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Environment Institute Science Seminar Series 2009 Adapting to a drier Australia: The challenges facing water resources Presented by:  Assoc. Prof. Justin Brookes
Acknowledgements Kane Aldridge Dan Rogers George Ganf David Paton
Overview ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The value is greater than the exploitable resource   ,[object Object],Pulp stored on stump RIVER FOREST
LAKES – The canaries in the landscape ,[object Object],[object Object]
What are our lakes/rivers and wetlands telling us ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
The realities of the current situation
[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth
A region at a cross-road… ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],5,000 – 15,000 1990’s 5,000 – 19,000 2000’s 23,000 – 36,000 1980’s 250,000 1960’s # small waders Years D. Paton, U. Adelaide Red-capped plover
 
Invertebrate Distributions MM NL SL
Southern most end
Links to food: Black Swan
Salinity tolerance
Salinity responses
CLLAMM ecology Salinity NORTH LAGOON 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 Scenario 1: ‘Do Nothing’ Scenario 2: Minimum Flow Scenario 3: Low Flow Scenario 4: Medium Flood Scenario 5: Large Flood SOUTH LAGOON 0 30 60 90 120 150 180 Scenario 1: ‘Do Nothing’ 1 Scenario 2: Minimum Flow Scenario 3: Low Flow Scenario 4: Medium Flood Scenario 5: Large Flood
Pumping options
The state of the Lower lakes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Lower Lakes
 
Ficopotamus
Acid sulfate soils
Tookayerta Creek Finniss River Currency Creek Point Sturt Pen 6 – Goolwa Channel Project Photo - March 2008 (minus 0.43 m AHD) (A) $11.5 m, 6 wks Laffin Point (F) $3.3 m, 8 wks (F) $2.14 m, 8 wks (C) $13 m, 12 wks (D) $15.5 m, 20 wks (G) $45m, 32 wks (E) $100m, 50 wks Stony Point Clayton Mud Islands Mundoo Is Hindmarsh Is Dunn Lagoon Goat Is Goose Is Rat Is
Pomanda Island Weir Plus 0.1 m AHD
Lake Albert Strategy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Lake Albert Keep it wet 400-900 ML per day Photos: Paul Harvey
A future scenario CLLAMM ecology
700km Bloom from Albury to Swan Hill Main River Channel
Swan Reach ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Brachionus
Propping up ecosystems Chowilla Horseshoe pre- and post-watering.  CHOWILLA FLOODPLAIN
Environmental watering ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
 
 
Regulator
Chowilla 5,655 ha inundated   6000 ML/day 10,000 ML/day +regulator mn Simulate 60,000 ML/day 9559 ha
The cost of mismanagement and drought ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
[object Object]
Setting a flow target and sustainable diversion limits ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
An unrealistic ask? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Historical Cotton 7% water – 0.1% GDP Rice 6% water – 0.02% GDP
Lakes as canaries in the landscapes ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Environment Institute Science Seminar Series 2009 Shifting species distributions under climate change Presented by:  Professor Miguel Araújo Director, BIOCHANGE Lab National Museum of Natural Sciences, Madrid,  Spain

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