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Debbie Woods: Assessing the capacity to deliver Environmental Floods from Victorian Dams
Supervisors
- Associate Professor Ian Rutherfurd The University of Melbourne
- Dr Michael Stewardson The University of Melbourne
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Personal background
- BEng (Environmental), Hons, RMIT University, 1998
- Environmental Engineer, Snowy Mountains Engineering Corporation,
Victoria
- CRC for Catchment Hydrology M.Sc., The University of Melbourne,
Victoria
Anticipated research outcomes/products
- Regional picture of how flooding regimes have changed
due to the presence of large dams in Victoria
- Greater understanding of the limitations facing resource
managers when planning environmental flood releases
- Knowledge on which dams in Victoria can make large releases
of water for the environment based on their current outlet
capacity
"Environmental floods are an integral component of an
environmental flow regime as they mimic natural flows that
maintain ecological and geomorphologic processes in floodplains
and wetlands. There are very few examples of environmental
floods being implemented throughout the world despite their
potential to mitigate many significant environmental impacts
of a dam. My research aims to address the barriers and limitations
that exist to implementing environmental floods in Victoria,
Australia, in order to provide realistic expectations of what
is involved in the process of planning an environmental flood
release. The hydrologic impact of dams on floods in Victoria
will be quantitatively assessed, along with the physical capacity
of Victorian dams to make large releases of water for the
environment."
Contact
d.woods1@pgrad.unimelb.edu.au |
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