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Connectivity Processes

• The hydrological cycle
• Connected Water Resources
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• Seepage Flux
• Baseflow component of stream flow
• Factors controlling connectivity
• Scale issues in connectivity
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Connectivity and water policy

• Conjunctive Water Management
• Guiding principles for conjunctive water management in Australia
• Policy Drivers
  • Water scarcity and demand
  • Climate variability and water availability
  • Impacts of groundwater extraction on surface water flow
  • Stream Salinisation
  • Environmental water needs and ecosystem health
• Connectivity and Australian national water policy
• Connectivity and Australian State/Territory water policy
  • Conjunctive water management and Western Australian water policy
  • Conjunctive water management and South Australian water policy
  • Conjunctive water management and Queensland water policy
  • Conjunctive water management and Tasmanian water policy
  • Conjunctive water management and Australian Capital Territory water policy
  • Conjunctive water management and Northern Territory water policy
  • Conjunctive water management and Victorian water policy
  • Conjunctive water management and New South Wales water policy
• Integrated Water Resource Management
• Connectivity and the International Perspective

A Framework for Conjunctive Water Management

• Adaptive Management Approach
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Identify Management Setting
  • Catchment Issues
    • Water Allocation
    • Efficient water storage and delivery
    • Salinity
    • Acidity
    • Nutrients
    • Contaminants
    • Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems
    • Riverine Ecosystems
    • Coastal and marine ecosystems
    • Flood Mitigation
    • Land subsidence
    • Managing variable water availability
  • Water Users
  • Resource Development
  • Existing Planning and Policy
• Investigate and Assess
  • Seepage Measurement Methods
    • Seepage Meter Design
    • Seepage Meter Operation
    • Automated Seepage Meters
  • Field Observations
  • Ecological Indicators
  • Hydrogeological Mapping
  • Geophysics and Remote Sensing
  • Analysis of Stream Hydrographs
    • Baseflow Separation
    • Frequency Analysis
    • Recession Analysis
  • Hydrometric Analysis
    • Water Level Measurement
    • Hydraulic Conductivity Measurement
    • Piezometers
    • Flow Net Analysis
  • Hydrochemistry
    • Field Water Quality Parameters
    • Major Ion Chemistry
    • Stable Isotopes
    • Radioactive Isotopes
    • Industrial Chemicals
  • Artificial Tracers
  • Temperature Studies
  • Water Budgets
  • Streamflow measurement
    • Volumetric Streamflow Method
    • Velocity Area Streamflow Method
    • Slope-Area Streamflow Method
    • Dilution Stream flow Gauging
    • Weirs
  • Basic Measurements
  • Comparison of Assessment Methods
  • Connectivity Assessment Strategy
  • Mapping connectivity
• Understanding and Predicting
  • Conceptual Models
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• Set Management Targets
• Develop and implement management options
  • Licensing and Allocation
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  • Land Use
  • Water Quality Options
• Monitor and review performance

Resources

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