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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.

Arthington iwc e flows principles handout

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.

Arthington iwc e flows for delegation scenario 1 eloha handout

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.

Arthington iwc e flows for delegation scenario 1 drift handout (2)