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Government action
- Water Matters - Issue 1 - November 2008
- The Australian Government's plan for water - 2008
- Council of Australian Governments' Water Reform Framework - 1994
- Development of the Technical Manual for Assessing Hotspots in Channel and Piped Irrigation Systems - project report - 2008
- Draft Guidelines for Managing Externalities - restoring the balance - 2000
- Draft National Water Policy Agenda - 2000
- Integrated Water Resource Management in Australia - 2004
- Irrigation Hotspots Project - 2008
- Managing Australia's Water Resources - 2006
- National Rainwater and Greywater Initiative - 2008
- National Water Initiative Water Trading Study Final Report - 2006
- Technical manual for assessing hotspots in channel and piped irrigation systems - 2008
See also Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin (water entitlement purchasing)
Murray-Darling Basin
- Planned approach for Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin - Water Purchase Program: 2008-09 and beyond - 2008
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority - Transition fact sheet - 2008
- An economic survey of irrigation farms in the Murray-Darling Basin - 2008
- Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder fact sheet - 2008
- Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder Frequently Asked Questions - 2008
- Eastern Mount Lofty Ranges (South Australia)
- CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields reports
- Murray-Darling Basin dry inflow contingency planning February 2008
- Contingency planning in the Murray-Darling Basin - Fact sheet - 21 December 2007
- Murray-Darling Basin dry inflow contingency planning September 2007
- Murray-Darling Basin dry inflow contingency planning: Update on water availability - June 2007
- Murray-Darling Basin dry inflow contingency planning May 2007
- Distribution, spread, ecological impacts and potential control of carp in the upper Murray River - 2007
- Murray-Darling Basin dry inflow contingency planning April 2007
- Murray-Darling Basin map - 2007
- Status of Murray Cod in the Murray-Darling Basin - 2001
- Summit on the Southern Murray-Darling Basin 7 November 2006
- Restoring the Balance in the Murray-Darling Basin Program
Water for the environment
- Australian natural resources data library
- Australian rivers and catchment condition (formerly wild rivers) database
- Freshwater related environmental management principles and guidelines - 2000
- International Year of Freshwater - 2003
- Australian Government Envirofund - helping Australians through the drought - 2003
- Freshwater: action on the Ground - 2002
- Freshwater Australia poster - 2003
- Incentive measures for conserving freshwater ecosystems - 2002
- International Year of Freshwater - 2003
- Managing Australia's Freshwater Resources - 2003
- Message from the Director-General of UNESCO on the occasion of the launch of the International Year of Freshwater (2003) - 2002
- Message from the Secretary-General of the United Nations for the International Year of Freshwater (2003) - 2003
- Urban Water Use - 2003
- Water: a matter of life and death - 2002
- WaterYear 2003: international year aims to galvanize action on critical water problems - 2002
- Natural resources atlas
- Protecting Australia's rivers, wetlands and estuaries of high conservation value - 2005
Environmental water management
- Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder 2008-09 Business Plan - 2008
- Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder fact sheet - 2008
- Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder Frequently Asked Questions - 2008
- Market-based opportunities to improve environmental flows: a scoping paper - 2000
Aquatic ecosystems
- High Conservation Value Aquatic Ecosystems project - identifying, categorising and managing HCVAE - 2007
- Incentive measures for conserving freshwater ecosystems
- National principles for the provision of water for ecosystems - 1996
Estuaries
- A Physical Classification of Australian Estuaries
- Assessing the Ecological Health of Estuaries in Australia
- Estuarine Eutrophication Models
- Estuarine Health Assessment Using Benthic Macrofauna
- Protecting Australia's rivers, wetlands and estuaries of high conservation value - 2005
- SEEM (Simple Estuarine Eutrophication Models) User's Manual
- Simple Estuarine Response Model
- Environmental Water Requirements to Maintain Estuarine Processes - 2002
Groundwater
- Allocation and use of Groundwater - 1996
- Assessment of Groundwater Resources in the Broken Hill Region - 2008
- Associated off-farm economic values of saving water and restoring pressure in the Great Artesian Basin - 2008
- A Social Profile of the Great Artesian Basin - 2005
- Case Examples of Managing Overallocated Groundwater Systems - 2002
- Definition and approach to sustainable groundwater yield - 2004
- Farm costs, benefits and risks from bore capping and piping in the GAB
- Great Artesian Basin map - 2007
- Groundwater Quality Protection - 2002
- Groundwater Trading - 2002
- Impacts of land use change on groundwater resources - 2004
- Improved management and protection of groundwater dependent ecosystems - 2004
- Integrated groundwater - surface water management - 2004
- Knowledge gaps for groundwater reforms - 2004
- Landholder contributions to the GABSI - 2003
- Managing Overallocated Groundwater Systems - 2002
- Reporting jurisdictional progress on groundwater reforms - 2000
- Reporting jurisdictional progress on groundwater reforms: second report - 2001
- Review of the Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative - 2003
- Water in a Dry Land - Issues and Challenges for Australia's Key Resource - 2000
- Water level response management as a micro-management tool - 2004
Rivers and basins
- National river health program: river health assessment toolbox
- A Guide to Diatoms as Indicators of Urban Stream Health
- A Review of the Conservation Status of Selected Australian Non-Marine Invertebrates - CD only (order printed copy) - 2003
- A Physical Classification of Australian Estuaries
- An Evaluation of the Use of AusRivAS Models for Urban Stream Assessment
- An overview of the conservation of Non-marine Invertebrates in Australia
- Assemblages of plants and invertebrate animals of tumulus (organic mound) springs of the Swan Coastal Plain
- Assessing the Ecological Health of Estuaries in Australia
- AusRivAS Protocol Development and Testing - 2002
- AusRivAS Training and Accreditation - Course Outline, Structure and Content - 2002
- Australian River Assessment System: AusRivAS Errors Analysis (Phase I Final Report) - 2002
- Australian River Assessment System: AusRivAS Errors Analysis - The Sensitivity of AusRivAS to Variations of Input Values, Low Natural Diversity, and Temporal Variation (Phase 2 Final Report)- 2003
- Australian River Assessment System: Improving AusRivAS Analytical Methods - ANNA Phase II - 2003
- Australian River Assessment System: Improving AusRivAS Analytical Methods - DDRMA and E-Ball (Phase I) - 2002
- Australian River Assessment System: Interpretation of the Outputs from AusRivAS (Milestone Report) - 2002
- Basic Decision Support System for Management of Urban Streams
- Basic Decision Support System for Management of Urban Streams Let's Fix Urban Streams
- Basic Decision Support System for Management for Management of Urban Streams, Report C - Pilot Studies in Brisbane
- Basic Decision Support System for Management of Urban Streams Software Manual
- Diatom Prediction and Classification System for Urban Streams
- Estuarine Eutrophication Models
- Estuarine Health Assessment Using Benthic Macrofauna
- Incentive Measures for Conserving Freshwater Ecosystems - 2002
- Integrated Water Resource Management in Australia: Case Studies - 2004
- Measuring the Health of our Rivers - 1996
- Monitoring of benthic invertebrates in Macquarie Harbour, Western Tasmania - 1996
- National River Health Program - The Urban Sub-Program
- Research Reports: Outcomes of the NRHP Urban Sub-Program
- Sediment Chemistry - Macroinvertebrate Fauna Relationships in Urban Streams
- SEEM (Simple Estuarine Eutrophication Models) User's Manual
- Simple Estuarine Response Model
- Toxicity assessment of waters from Macquarie Harbour, Western Tasmania, using algae, invertebrates and fish - 1996
- National river health program: river health bioassessment reports
- AusRivAS Physical Assessment Protocol - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: Assessment of the Ecological Condition of Freshwater Streams in the Darwin Region - 2004
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: Australian Capital Territory Bioassessment Report - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: NSW Bioassessment Report - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: Northern Territory Status Report and Commentary - 2001
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: NT Bioassessment Report - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: Tasmanian Bioassessment Report (TAS Final Report) - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: Victorian Bioassessment Report (Final Report) - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: Western Australian Bioassessment Report (WA Final Report) - 2002
- Development of AusRivAS Models for New South Wales - 2002
- Internal Quality Assurance and Quality Control for AusRivAS in New South Wales - 2002
- River Health in the New South Wales Lower North Coast, Hunter and Central Coast Catchments - 2004
- River Health in South Australia - 2003
- Support and Completion of Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health Models (Phase I) - 2002
- Support and Completion of Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health Models (Phase II) - 2002
- National river health program: river health monitoring data repository
- Australian River Assessment System: National guidelines for coding AusRivAS sites using unique identifiers - 2004
- Australian River Assessment System: National Guidelines for AusRivAS Metadata - 2004
- Australian River Assessment System: National Guidelines for Mapping AusRivAS Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Scores - 2004
- National river health program: river health monitoring protocols
- An Examination of an Aquatic Ecoregion Protocol for Australia - 1997
- Australian River Assessment System: Review of Physical River Assessment Methods - A Biological Perspective - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: Australian Capital Territory AusRivAS Sampling and Processing Manual - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: NSW AusRivAS Sampling and Processing Manual - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: NT AusRivAS Sampling and Processing Manual - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: Queensland AusRivAS Sampling and Processing Manual - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: SA AusRivAS Sampling and Processing Manual - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: Tasmanian AusRivAS Sampling and Processing Manual - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: VIC AusRivAS Sampling and Processing Manual - 2002
- Australia-Wide Assessment of River Health: WA AusRivAS Sampling and Processing Manual - 2002
- National River Health Program: AusRivAS Quality Assurance and Quality Control Project - 2004
- Australian River Assessment System: AusRivAS Physical and Chemical Assessment Module - 2002
- National River Processes and Management Program - Monitoring River Health Initiative: River Health Bioassessment Manual - 1994
- SIGNAL 2.iv - A Scoring System for Macroinvertebrates ('Water Bugs') in Australian Rivers - 2003
- National river health program: environmental flows initiative technical reports
- Assessment of the Impact of Private Dams on Seasonal Stream flows - Final Report - 2002
- Australian River Assessment System: AusRivAS Protocols Development and Testing Report (Final Report) - 2002
- Environmental Water Requirements to Maintain Wetlands of National and International Importance - 2001
- Environmental Water Requirements of Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems - 2001
- Environmental Water Requirements to Maintain Estuarine Processes - 2002
- Environmental Flows on the Paroo and Warrego Rivers - 2003
- Environmental Flows Initiative - Summary of Projects
- Environmental Water Requirements of Vallisneria nana in the Daly River, Northern Territory - 2003
- Evaluation of the National River Health Program (1996)
- Importance of Flood Flows to the Productivity of Dryland Rivers and Their Floodplains - 2003
- Modelling Dry Season Flows and Predicting the Impact of Water Extraction on a Flagship Species - 2003
- National AusRivAS Aquatic Macroinvertebrate Training and Accreditation Register - 2003
- Periphyton and Phytoplankton Response to Reduced Dry Season Flows in the Daly River - 2003
- Productivity and Water Flow Regulation in the Ord River of North-Western Australia - 2003
- Snowy River Benchmarking and Environmental Flow Response Monitoring Project - 2003
- Tree Water Use and Sources of Transpired Water in Riparian Vegetation Along the Daly River, Northern Territory - 2003
- Protecting Australia's rivers, wetlands and estuaries of high conservation value - 2005
Wetlands
Videos and interactive tools
- Exploring our wetlands - 2006
Databases
- Australian Wetlands Database - 2001
Brochures, factsheets and case studies
- A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia (factsheet) - 2006
- Australia's Ramsar sites
- Subterranean wetlands - 2004
- Wetlands: let's get wise - 2001
- Renaissance on Lanark (birds on farms case study) - March 1999 (order printed copy)
Posters, postcards, stickers, kits and fridge magnets (limit of 6 posters, available within Australia only)
- Australia's wetlands - unique and diverse Magnets - 2008 (order printed copy)
- Australia's wetlands - unique and diverse Stickers - 2008 (order printed copy)
- Discover the diversity and unique aspects of Australia's wetlands Bookmark - 2008 (order printed copy)
- Keep in touch with Australia's wetlands Postcard - 2008 (order printed copy)
- World Wetlands Day Postcard 2006- 2006
- World Wetlands Day Postcard 2005- 2005
- World Wetlands Day Postcard 2004- 2004
- World Wetlands Day Postcard 2003 - 2003
- World Wetlands Day Postcard 2002 - 2002
- World Wetlands Day Poster2003 - 2003
- World Wetlands Day Poster2008 - 2008 (order printed copy)
- Wetland Management Assistance for Private Landholders - 2002
Newsletters, magazines and bulletins
- Wetlands Australia: National Wetlands Update, 2008 - Issue No 16 (order printed copy)
- Wetlands Australia: National Wetlands Update, 2007 - Issue No 15 (order printed copy)
- Wetlands Australia: National Wetlands Update, 2006 - Issue No 14
- Wetlands Australia: National Wetlands Update, 2005 - Issue No 13
- Wetlands Australia: National Wetlands Update, 2004 - Issue No 12
- Wetlands Australia: National Wetlands Update, 2003 - Issue No 11
- Wetlands Australia: National Wetlands Update, 2002 - Issue No 10
- Wetlands Australia: the National Wetlands Newsletter, November 1999 - Issue No 9
- Wetlands Australia: the National Wetlands Newsletter, January 1999 - Issue No 8
- Wetlands Australia: the National Wetlands Newsletter, December 1997 - Issue No 7
- Wetlands Australia: the National Wetlands Newsletter, July 1997 - Issue No 6
- Wetlands Australia: the National Wetlands Newsletter, January 1997 - Issue No 5
- Wetlands Australia: the National Wetlands Newsletter, September 1996 - Issue No 4
- Wetlands Australia: the National Wetlands Newsletter, March 1996 - Issue No 3
- Wetlands Australia: the National Wetlands Newsletter, November 1995 - Issue No 2
- Wetlands Australia: the National Wetlands Newsletter, March 1995 - Issue No 1
Books, reports, directories and series
- Ramsar: Conferences of Contracting Parties reports
- Ramsar National Report on the Implementation of the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands - to be submitted to the 10th Meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties, Republic of Korea, 28 October - 4 November 2008 - 2008
- National planning tool for the implementation of the ramsar convention on wetlands - Ninth Conference of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) - 2005
- Australia's National Report - Eighth Conference of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971) - April 2002 (CD containing Report and Companion Document)
- National Report for Australia - Seventh Meeting of the Conference of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention, Iran, 1971) - 1999
- National Report for Australia - Sixth Meeting of the Conference of Contracting Parties to the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention, Iran, 1971) - 1996
- A Directory of Important Wetlands in Australia: Third Edition - 2001
- Report and evaluation - World Wetlands Day 2005, Australia - 2005
- Report and evaluation: World Wetlands Day 2004, Australia - 2004
- Report and evaluation - World Wetlands Day 2003, Australia - 2003
- Monitoring Wetlands Health: Are National River Health Program Protocols Applicable? - 2001
- Program Performance Report of the Queensland Wetlands Program: 1 July 2006 - 31 December 2006
- Program Performance Report of the Queensland Wetlands Program: 1 July 2005 - 30 June 2006
- Protecting Australia's rivers, wetlands and estuaries of high conservation value - 2005
- Availability of wetland habitat for waterbirds in arid Australia - 2001
- Changing water regimes and wetland habitat on the Lower Murrumbidgee Floodplain of the Murrumbidgee River in Arid Australia - 2001
- Effect of flow on nutrients on wetland habitats: "Floodplain/Wetland Processes in the Lower Balonne system"
- How do Water Regime and Grazing Alter the Reproductive Capacity of Aquatic Plants? - 2000
- Identifying and Monitoring Change in Wetland Inundation and Vegetation Patterns, Alligator Rivers Region, Northern Territory - 2002
- Implications of Nutrient Enrichment on Managing Primary Productivity in Wetlands - 2000
- Modelling ecological responses to water regimes in arid zone wetlands - 1998
- Monitoring Wetlands Health: Are National River Health Program Protocols Applicable? - 2001
- Private and Social Values of Wetlands: An Overview - 2001
- Weed Management and the Biodiversiy and Ecological Processes of Tropical Wetlands - 2001
- Incentive Measures for Conserving Freshwater Ecosystems - 2002
Conference and workshop proceedings
Policy, legislation and conventions
- Australian environmental legislation and agreements
- Commonwealth Coastal Policy
- Convention on Biodiversity (1992)
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
- China-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (CAMBA)
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act
- Japan-Australia Migratory Bird Agreement (JAMBA)
- World Heritage Convention
Guidelines
- Criteria for identifying wetlands of international importance - 1996
- National guidelines for Ramsar wetlands - Implementing the Ramsar Convention in Australia
- Implementation of the National Framework and Guidance for describing the ecological character of Australia's Ramsar wetlands
- Mapping specifications for Australian Ramsar wetlands - Module 1 - 2008
- National framework and guidance for describing the ecological character of Australian Ramsar wetlands - Module 2 - 2008
Plans
Links
- Australian Society for Limnology
- Australian state and territory environment departments
- Hunter Wetlands Centre
- International government environment departments
- Mareeba Wetlands Savanna and Wetland Reserve
- National Centre for Tropical Wetland Research
- Ramsar Bureau (Ramsar Convention Secretariat)
- Ramsar list of wetlands of international importance
- Ramsar Strategic Plan 2003-2008
- Resolutions and recommendations from ramsar conferences of parties
- NSW Murray Wetlands Working Group
- Waterwatch Australia
- Wetland Care Australia
- Wetlands International
- Supervising Scientist Wetland Research Publications
Water for agriculture
- Public consultation on the draft Regulatory Impact Statement for the National Framework for Non-urban Water Metering - 2008
- An economic survey of irrigation farms in the Murray-Darling Basin - 2008
- Case Examples of Managing Overallocated Groundwater Systems - 2002
- Draft National Water Policy Agenda - 2000
- Farm costs, benefits and risks from bore capping and piping in the GAB
- Groundwater Quality Protection - 2002
- Groundwater Trading - 2002
- Improving non-urban water metering - Metering Expert Group - 2008
- Knowledge gaps for groundwater reforms - 2004
- Landholder contributions to the GABSI - 2003
- Managing Overallocated Groundwater Systems - 2002
- Metering Projects - Metering Expert Group - 2008
- National Audit of On-farm Irrigation Information Tools - 2007
- Review of the Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative - 2003
- Review the attitudes and perceptions of pastoral water users in the great artesian basin - 2003
- Stocktake of Australia's non-urban water metering systems - 2008
- Innovation in irrigation: 6 case studies from across Australia - 2007
- Innovation in irrigation: 6 case studies from across Australia - 2005
- Innovation in irrigation: 12 case studies from across Australia - 2004
Water for cities and homes
- Green Precincts Fund - fact sheet - 2008
- A discussion paper on the role of the private sector in the supply of water and wastewater services - 2006
- Advice on the impact of pollution on rainfall and the potential benefits of cloud seeding - 2002
- Australian guidelines for water recycling: managing health and environmental risks (phase1)
- Economic and technical assessment of desalination technologies in Australia - 2002
- Guidelines for developing recycled water schemes in horticulture
- Introduction to desalination technologies in Australia - 2002
- Introduction to Urban Stormwater Management in Australia- 2002
- National Guidelines for Residential Customers' Water Accounts
- National Snapshot of Current and Planned Water Recycling and Reuse Rates - 2008
- Research into access to recycled water and impediments to recycled water investment - 2005
- Securing Australia's Urban Water Supplies: Opportunities and Impediments
- Urban Water Use - 2003
- Wastewater and Stormwater Management - 1997
- Water efficiency guide: office and public buildings - 2006
- Water savings project final report - 2005
Water quality
National Water Quality Management Strategy
These guidelines have been released by the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council (NRMMC) and, in some cases, in collaboration with the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) and the Australian Health Ministers Conference. Hard copies of these guidelines can be ordered from the Australian Water Association
- Policies and process for water quality management
- Water quality benchmarks
- Groundwater management
- Diffuse and point sources
- Paper 9: Rural land uses and water quality - a community resource document - 2000
- Paper 10: Guidelines for urban stormwater management - 2000
- Guidelines for Sewerage Systems
- Paper 11: Guidelines for sewerage systems - effluent management - 1997
- Paper 12: Guidelines for sewerage systems - acceptance of trade waste (industrial waste) - 1994
- Paper 13: Guidelines for sewerage systems - sludge (biosolids) management - 2004
- Paper 14: Guidelines for sewerage systems - use of reclaimed water - 1999
- Paper 15: Guidelines for sewerage systems - sewerage system overflows - 2004
- Effluent Management
- Paper 16a: Effluent management guidelines for dairy sheds - 1999
- Paper 16b: Effluent management guidelines for dairy processing plants - 1999
- Paper 17: Effluent management guidelines for intensive piggeries - 1995
- Paper 18: Effluent management guidelines for aqueous wool scouring and carbonising - 1995
- Paper 19: Effluent management guidelines for tanning and related industries in Australia - 1995
- Paper 20: Effluent management guidelines for Australian wineries and distilleries - 1998
- Water recycling
- Paper 21: Australian guidelines for water recycling: managing health and environmental risks (Phase1) - 2006. Phase 1 covers the treatment of sewage effluent and greywater for non-drinking purposes.
- Paper 22a: Australian guidelines for water recycling: managing health and environmental risks (Phase 2): Augmentation of drinking water supplies - 2008. This guideline covers the treatment of sewage effluent and greywater for augmentation of drinking water supplies.
- Other reports
- Assessment of the Approach taken for the Adaption of the CSIRO Pesticide Impact Rating Index (PIRI) to Tasmanian Conditions - Final report - 2008
- Better Water Workshop Series – National Water Quality Management Strategy - 2008
- Random Audit of Historical Water Quality Monitoring Data and Associated Operational/Landscape and Climate Data - First report - 2007
- Random Audit of Historical Water Quality Monitoring Data and Associated Operational/Landscape and Climate Data - Second report - 2007
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