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Section 1
- The Commission
- Water reform
- Funding programs
- Introduction to funding programs
- Raising National Water Standards
- Introduction to RNWS
- Water accounting
- Introduction to water accounting projects
- Water accounting project info sheets
- Introduction
- Western Australia state water information system
- Development of an ACT hydrological and salinity model
- Victorian state water register
- Developing national water accounting
- Resolution of knowledge gaps for irrigation metering and installation
- Murray-Darling basin sustainable yields project
- Improving in-field verification of non-urban water meter accuracy
- Acceleration of national measurement institute water meter standards program
- Emerging water markets
- Emerging water markets projects
- Emerging water markets info sheets
- Introduction
- Development of an adaptive environmental water register
- Utilities performance reporting – improve data collection systems
- Improvements in specs, registration, trading of entitlements
- Improved pricing to support better management, more efficient use
- Improving market confidence in water brokers
- Monitoring the impacts of water trade
- Water utilities performance reporting
- Developing price principles for recycled water, stormwater re-use
- New water entitlements
- Water planning and management
- Water planning and management projects
- Water planning and management info sheets
- Introduction
- Tiwi Islands Water Allocation Plan
- Western Australia State Water Information System
- Decision Support for Management of Use in Condamine-Balonne
- Indigenous water planning forum
- Methods to accurately assess water allocation impacts of plantations
- Aus Hydrological Modelling Initiative – catchment yield estimate tool
- Baseline review of activities that intercept surface and/or groundwater
- Water management and the electricity generation sector
- Strategy for improving environmental sustainability of water planning
- Water planning processes: lessons, gaps and adoption
- Guidelines, best practice docs - remote Indigenous communities
- National risk assessment - water services in remote Indigenous communities
- Australian hydrological modelling initiative: river system management tool
- Water planning practices and lessons learned
- Baseline assessment of water governance arrangements
- Driving water reform through knowledge and capacity building
- Knowledge and capacity building
- Knowledge and capacity building projects
- Knowledge and capacity building project info sheets
- Introduction
- National education partnership with Questacon: touring exhibition etc
- Stewardship Initiative – options paper, water stewardship forum
- Graduate course in water planning – a consortium approach
- National water sector skills project
- National water skills resource project
- Australian groundwater school review of teaching resources project
- National Water Commission fellowship programme
- Irrigation and other rural water
- Irrigation and other rural water projects
- Irrigation and other rural water project info sheets
- Introduction
- Dookie Farm: approach to doing more with less water
- Algorithm for Mapping ET for productivity and vegetation health
- Measuring use at catchment scale: great unknown in accounting
- Measure, monitor, report systems for regional management
- Improved irrigation efficiency cotton industry – grower-led approach
- Improve efficiency of on-farm storages in cotton industry
- Factors that potentially influence uptake of SMART metering
- Irrigation farm use and management: scoping for data collection
- Water-dependent ecosystems
- Water dependent ecosystems projects
- Water dependent ecosystems project info sheets
- Introduction
- Develop, implement framework for assessment of rivers, wetlands
- Develop framework for assessment of rivers, wetlands health - NA
- National coord of FARWH Trials
- Testing FARWH in NSW wetlands
- Hydro-ecological relationships - flow management and river rest
- Water-dependent ecosystems - Part 1
- Water-dependent ecosystems - Part 2
- Community of practice for environmental water managers
- Ecological outcomes of flow regimes
- Case studies of sustainable levels- groundwater dependant ecosystems
- Minimising environmental damage from wetland recovery from inland wetlands
- National water resource assessment using waterbirds
- Optimising environmental protocols - to benefit native fish populations
- Additional trials -national framework for assessment of river health
- Establishment of a surface water sustainability expert group
- Integrated urban water management
- Integrated urban water management projects
- Integrated urban water management projects info sheets
- Introduction
- Quantifying Water Savings from Smart Water Bills for Residential Customers
- The Australian Integrated Resource Planning Framework and Manual
- Green Plumbers
- National risk assessment, comms, management chemical hazards
- Water efficiency labelling and standards (WELS) scheme—Phase 2
- Development of an ecotoxicity toolbox to evaluate water quality for recycling
- Recycled water quality standards
- Potential of strata, community title to assist management
- Water efficiency plans for large and small enterprises
- Creating water smart gardens and gardeners across Australia
- Framework for management of recycled: methodology to assess
- Info pack-public awareness about recycled water for drinking
- Water sensitive cities – priority projects
- Guidelines for evaluating WSUD principles and practices
- Review institutional, regulatory arrangements, preparing guidelines
- Water recycling via managed aquifer recharge guidelines
- Urban resource planning and assessment project – Phase 1
- Groundwater
- Groundwater projects
- Groundwater project info sheets
- Introduction
- Strategic Assessment and Management of Priority Groundwater Systems
- National centre for groundwater research & training, as part of the National Groundwater Action Plan
- Knowledge and capacity building project for the National Groundwater Action Plan
- Interconnection of surface water and groundwater systems—river losses from disconnected streams -NSW
- Strategic assessment and management of priority/stressed groundwater catchments
- Water for Australia’s arid zone—identifying and assessing Australia’s palaeovalley groundwater resou
- Improving knowledge and understanding of groundwater resources using GIS-based 3D visualisation
- Sustainable management of coastal groundwater resources and opportunities for development—NSW
- Internet groundwater level monitoring
- Development of a 3D geological mapping and database interface to support interconnected groundwater
- Australian hydrological modelling initiative – groundwater surface water interaction tool
- Facilitating recycling of stormwater and reclaimed water via aquifers in Australia
- Allocating water and maintaining springs in the Great Artesian Basin – SA and NT
- Sustainable groundwater allocations in intake beds of Great Artesian Basin NSW
- Mapping potential surface water/groundwater connectivity across Australia
- Northern Rivers
- National assessment of water resources
- More about Raising National Water Standards
- Groundwater Action Plan
- Groundwater Action Plan
- National Groundwater Assessment Initiative
- Projects
- National Groundwater Action Plan projects
- National Groundwater Action Plan project info sheets
- Introduction
- Assessment of inter–aquifer leakage in the Great Artesian Basin
- Coal seam methane gas co-produced water – discussion paper
- Accounting groundwater dependent systems, surface water systems
- Quantifying surface/groundwater exchange-thermal, chemical
- Development of method to correct for hydrostatic pressure changes
- National standards on groundwater mapping, definitions and assessment
- ACT aquifer storage and recovery feasibility study
- Feasibility of implementing MAR schemes for agricultural purposes
- Preliminary feasibility assessment planning studies for MAR in urban cities
- National assessment of surface water/ groundwater connectivity
- Northern Territory coastal plain
- Improved understanding of stressed aquifers
- Potential local and cumulative impacts of mining on groundwater resources
- Deep Australian water resource information system (DAWRIS)
- Assessment of groundwater bore deterioration
- Media centre
- Introduction media centre
- Commission media material
- Introduction - commission media material
- 2008 - commission media material
- 2008 media releases
- Making the most of our rainwater and greywater
- Desalination and Australia’s long-term water security
- Busy year of progress in national water reform
- Further action required on water for the environment
- Looking to the future of urban water pricing
- Release of Australia's national water performance reports
- The way ahead for water planning in Australia
- Water industry agrees to plan of action to address skills shortage
- $30 million call for groundwater proposals
- Peak industry groups endorse National Water Initiative
- Major Water Interception Report Released
- 2007 - commission media material
- introduction 2007
- $30 Million investment in Groundwater Research and Training
- Water trading assists with drought survival
- National Water Week: looking to our future urban water supplies
- Peak water groups endorse national water reform agenda
- National Water Commission supports Victorian water trade register
- National Water Initiative Implementation Plan accredited
- Stakeholders put their views to the National Water Commission
- Advancing the management of Australia’s water resources
- National Water Commissioners meet in Broken Hill
- First National Performance Report for Urban Water Utilities Released
- National Water Initiative still the main game
- Cost analysis of rainwater tanks for households
- National Water Commission meets in Mildura
- Release of national water charging stocktake
- MDB reform advances the National Water Initiative
- No tax on rainwater tanks
- 2006 - commission media material
- 2006 media releases
- Peak groups identify common goals for water reform
- Water allocation decisions in NSW
- A national water initiative for everyone - exploring the social dimensions of reform
- New report highlights need for national water reform
- Interstate water trading in the southern Murray Darling moves a step closer
- National outlook highlights impact on water resources
- Commission's first full year of operation captured in Annual Report
- Commission considers round 2 Water Smart Australia projects
- National Water Initiative implementation plans released
- New water sharing data arrangements on the way
- National Water Commission to visit Darwin for the first time
- COAG Focuses on Water Reform
- Release of Western Australia’s National Competition Policy water assessment
- Agreement on national water recycling guidelines welcomed by Commission
- Commission meets in Western Australia
- Release of National Competition Policy water assessment
- Commission welcomes Western Australia to National Water Initiative
- Commission visits Goondiwindi
- Call for Water Smart Australia and irrigation proposals
- Water forum to map out national water reform priorities
- Irrigation a focus for Water Smart Australia in 2006
- 2005 - commission media material
- 2005 media releases
- Water trading vital to national water reform
- Water Week – promoting better water management
- Commission welcomes industry views on national water issues
- Commission focuses on assessing water resources
- Commission builds momentum on water measuring and management
- Commission welcomes Tasmania to the National Water Initiative
- Commissioners view water management issues in South Australia
- Guidelines released for Water Smart Australia program
- Inaugural meeting of National Water Commission
- Ministerial media material
- Speeches & presentations
- Introduction - speeches and presentations
- 2008 - speeches and presentations
- Recent speeches & presentations
- Water as a policy challenge for federalism
- Implications of climate change for water management in Australia
- Can scientific knowledge help deliver sustainable environmental allocations?
- Australia’s Water Management - 9 July 2008
- Progress in the National Water Initiative - 6 March 2008
- Adaptations to climate change, the Victoria we imagine in 50 years time - 8 May 2008
- Australian water recycling today, the big issues - 27 May 2008
- 2007 - speeches and presentations
- Water infrastructure: a national challenge - 12 December 2007
- Social dimensions of the National Water Initiative water reforms - 20 Nov 2007
- Why water metering, measurement and water accounting is so important - 16 Nov 2007
- Hydrological consequences of climate change - 15 Nov 2007
- Water in Australia: why so governments-dominated? - 21 Sep 2007
- The National Water Initiative and irrigation - 6 Sep 2007
- Water reform and climate change - 4 Sep 2007
- The National Water Initiative vision for environmental water managers - 4 Sep 2007
- Driving innovation, 29 Aug 2007
- Water reform in China and Australia - 7 Aug 2007
- Water reform and the mining industry - 16 Aug 2007
- Supply, Demand Challenges: Addressing Overallocation of Entitlements
- 2006 - speeches and presentations
- Publications
- Introduction to publications
- Waterlines
- Introduction - Waterlines
- Waterlines publications
- Introduction - Waterlines publications
- Installation requirements for rainwater, greywater systems in Aust
- Emerging trends in desalination: A review
- Subsurface groundwater-dependent ecosystems
- Approaches to Urban Water Pricing
- Water allocation planning in Australia – current practices and lessons learned
- Approaches to, and challenges of, managing interception
- The need for improved water data and water data sharing
- Improving market confidence in water intermediaries
- Using recycled water for drinking
- The cost-effectiveness of rainwater tanks in urban Australia
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- 2008 issues - Distilled
- 2007 issues - Distilled
- Introduction - Distilled
- Edition 24 — November 2007
- Edition 23 — October 2007
- Release of the first Biennial Assessment of progress under the NWI
- Edition 22 — September 2007
- Edition 21 — August 2007
- Edition 20 — July 2007
- Edition 19 — June 2007
- Edition 18 — May 2007
- The release of AWR 2005 Level 2 report
- Edition 17 — April 2007
- Edition 16 — March 2007
- Edition 15 — February 2007
- Edition 14 — January 2007
- 2006 issues - Distilled
- 2005 issues - Distilled
- Corporate
- Introduction - Corporate publications
- Corporate publications
- Introduction - corporate publications
- 2007 - 2008 Annual Report
- 2006 - 2007 Annual Report
- 2005 - 2006 Annual Report
- 2004 - 2005 Annual Report
- Corporate Profile
- Acronyms list
- Statement of Strategic Intent 2007-09
- NWC Stakeholder Reference Group Communiqué 2008
- 2007 Stakeholder Forum report
- 2006 Stakeholder Forum report
- Science strategy for the National Water Commission
- Publications by topic
- Publications by topic
- Water reform
- Introduction
- Water reform publications
- Introduction
- National Water Initiative - First Biennial Assessment of progress in implementation
- Water reform and industry
- National Competition Policy
- 2005 National Competition Policy Assessment of Water Reform Progress
- 2005 National Competition Policy: follow up: Water trading arrangements in the southern MDB
- 2005 National Competition Policy: follow up of water reform progress: Water Planning in WA
- 2005 National Competition Policy: follow up of water reform progress: Water Planning in NSW
- The National Water Initiative – How does it affect me?
- Water reform in Australia
- Water management in Australia: a vision of a positive future
- Progress on the National Water Initiative: a report to the Council of Australian Governments
- Institutional arrangements in the Australian water sector: Information paper
- Groundwater
- Urban water
- Introduction
- Urban water publications
- Introduction
- Recycled water quality
- 2006-07: National Performance Report - Urban Water Utilities
- Recycled water fact sheet
- Desalinated water fact sheet
- Rainwater tanks and stormwater fact sheet
- The cost-effectiveness of rainwater tanks in urban Australia
- Institutional and regulatory models for integrated urban water cycle management
- Stocktake of approaches to charging for water storage and delivery in the urban water sector
- Review of water restrictions in Australia - Terms of reference
- Rural water
- Water planning
- Water for the environment
- Water availability & use
- Water markets
- Water pricing
- Introduction
- Water pricing publications
- Introduction
- Water charging stocktakes
- Executive summary of water charging stocktakes
- Stocktake of approaches to charging for water storage and delivery in the urban water sector
- Stocktake of approaches to charging for water storage and delivery in the rural water sector
- Stocktake of approaches to cost recovery for water planning and management in Australia
- Pricing and personal information disclosure consultancy project
- Search publications
- Separator
- Groundwater
- Urban water
- Water for the environment
- Water availability & use
- Water markets
- Water pricing
- Introduction Water pricing
- Water pricing and water reform
- Pricing policies
- Water utility performance
- Water utility performance introduction
- Urban performance
- Urban performance introduction
- 2007-08 Urban water performance report indicators and definitions handbook
- 2006-07: National Performance Report - Urban Water Utilities
- 2006-07: Urban Water Utilities - key findings
- 2006-07: Urban performance reporting indicators and definitions
- 2006-07: Urban performance reporting indicators and definitions (WSAA members)
- 2005-06: National Performance Report - Urban Water Utilities
- 2005-06: Major Urban Water Utilities - key findings
- 2005-06: Non-major Urban Water Utilities - key findings
- 2005-06: Urban performance reporting indicators and definitions
- 2005-06: Urban performance reporting indicators and defintions (WSAA members)
- Rural performance
- Price regulation
- More about water pricing