Reports and papers
Conference reports and papers
- Role of Irrigation in Urban Water Conservation: Opportunities and ChallengesProceedings of the National Workshop, 28-29 October 2004, Sydney - Edited by Basant Maheshwari (University of Western Sydney) and Geoff Connellan (Melbourne University)
- Water for Food and EcosystemsThe FAO / Netherlands International Conference on Water for Food and Ecosystems in early 2005 focused on the implementation of existing international commitments on sustainable water use in relation to food and ecosystems.
- IPCC Fourth Assessment Report: Climate Change 2007A report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change looking into the latest scientific information, the likely impacts of climate change, adaptation strategies and approaches to reducing atmospheric greenhouse gas concentrations.
Research publications
- Water Quality Research Australia - occasional papers and research reportsWQRA reports are intended to provide scientific information to the water industry, however there can be topics of interest for the general community including an analysis of the health risks associated with drinking water from rainwater tanks.
- CSIRO Land and Water PublicationsProvides links to a range of publications available from CSIRO Land and Water
- CSIRO Urban Water Access the abstracts of papers published by CSIRO Urban Water
Our Water Future: Securing Our Water Future Together
- Our Water Our Future:White PaperOur Water Our Future sets out 110 new initiatives for water conservation aimed at every sector of the community.
- Our Water Our Future:Progress Report (PDF 1.8Mb)On 20 October 2005, the Premier of Victoria Steve Bracks and the Minister for Water John Thwaites announced the release of a progress report on the Our Water Our Future program.
Draft Central Region Sustainable Water Strategy
- Get a copy of the draftThe Draft Central Region Sustainable Water Strategy is a plan to secure water supplies for homes, business, industry, agriculture and the environment for the next 50 years.
