In 2015, the United Nations is set to agree the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will guide investment and social policy for decades to come. This new book stresses the importance of water for achieving the proposed SDGs and …
Beyond Downscaling describes the challenges of including climate change in water management decision-making. After considering the pros and cons of current adaptation practices, the book concludes with a framework for an adaptation approach.
In Urban water futures 2014 the National Water Commission provides an updated overview of the urban water reform context and assesses the current performance of the urban water sector across Australia.
Australia’s water blueprint: national reform assessment 2014 is the fourth and final assessment of the 2004 National Water Initiative (NWI) undertaken by the National Water Commission.
The upper and mid reaches of Sydney’s iconic Parramatta River, which feeds Sydney Harbour, have become too polluted for swimming and other activities to continue. A new initiative aims to make the whole river swimmable again by 2025.
The Green Infrastructure (GI) approach refers to the natural or semi-natural systems that provide services for water resources management with equivalent or similar benefits to conventional built water infrastructure. This new guide addresses a general lack of awareness of GI …
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Using Sydney as a reference city, this new report depicts four plausible scenarios, exploring how a wide range of social, technological, economic, environmental and political trends could shape our urban water future.
The findings of new research indicate that if water utilities and water price regulators were to balance urban water supply and demand by deriving dynamically efficient volumetric prices for residential water then they might avoid premature investments such as the Sydney …
When to increase urban water supply? And at what price? Read more »
Greater Sydney Local Land Services is developing a Water Quality Improvement Plan for Sydney Harbour and its tributaries. Community feedback is being sought through three community forums to be held in early September.
The Australian River Restoration Centre (ARRC) and the Murray-Darling Wetlands Working Group have established the Riverspace website to create a space for people to share knowledge about rivers and wetlands. Become part of the community by featuring your projects on …
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