Water Links

Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage & the Arts – homepage
Surface Water Resources and Murray – Darling Basin e-Resources 2005 (at MDBC Intranet) – facts about the Murray Darling Basin
Ministers concerned with WATER – (Australian Government) Homepages – as at 12th March 2009 . Also media release subscriptions can be found at the above site
Water Planning Tools for Australian Water and Catchment Management. Project Team – Griffith University, CSIRO, Sunshine Coast University and Charles Sturt University & Partnership -National Water Commission and Land & Water Australia. (Land & Water Australia is managing the project on behalf of the partners.)
The Global Money Market – Capitalising and Profiteering from Australia’s Water Resources:- at Causeway Asset Management in their words “There is a chronic supply/demand imbalance for Australian water which will result in higher water prices. Owning Australian Water Entitlements provides investors with direct exposure to water prices.” (SMH article “Australia’s water market is in demand” 4th September 2010)
List of Reservoirs and Dams in Australia at WIKIPEDIA .
The Australian National Committee on Large Dams Incorporated .
Australian Commonwealth Water Act 2007
Australian Bureau of Meteorology – Australian Water Regulations on line :- Links to Commonwealth Water Act 2007, Water Regulations 2008 and Bureau of Meteorology’s Water Information Role
Senator the Hon. Penny Wong, Minister for Climate Change and Water, $876,000 to help protect New South Wales groundwater quality MEDIA RELEASE 3rd March 2009
Bureau of Rural Sciences Home – Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries & Forestry – Integrated Water Sciences
MAPS – Protected Wetlands, Rivers & River Catchments - Australian Government National Water Commission – Australian Water Resources 2005
Geoscience Australia – South East Queensland Community Risk Report - Natural Hazards and the risks they pose to South-East Queensland – 2001 – including floods
Riskfrontiers.com :- data bases for quake, flood, cyclone, hail, bushfire and natural perils
ozcoasts.org.au – providing “comprehensive information about Australia’s coast, including its estuaries, coastal waterways and climate change impact“.
Australian Natural Resources Atlas (ANRA) – Natural Resource Topics – RIVERS & Assessment of River Condition -Queensland & New South Wales .

Ramsar Convention on Wetlands
Australian Government National Water Commission – 2005 – the BENCHMARK year
Australian Government (new site) National Water Commission
NRM Navigator SEARCH ENGINE “online tools and databases that make it easier for NRM professionals to find and share information”
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society - “Established in 1977, Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (SSCS) is an international non-profit, marine wildlife conservation organization. Our mission is to end the destruction of habitat and slaughter of wildlife in the world’s oceans in order to conserve and protect ecosystems and species ” Australian website and SHOP .
State of the environment reporting themes Coasts and oceans
State of the environment reporting themes Inland waters

Rivers – Assessment of river condition (ANRA) – Queensland
Commissioning the WATER GRID : SE QUEENSLAND : Fact sheets from the Qld government concerning the South East Queensland WATER GRID
LATEST DAM LEVELS SE QLD at Seqwater (over the past few years, the dam level information website pages have repeatedly changed location and identity – this LINK is current at the moment – 2010 onward – good luck in keeping up with the everchanging government approach to water management and information in SE QLD!
South East Queensland Water REFORM 2007 and on: – Urban Water supply Arrangements in SEQ & Key Elements of the Reforms
Land and Water – the Rights Interface (ISBN 92-5-105214-X
ISSN 1014-6679) at FAO Corporate document Repository
SEQ Water: water for life : DAM LEVELS South East Queensland
Department of Natural Resources and Water Queensland home page
Queensland Water Commission – homepage
Queensland WaterShed – Drainage Divisions & Stream Flow Sites – select a Qld Catchment
SEQ Catchments Regional NRM body – South East Queensland
Healthy Waterways South East Queensland – SE QLD Healthy Waterways Strategy 2007-2012
Ecosystem Healthy Monitoring Program – at Healthy Waterways SE QLD
South East Qld Water – Dam Levels and Information
Current Dam Levels – South East Queensland – Target 140 (Qld Water Commission)
SunWater – Regional Dam Levels in Queensland
Hinze Dam , Numinbah Valley Catchment – Nerang River
Catchment Management Groups Gold Coast, Qld, Australia – Gold Coast City Council : Coombabah, Loders Creek, Mudgeeraba, Pimpama, Springbrook, Tallebudgera, Coomera River, Nerang River.
Saving our Waterways – Brisbane City Council
Qld Coastal Conference : May 2009, Gold Coast
Qld Coastal Councils Forum : May 2009, Gold Coast
Sustainable South East Queensland – a SUSTAINABILITY PORTAL : Links to some Sustainability and Environmental Groups, particularly with a CATCHMENT emphasis, this site is maintained by the Queensland Institute of Technology’s Institute for Sustainable Resources

Rivers – Assessment of River Condition (ANRA) – New South Wales
New South Wales Natural Resource Atlas (CANRI) – Community Access to Natural Resource Information
NSW Department of Planning : COASTAL PROTECTION – Sea Level Rise Policy Statement – DRAFT – at NSW DECC – released until April 3rd 2009
NSW Statewide Catchment Lists NSW Water Quality & River Flow Objectives ( What is not on this website )
NSW Public Works – Manly Hydraulics Laboratory: Water levels, rainfall, water quality, coastal waters, currents, barometric pressure and winds- NSW coastal environmental data and programs
Northern Rivers – Catchment Management Authority
Brunswick River catchment map
Clarence River
Richmond River catchment map
Richmond River Table of Contents
Tweed River Table of Contents

Surfdancer TM – creative dance, surf & percussion by the sea
Bondi Tsunami – bonditsunami.com.au

NSW – What’s in the catchment and where does the water flow
Water For Life New Online Education Tool to Help Save Water – NSW Metropolitan/Urban Water Tools
Geoscience Australia - Onshore Energy and Minerals, Earth Monitoring, Natural Hazards, Geomagnetism, Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), Oil and Gas, Marine and Coastal, Geodesy and GPS, Satellite Imagery and Remote Sensing, Topographic Mapping, Education and Fab Facts, Library, Projects Index
BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) Hydrology Unit and BOM Hydrological Services Program CHANGES
Land and Water Australia Government “closure” – that is – it finishing as an entity 30th June 2009.
bayjournal.com.au – WATER Articles, news and information related to the Moreton Bay and Catchments’ Regions in SE Qld, Australia – and SE Qld WATER GRID articles and some interesting archives
“Improving Environmental Sustainability in Water Planning – Waterlines Report 20” – released by Australian Government National Water Commission (Publications) September 2009
Murray-Darling Basin Authority
A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia : Third Edition
Environment Australia, 2001 ISBN 0 642 54721 1 at Australian Government – Water for the Future publications
Australian Wetlands & Rivers at University of New South Wales
International Water Centre :- “Sharing knowledge in integrated water management” and the link to their publications page is HERE .

2 thoughts on “Water Links”

John M on February 5, 2010 at 6:12 pm said:

This is a great collection of water related links. Can I recommend you include the Water Planning Tools site also:

http://www.waterplanning.org.au

Thanks!
al on February 5, 2010 at 9:32 pm said:

Thanks heaps for the Australian Water Planning Tools website link. I added it onto a few of my pages, and now it is on the bluecray environment search engine also. Cheers, Alison P.

Bluecray.org

Environmental Advocacy

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