Transcript Asian Development Bank

Australia’s new integrated
modeling system for
better water resources management
eWater Road Show 21 Feb – Part 1 of 5
Professor Gary Jones
Chief Executive, eWater CRC
CRC = incorporated joint venture R&D partnership
GOVERNMENT
Victorian Catchment
Management
Authorities
Department of
Sustainability and
Environment
CORPORATE
RESEARCH
Why a new modelling system?
Current models struggling to handle 21C
complexity
Policy
Operations
Climate
Nationally consistent capability, integrating:
Cities, irrigation, hydroelectricity & environment
Conjunctive surface-water & ground-water use
Sub-catchment to Basin scales
Data rich and data poor settings
Planning and operational requirements
LAND USE
CLIMATE
ECOLOGICAL
ASSETS
.IMS
Integrated modelling system (IMS)
for rural and urban water management
DAMS &
WEIRS
IRRIGATION
CITIES
Customisable for different rural and urban water
management applications
Catchment & Rivers
Irrigation
Urban
Ecology
Utility models for specialists
www.toolkit.net.au
17,000 users across 122 countries
Value of
road-testing
with partners
GBR
Testing
SEQ
Training
Macintyre Brook
Community of practice
Namoi
River Murray
Nattai/Cattai
Mount Lofty Ranges
Murray icon sites
ACT
Goulburn-Broken
Yarra River
NEXT – The Tamar experience
Tony Weber, BMT WBM