the context of assessing the impacts of recreational use and other human activities. Lake Freshwater, Cooloola, has a mean total phosphorus concentration of 12.1 ± 3.3 µg l−1 and is approaching mesotrophic status, whereas Blue Lagoon, Moreton Island, is oligotrophic. Natural loadings of total phosphorus, ranging from 0.2 to 0.35 g m−2 yr−1, are consistent with the progression of Lake Freshwater from oligotrophic to mesotrophic status. The phosphorus loadings predicted by Vollenweider's (1976) one-compartment mode

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Abal, EG, and WC Dennison. "Seagrass depth range and water quality in southern Moreton Bay, Queensland, Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 47, no. 6 (1996): 763. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf9960763.

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Correlations between water quality parameters and seagrass depth penetration were developed for use as a biological indicator of integrated light availability and long-term trends in water quality. A year-long water quality monitoring programme in Moreton Bay was coupled with a series of seagrass depth transects. A strong gradient between the western (landward) and eastern (seaward) portions of Moreton Bay was observed in both water quality and seagrass depth range. Higher concentrations of chlorophyll a, total suspended solids, dissolved and total nutrients, and light attenuation coefficients

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Tsatsaros, Julie H., Iris C. Bohnet, Jon E. Brodie, and Peter Valentine. "Improving Water Quality in the Wet Tropics, Australia: A Conceptual Framework and Case Study." Water 12, no. 11 (November 10, 2020): 3148. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/w12113148.

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The Wet Tropics region of north Queensland contains the highest biological diversity in Australia, has outstanding environmental values, is economically important and located adjacent to the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). Increasing urban development and agricultural intensification in the Wet Tropics has raised serious water quality concerns. To successfully achieve water quality improvement outcomes, the integration of social and biophysical knowledge, in particular clarifying the roles and responsibilities of multiple stakeholders for knowledge integration, has been identified as a key issue and

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Kuruppu, Upeka, and Ataur Rahman. "Trends in water quality data in the Hawkesbury–Nepean River System, Australia." Journal of Water and Climate Change 6, no. 4 (May 7, 2015): 816–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wcc.2015.120.

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The Hawkesbury–Nepean River System (HNRS) is one of the most important inland river systems in Australia, which supplies over 90% of Sydney's potable water. In this paper, 25 water quality parameters from nine sampling stations in the HNRS covering a period of 12 years are used to examine the trends in the water quality data in the HNRS. It has been found that there is an overall increasing trend of turbidity, chlorophyll-a, alkalinity, total iron, total aluminium, total manganese and reactive silicate, indicating an overall water quality deterioration in the HNRS during the last decade. The p

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Abeysinghe, D. H., A. Shanableh, and B. Rigden. "Biofilters for water reuse in aquaculture." Water Science and Technology 34, no. 11 (December 1, 1996): 253–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1996.0287.

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Aquaculture is a rapidly expanding industry in Australia and around the world. The majority of aquaculture operations employ flow through systems whereby residual feed and metabolic products are discharged to a nearby water body. In many countries, the discharge of nutrients rich aquaculture waters has contributed to the degradation of water quality in receiving water bodies. Aquaculture's dependency on water resources ultimately makes water recycling an attractive waste management option. Submerged flow biofilters, utilising a filter media with specific surface area of approximately 141m2/m3,

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Bereskie, Ty, Ianis Delpla, Manuel J. Rodriguez, and Rehan Sadiq. "Drinking-water management in Canadian provinces and territories: a review and comparison of management approaches for ensuring safe drinking water." Water Policy 20, no. 3 (January 10, 2018): 565–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wp.2018.040.

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Abstract Drinking-water management systems (DWMSs) represent the primary means for preventative management of a drinking-water supply and are defined as a system of policies, procedures and administrative/behavioral controls designed to ensure safe drinking water from source to tap. With influence and inspiration ranging from safe food handling to industrial quality management, DWMSs can take, and have taken, many different forms throughout the world. This variability is especially true in Canada, a country with a decentralized governance structure, where provincial and territorial governments

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Dutra, Leo X. C., Nick Ellis, Pascal Perez, Cathy M. Dichmont, William de la Mare, and Fabio Boschetti. "Drivers influencing adaptive management: a retrospective evaluation of water quality decisions in South East Queensland (Australia)." AMBIO 43, no. 8 (June 28, 2014): 1069–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13280-014-0537-4.

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Jayasuriya, L. N. N., N. Kadurupokune, M. Othman, and K. Jesse. "Contributing to the sustainable use of stormwater: the role of pervious pavements." Water Science and Technology 56, no. 12 (December 1, 2007): 69–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.2007.753.

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The city of Melbourne, Australia is experiencing a water crisis with potable water storage reservoirs at an all time low. With increasing urbanisation there is an ever increasing need to research and explore sustainable water management initiatives. There is potential to minimise the negative impacts of stormwater runoff and augment dwindling supplies of potable water through adoption of pervious paving technology. The traditional approach to stormwater management has focused on constructing drainage networks to carry stormwater away from developed areas as quickly as possible to avoid the ris

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Anderson, W. K., M. A. Hamza, D. L. Sharma, M. F. D'Antuono, F. C. Hoyle, N. Hill, B. J. Shackley, M. Amjad, and C. Zaicou-Kunesch. "The role of management in yield improvement of the wheat crop—a review with special emphasis on Western Australia." Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 56, no. 11 (2005): 1137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ar05077.

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Modern bread wheat (Triticum aestivum) has been well adapted for survival and production in water-limited environments since it was first domesticated in the Mediterranean basin at least 8000 years ago. Adaptation to various environments has been assisted through selection and cross-breeding for traits that contribute to high and stable yield since that time. Improvements in crop management aimed at improving yield and grain quality probably developed more slowly but the rate of change has accelerated in recent decades. Many studies have shown that the contribution to increased yield from impr

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Dunin, F. X., C. J. Smith, and O. T. Denmead. "Hydrological change: reaping prosperity and pain in Australia." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 11, no. 1 (January 17, 2007): 77–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-11-77-2007.

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Abstract. The adage: “There is no such thing as a free lunch”, is relevant to land-use hydrology in Australia. Changes in land use to achieve greater productivity of food and fibre may have an adverse effect on the water balance and hence on the natural resource capital of a catchment. An altered regime of catchment outflow accompanies those land-use changes which, together with land degradation, impairs available water resources in quantity and quality and threatens enterprise sustainability, notwithstanding the initial improvement in productivity. Central to any hydrological change is an alt

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Crampton, Andrea, and Angela T. Ragusa. "Perceived agricultural runoff impact on drinking water." Journal of Water and Health 12, no. 3 (March 25, 2014): 484–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wh.2014.212.

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Agricultural runoff into surface water is a problem in Australia, as it is in arguably all agriculturally active countries. While farm practices and resource management measures are employed to reduce downstream effects, they are often either technically insufficient or practically unsustainable. Therefore, consumers may still be exposed to agrichemicals whenever they turn on the tap. For rural residents surrounded by agriculture, the link between agriculture and water quality is easy to make and thus informed decisions about water consumption are possible. Urban residents, however, are remove

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Richards, R. A., J. R. Hunt, J. A. Kirkegaard, and J. B. Passioura. "Yield improvement and adaptation of wheat to water-limited environments in Australia—a case study." Crop and Pasture Science 65, no. 7 (2014): 676. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/cp13426.

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The improvement in grain yield of wheat throughout Australia through both breeding and management has been impressive. Averaged across all farms, there has been an approximate doubling of yield per unit area since ~1940. This has occurred across a broad range of environments with different rainfall patterns. Interestingly, the gain in the driest years (9 kg ha–1 year–1 or 0.81% year–1) has been proportionally greater than in the most favourable years (13.2 kg ha–1 year–1 or 0.61% per year) when expressed as yield relative to 2012. These data from all farms suggest that further yield progress i

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Howard, J. R., J. Lucas, J. Maitland, P. Tarrant, and T. Watson. "WaterScope: an innovative water quality information management system." Water Supply 4, no. 5-6 (December 1, 2004): 409–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/ws.2004.0132.

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SA Water is a State owned organisation that owns and manages South Australia's water supplies, providing reliable drinking water to nearly 1.4 million South Australians. A major issue affecting SA Water's ability to manage water quality effectively has been the difficulty accessing water quality information which has been stored in separate, generally inaccessible databases with poor reporting and decision support capability. To improve SA Water's ability to make timely and effective decisions regarding water quality, an integrated business system has been developed which provides water manage

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