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CRC PUBLICATIONS |
CRC for Catchment Hydrology Annual Report 2004-2005
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Other
This is a publication of the current CRC for Catchment Hydrology
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Publication Keywords:
Annual Report
Reporting
Overview
CRC
Catchment Hydrology
2004/2005
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Abstract / Summary:
The 2004-2005 Annual Report for the Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology covers our sixth and final year of activities in the current funding round for the Centre. As you will know, our successor is the eWater CRC, with its focus on enterprise, environment and education.
This past year has been an extraordinary period of delivery for our CRC as we completed key milestones and laid a solid foundation for eWater.
The Catchment Modelling Toolkit (www.toolkit.net.au) now boasts more than 20 products and we have over 4000 registered members. Of course producing many products does not guarantee their use, yet this year we have seen some excellent models making a difference on the ground.
In Queensland, the Development Project concept (aimed at applications of tools) has expanded significantly with fabulous support and commitment from our Parties in that State. In the Maroochy catchment we have seen changes in investment decisions resulting from modelling work undertaken as part of the Brisbane River Development Project. Also in Queensland, SedNet (designed to quantify sediment sources) is being used throughout the catchments of the Great Barrier Reef to assist with initial target setting. In Victoria, the modelling tools are influencing expenditure on recovery activities from the 2003 Alpine bushfires.
Increasingly, the problems to which our modelling tools are being applied require integrated assessment of many options or impacts. This year, we released our modelling platform for developing integrated catchment models known as E2. E2 is rapidly developing into a powerful tool for assessing the impacts of catchment management on a range of different outputs including water quantity and quality. It is structured to enable integration of outputs from other widely used models such as SedNet, 2CSalt (a model for assessing the effects of land-use change on stream salinity) and MUSIC (a model for assisting manage urban storm water), as well as interfacing with our River Analysis Package (RAP) and industry models used for water systems management such as IQQM (in NSW and Qld) and REALM (in Victoria).
Another key component of our education role is the Catchment Modelling Schools. This year we held two schools, one in Brisbane and the other in Sydney, with 576 workshop places taken up. These were an outstanding opportunity for professionals from around the country to network and learn about the new generation of tools designed to underpin improved catchment management. The Schools embody the CRCs mission to
deliver capability
. Other highlights are listed on pages 13 and 14 of the Annual Report.
I hope you find the Annual Report to be informative and useful record. In this final report we have summarised, in pages 8 to 12, our achievements over the period from the initial CRC beginning in 1992 to this our sixth year of the present CRC.
Rodger Grayson
Director
The annual report is available for downloading below.
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Centre Office:
CRC for Catchment Hydrology
Dept of Civil Engineering
Building 60
Monash University Vic 3800
Tel: +61 3 9905 2704
Fax: +61 3 9905 5033
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