Queensland's water planning process has two parts: (1) a Water Resource Plan which involves technical assessments, community consultation, and public review; and (2) a Resource Operations Plan which implements the WRP through monitoring, assessment and 10-year reviews. The WRP considers factors like hydrology, water use, climate change and environmental values.
This document provides an overview of the Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C) and their efforts to preserve the Bulimba Creek catchment in Brisbane, Australia. B4C is a non-profit environmental group formed in 1997 that works with local communities and organizations on issues like habitat protection, erosion, weeds, and water quality. They lead revegetation efforts, weed control programs, environmental education initiatives in schools, and work with various partners and sponsors. B4C aims to involve the local community and raise awareness of threats to the local environment like urban development, land clearing, and inappropriate land uses.
The document summarizes water usage in Australia. It states that total average annual water consumption is about 4,500 GL/a, with 67% of that used for agriculture. The largest agricultural use is for irrigation. The document also lists several acts related to water management in Queensland and outlines some key water conservation and research programs.
The document provides an overview of water planning in Queensland. It discusses (1) previous problems with incremental water management that did not consider basin-wide impacts, (2) the state's responsibility to manage water resources through plans and licenses, and (3) the current two-part water planning process involving water resource plans and resource operations plans developed through technical assessments, community consultation, and hydrological modeling to allocate water between human and environmental needs while allowing water trading.
Queensland's water planning process has two parts: (1) a Water Resource Plan which involves technical assessments, community consultation, and public review; and (2) a Resource Operations Plan which implements the WRP through monitoring, assessment and 10-year reviews. The WRP considers factors like hydrology, water use, climate change and environmental values.
This document provides an overview of the Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee (B4C) and their efforts to preserve the Bulimba Creek catchment in Brisbane, Australia. B4C is a non-profit environmental group formed in 1997 that works with local communities and organizations on issues like habitat protection, erosion, weeds, and water quality. They lead revegetation efforts, weed control programs, environmental education initiatives in schools, and work with various partners and sponsors. B4C aims to involve the local community and raise awareness of threats to the local environment like urban development, land clearing, and inappropriate land uses.
The document summarizes water usage in Australia. It states that total average annual water consumption is about 4,500 GL/a, with 67% of that used for agriculture. The largest agricultural use is for irrigation. The document also lists several acts related to water management in Queensland and outlines some key water conservation and research programs.
The document provides an overview of water planning in Queensland. It discusses (1) previous problems with incremental water management that did not consider basin-wide impacts, (2) the state's responsibility to manage water resources through plans and licenses, and (3) the current two-part water planning process involving water resource plans and resource operations plans developed through technical assessments, community consultation, and hydrological modeling to allocate water between human and environmental needs while allowing water trading.
The document discusses two methodologies for determining environmental flows: DRIFT and ELOHA. DRIFT is a rapid, scenario-based approach using an expert panel that focuses on alterations to flow volume. ELOHA is a more comprehensive, regional-scale approach that considers all ecologically relevant components of flow regimes. It classifies rivers and develops flow alteration-ecological response relationships specific to each river class. The document provides an example of using ELOHA to determine environmental flows for a new reservoir on a river like the Li Jiang by learning from rivers already altered.
This document discusses experiences from the Australia-China Centre on Water Resources Research's ACEDP Inland River Basin Project. There are natural and institutional similarities between water management in Australia and China that provide opportunities for comparative studies. The project aims to improve river basin management capacity by enforcing the science-policy interface through international collaboration, knowledge co-production, and jointly scoping projects. Expected outcomes include developing an approach for adaptive river basin governance and producing several co-authored journal publications.
This document discusses using existing hydrology and water quality data in river health assessments. It notes that existing data is low-cost, provides long-term records, and quality control. The document outlines how to incorporate existing data by locating river health sites near monitoring stations and summarizing historical records. It also describes converting hydrology and water quality data into indicator scores from 0 to 1 to assess river health.
Macroinvertebrates are widely used to assess stream health. Two broad approaches are multi-metric, which combines metrics describing invertebrate composition and tolerance, and multivariate, which uses statistical models to predict expected biota. Both approaches have been effective in Australia but more development is needed for desert regions. Proper implementation through staff training, accreditation, and quality control is important for consistent assessment results. River monitoring programs require long-term development and refinement.
The document summarizes environmental values (EVs), water quality objectives (WQOs), and aquatic ecosystem health reporting. It defines EVs as the qualities of water that support aquatic ecosystems and human uses. WQOs are measures of water quality indicators that protect EVs. The document provides diagrams showing reference site locations and environmental flow objectives, with the goal of minimizing deviation to prevent environmental degradation. It also includes a table explaining the ratings used to present averaged assessments in reports.
This document provides an overview of CSIRO (Australia's national science agency) and its Water for a Healthy Country Flagship program. CSIRO has over 6,500 staff across 55 locations conducting research in top fields. Its strategy includes delivering on national challenges through large, long-term research programs like the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship. This flagship aims to provide water management solutions to create $3 billion in economic benefits while protecting water ecosystems. It conducts integrated research on issues like climate impacts, water availability, flows, and environmental flows to help manage water resources under climate change.
The document describes an Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program that aims to:
1) Monitor the health of waterways to assess the effectiveness of environmental protection measures and meet regulatory requirements.
2) Use a staged approach to design and implement estuarine/marine, freshwater, and integrated programs.
3) Produce a Southeast Queensland Waterways Ecosystem Health Report Card that assigns grades of A-F to reflect the health of 18 catchments, 18 estuaries, and zones in Moreton Bay.
This document discusses river health assessment using hydrological indicators. It introduces applying such methods to the Taizi River basin in China. The objectives are to assess hydrological health in the river, develop a new hydrological stress index sensitive to local conditions, and test the new method. Key points covered include how hydrology responds to and drives ecology, choices in hydrological indicators, and analyzing hydrological data from stations on the Taizi River and its tributaries.
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This document discusses a project called "Paddock to Reef" that involves integrated monitoring, modelling, and reporting from agricultural lands to the Great Barrier Reef. The project monitors water quality at various scales, from individual paddocks up to the reef ecosystem scale, to understand the impacts of agricultural management on pollutant loads. Field instruments are used to collect data on soil, surface runoff, and deep drainage water quality from sugarcane and banana sites. The current wet season has provided good sampling opportunities for the project.
This document discusses the development of policy guidelines for wetland management in China. It provides background on China's wetlands, including types and areas. It outlines China's goals for wetland conservation by 2030. The project aims to develop guidelines on management planning, monitoring, constructing wetland parks, and wetland restoration. Achievements include draft guidelines, strengthening national coordination, and building partnerships and capacity. Recommendations include adopting ecological character descriptions, addressing local capacity gaps, and enhancing inter-agency cooperation.
Jennifer Martin gave a presentation on November 23, 2009 about aquatic ecosystems policy to the Aquatic Ecosystems Policy Section. The presentation covered policies relating to aquatic ecosystems and was given on behalf of Di Conrick from the Australian government's environment department website. The presentation addressed aquatic ecosystem policies.
This document discusses Australia's National Water Quality Management Strategy and its goals of protecting water resources while allowing for economic and social development. It outlines the strategy's key elements which include defining environmental values and water quality objectives, establishing water quality guidelines, developing monitoring programs, and taking management responses to achieve the objectives. The strategy takes a catchment-based approach and uses tools like predictive models and monitoring to assess progress towards the objectives.
The document discusses China's National River Health Monitoring and Restoration Program. It outlines challenges facing China's rivers, including water pollution, soil erosion, and floods. It then describes the national program to regularly assess river health, establish standards and methods, conduct monitoring, and produce biennial reports. The program aims to improve river water quality, hydrology, habitats, ecology, and functions. It will assess pilot rivers from 2010-2013 and establish a framework for defining and measuring healthy rivers.
The International WaterCentre (IWC) Master of Integrated Water Management program is designed to equip future water leaders with the knowledge and skills they need to create innovative, ‘whole-of-water-cycle’ solutions to local and global water challenges. The degree is co-badged and co-taught by IWC's four founding member universities: The University of Queensland, Griffith University, Monash University and The University of Western Australia.
The document discusses the importance of monitoring river health by selecting meaningful indicators. Key points include:
- River health depends on human values and can be assessed similarly to human health.
- Rivers face threats from pollution, loss of floodplains, and dams that block flows.
- Monitoring is important to protect environmental assets like biodiversity and drinking water.
- Effective monitoring requires clear objectives, indicators linked to threats, conceptual models, river classification, and reporting to guide management actions.
This document summarizes key issues and lessons from water resources planning and governance in highly contested river basins:
1. In heavily used river basins, it is no longer possible to allocate water to meet all demands. Water resources planning must shift to view water as integrated into the economy, not separate from it.
2. Social and cultural values must be understood and incorporated into the planning process, as people's values matter greatly in contested basins.
3. Environmental protection arguments require strong evidence when water development offers clear social and economic benefits, especially in developing countries. Good science and monitoring are needed.
4. Challenges of water, food, and energy security are intricately linked and must
This document discusses adaptive management frameworks for river health improvement and ecosystem monitoring programs. It focuses on the need for programs to be adaptive, engage stakeholders, and assess all components of complex ecological systems.
The document discusses the development of an Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program (EHMP) for streams and rivers in southeast Queensland, Australia. It outlines the process used to design a cost-effective monitoring program, including developing conceptual models, classifying waterways, pilot testing indicators, and a major field trial to evaluate the response of indicators to disturbance gradients. Key indicators were selected for the EHMP based on their ability to detect various types of disturbance and their association with catchment characteristics.
The Healthy Waterways Partnership works collaboratively across government, industry, research and community groups to manage water quality and catchments in South East Queensland through programs that protect waterways, manage sources of pollution, and restore habitats. Modelling and monitoring are used to identify priority areas for managing sediment, nutrients and other pollutants from urban, rural and natural sources to achieve water quality objectives for estuaries and coastal waters. Progress is tracked through report cards using ecosystem health and biological indicators to guide ongoing management strategies and investments.
This document discusses the development of a wireless sensor network system for environmental monitoring and management support. The key points are:
1) The system would be smart, distributed, low-cost, robust, adaptable, scalable, and eco-friendly to provide continuous data collection across ecological scales from satellite to ground sensors.
2) It represents a new platform that takes a multidisciplinary approach through phased R&D to evolve viable sensor network products that are broadly applicable beyond just the environments being monitored.
3) Initial transmission trials of the sensor network in sea environments showed promise while also demonstrating limitations of very low frequency communication that require further development of the system.
The document outlines a river health indicator monitoring program that measures indicators of river health at various sites. It lists the names and locations of sites that are monitored, including Luggage Pt STP, and shows the years that monitoring occurred at each site.
1. Water reform in Australia is led by the National Water Commission and National Water Initiative, which aim to establish a nationally compatible system for managing water resources.
2. Water management is primarily a state responsibility, but the federal government is involved in coordination, funding, and planning for transboundary systems like the Murray-Darling Basin.
3. Key elements of reform include clearer water entitlements, statutory water planning, increased water trading, consumption-based pricing, and ensuring environmental water needs are met.
This document discusses the level at which water take would compromise key environmental assets, ecosystem functions, productive base, and environmental outcomes for a water resource. It suggests monitoring water levels to ensure take does not exceed this level. Maintaining water levels protects the environment while allowing controlled water use.
The Water Group has four key objectives for stakeholder engagement: 1) enhance their understanding of stakeholder views on water issues; 2) increase stakeholder understanding of current water policies and programs and get their input in development of new policies; 3) respond to stakeholder concerns about water reform through policies and programs; and 4) improve stakeholder support for government water initiatives through greater understanding. They plan to achieve these objectives through community information sessions, stakeholder reference panels, regional contacts, consultations, and briefings.
This document summarizes a visit to the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts in Canberra on November 23, 2009. It lists the host, Christine Schweizer, and presentation details from Seung-Hoon Baek on community water input, Bruce Gray on water quality, and Ben Docker on the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder initiative. Contact information is provided for further information or questions.
This document discusses priorities for ensuring adequate water resources for the future, including enhancing hydrological modeling, establishing water metering standards, setting water research priorities, and developing a water compliance and enforcement framework. It focuses on actions needed across modeling, infrastructure, research, and regulation to manage water sustainably over the long run.
This document discusses adaptive management frameworks for complex socio-ecological systems. It focuses on three key areas: assessing system health, engaging stakeholders, and monitoring programs.
Paul McAntee of Brisbane City Council discusses transitioning Brisbane toward becoming a more water smart city. The document outlines Brisbane's journey from a water supply city to its current state and goals of a sustainable, healthy river and bay. It discusses key performance indicators and programs to improve water management, including creek rehabilitation, stormwater drainage projects, and a local waterway health assessment program.
1) The document discusses environmental flows and management scenarios for sustaining river ecosystems. It describes global declines in river health due to loss of flows and impacts of flow regime changes.
2) Two management scenarios are presented: determining environmental flows for a new reservoir, and prioritizing flows for multiple assets with limited water. Assessment methods ranging from rapid to comprehensive are discussed.
3) The ecological significance of natural flow regimes is explored, with flow identified as a master variable influencing physical/chemical characteristics and species distributions in rivers and floodplains.
The document discusses environmental flow methodologies for river ecosystem management. It provides a brief history of the development of various environmental flow methodologies from 1992 to the present. It then describes the DRIFT (Downstream Response to Imposed Flow Transformations) methodology in more detail. DRIFT is presented as a scenario-based approach that evaluates the biophysical, social, and economic consequences of changes to river flow regimes. The final sections provide examples of applying DRIFT to assess flow requirements for new dams as part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.
The document discusses the Healthy Waterways Report Card, which is used in South East Queensland, Australia as an effective tool for public-private partnerships. The report card synthesizes annual monitoring results into ratings for waterways from A to F. It is presented publicly and increases community awareness of waterway health. The report card also tracks the success of management actions in achieving environmental values.
The document provides an overview of a project to assess river health and environmental flows in China. It describes pilot studies conducted on the Gui River and Yellow River, including collecting biological samples to evaluate river health. The goal is to trial international approaches to assessment and consider applying the methods nationally to influence policies.
This document summarizes the key steps and findings of a river health assessment conducted in South East Queensland, Australia. The assessment aimed to develop a common vision for the long-term management of the region's waterways. Key steps included identifying objectives, indicators of ecosystem health, conceptual models linking drivers to impacts, river classification, testing indicators, and selecting benchmarks. The final program implemented 5 indicators and 16 indices to monitor 120 freshwater sites twice yearly and support management actions to address threats to ecosystem health.
7. Identify assets
Set objectives for each asset
Develop preferred e-flow rules
Outcomes and risks understood
Model e-flows and security of supply against targets
Presentation Heading
12. 大纲
1 . 项目简介
2. 环境流量评估
3. 河流健康评估
a. 珠江和辽河试点
b . 黄河试点
c . 水文
4. 主要发现和建议
13. Imp o rta nt s te p s 项目发展的重要步骤
1 Id e ntify the o b je c of the o f the 确定项目目标
Identify the objectives tive s programp ro g ra m 确定项目目标
2 Id e n tify s u itab le m e as u re (in d ic ato of o f d rive stressors and response
Identify suitable measures s(indicators)rs ) drivers, rs , s tre s s o rs an d
确认合适的驱使因素,压力源和反应的指标
re s p o n s e
3 确认合适的驱使因素,压力源和反应的指标 drivers to potentialn tial
D e ve lo p c o n c e p tu al m o d e linking g ran of
Develop conceptual models ls lin kinrangeg e o f d rive rs to p o te impacts
联系驱使因素和潜在影响开发概念模型
im p ac ts
4 联系驱使因素和潜在影响开发概念模型g e n o u s ‘rive r typ e s ’
River Classificationnto identify homogenous ‘river types’
Rive r C las s ific atio to id e n tify h o m o
河流分类从而确认相同的河流类型
河流分类从而确认相同的河流类型
5 Trial sampling program and drefinement n t o f in d ic ato rs 采样试验,完善
Trial s am p lin g p ro g ram an re fin e m e of indicators 采样试验,完善指
指标
标
6 Selection of fsuitablelebenchmarks forfo r e c o lo g ic al in d ic ato rs
S e le c tio n o s u itab b e n c h m arks ecological indicators
选取合适的生态指标的基准
选取合适的生态指标的基准
7 Reporting & Communication n 报告和交流
Re p o rtin g & C o m m u n ic atio 报告和交流
8 Implementtmanagement t ac tio n s to ad d re spriorityrity are as /th re ats
Im p le m e n m an ag e m e n actions to address s p rio areas/threats
执行管理行动,明确地区 / 威胁的优先顺序
执行管理行动,明确地区 / 威胁的优先顺序
16. O b je c tive s fra me wo rk ( fro m YRC C )
目标框架(来自水利部黄河水利委员会
“ The 4 No s ” 四不准
)
• N o e m b an km e n t b re ac h in g 水不漫堤
• N o rive r ru n n in g d ry 无河流干涸
• N o wate r p o llu tio n b e yo n d s tan d ard 无超出标准的水体污染
• N o rive r b e d ris in g fu rth e r 无河床上升
“He a lthy Ind ic a to rs o f the Ye llo w
Rive r” Hydrology 水文学
• F lo w c o n tin u ity 河流连续性
Geomorphology 地貌学
• C h an n e l c o n fig u ratio n fo r wate r an d s e d im e n t
tran s p o rtatio n 水和沉积物流动通道的容 Water q ua lity 水质
量 Ecology 生态
• Wate r q u ality s tan d ard 河水质量标准 Social-economic
• Rive r e c o s ys te m 河流生态系统 社会经济
• Wate r s u p p ly c ap ac ity 河水供应容量
22. 河流健康评估
1 . 采取基于目标的方法来进行评估很重要
Importance of objectives-based approach to assessment
2. 需要对指标进行测试来确定是否适宜于当地情况:对照干扰
和 / 或目标
Indicators need to be tested for local relevance: against disturbance and/or
objectives
3. 首先,要建立一致的数据采集方法
– 质量控制 / 质量保证很重要
In the first instance, establish consistent approach to data collection -
importance of quality control/quality assurance
4. 没有必要在所有的站点均使用同样的指标
It is not necessary to use the same indicators to compare across sites
23. 环境流量
1. 采取基于目标的方法很重要
Importance of objectives-based approach
2. 采取全面的评估方法的价值:与相关概念的科学发展保持一
致
Value of holistic method of assessment: consistent with concept of scientific
development
3. 将方法与当地情况相适应
Adapt the method to suit the situation
4. 认识到环境流量是水资源分配过程的核心
– 在进行水资源分配时,将相关信息纳入进来,再做出决策
Recognise that e-flows are central to the water allocation process
– Make informed decisions when allocating water allocation
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