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Murray Darling Basin Plan: Striking the right balance – Slideshare now available

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Corri Baker

Download the podcast from Professor Barry Hart’s presentation at yesterday’s Water Wednesday event. This forum was jointly hosted by the Water Research Centre in conjunction with the Australian Water Association SA Branch and featured a presentation from Professor Barry Hart, an independent member of the Murray Darling Basin Authority, on the Draft Basin Plan which […]

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World Water Day – Tuesday 22 March

Posted on March 22, 2011 by Corri Baker

Today is World Water Day! This year’s theme is ‘Water for cities: Responding to the Urban Challenge‘. World Water Day is an initiative that grew from the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro. You can find out more about todays events or join the WWD 2011 social […]

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Angus Simpson awarded Premier’s Water Medal

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Corri Baker

At the South Australian Australian Water Association Awards held on November 19, Professor Angus Simpson was awarded the Premier’s Water Medal. This is a great accolade for Angus’ fantastic contribution to research , teaching and the Australian Water Industry. Director of the Water Research Centre Justin Brookes was at the awards, “The glowing account of […]

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Water Forum: Being Smarter with Less Water

Posted on October 7, 2010 by Corri Baker

The inaugural Adelaide Water Forum, a joint initiative of the Water Research Centre and SA Water, will be held on Monday 18 October, 9am-5pm, in the Attenborough Room, at The Sanctuary, Adelaide Zoo. The theme is ‘Being Smarter with Less Water’, looking at global perspectives of sustainable water management, current research and development, and opportunities […]

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Environment Institute Professors Honoured at the WIA Awards

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Corri Baker

Professors Angus Simpson and Graeme Dandy were honoured with the Chairman’s Award at the #WIA awards last week. The Water Industry Alliance awards held every year recognise leaders in the South Australian water industry. This year the Chairman’s Award went to Professor Angus Simpson and Professor Graeme Dandy from the Water Research Centre in recognition […]

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Key Murray-Darling water sites identified.

Posted on April 9, 2010 by Corri Baker

This week the Murray-Darling Basin Authority identified the key wetlands and ecosystems which will be made a priority for water. Identification of these key environmental assets in the Murray-Darling Basin forms part of a new basin-wide plan to manage sustainably the surface and groundwater resources in the basin. “The Authority would use the environmental water […]

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CLLAMMecology – Food webs in the Coorong

Posted on July 29, 2009 by Corri Baker

A/Professor Justin Brookes, Director of the Water Research Centre at the University of Adelaide presented a final report from a team who worked on Sustaining Food Webs within the Coorong at the final technical briefing of CLLAMMecology on 21 July 2009 . You can also watch a Slidecast video presentation Written by The Environment Institute, […]

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