Water Futures Australia
Water future australia.
Water futures australia. Research conducted through water future seeks to ensure a balance between the needs of humankind and nature through the protection of ecosystems and the services it provides. Rainfall surface run off lateral water flow soil moisture and drought metrics are. This project ran from 1 july 2016 until 30 june 2019. Northern australia water futures assessment department of agriculture.
These include climate change rainfall variability population growth economic. Refining australia s water futures. Robust projections of water futures are important to assess the impact and vulnerability of water and related systems and to plan and assess adaptation options to mitigate climate change risk. They have undertaken seminal water resource assessments for most of australia s high priority river basins.
Innovative research and knowledge synthesis. Csiro research scientist dr dong han seo has made groundbreaking discoveries that could solve the global problem of water scarcity and provide clean drinking water for millions of people around the world. Drought in recent years and recognition of potential impacts of climate change on water availability in southern australia led to renewed interest in the development of northern australia. What s australia s water security under future climate.
We provide support to water services providers in solving complex technical problems. Country nodes and regional hubs. Information about and analyses of future water availability are critical for water resources planning and investment decisions. A pure water future 05 jun 2018.
The water resources program was completed in 2009 with the release of the final reports from the northern australia sustainable yields nasy project. However consistent projections for a range of hydroclimate variables e g. Water security is threatened by a number of factors. Zheng et al future runoff projections for australia.
Compass navigating the water challenges of the 21st century. Water futures is based in australia with permanently staffed offices in sydney and the gold coast and a part time office in shanghai china. Hosted by griffith university s australian rivers institute in brisbane australia its sole mission is to support the quest for solutions to the world s water problems.