8.4 Water Issues

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Sub-systems of the Earth	Water in the maintenance of Australian environments	Water in weathering and soil production
Water resources	Water conservation	Ground water

Background Material

Water Chapter 5 - from the State of the Environment 2003, NSW Environmental Protection Authority
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/soe/soe2003/chapter5/

Water Chapter 5 - from the State of the Environment 2000, NSW Environmental Protection Authority
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/soe/soe2000/cw/

Backgrounder Water - from the State of the Environment 2000, NSW Environmental Protection Authority
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/soe/soe2000/bw/

Ensuring the Future - from Sydney Water - a number of resources (pdf format) designed for primary and secondary school, including a comprehensive unit for the Earth and Environmental Science Syllabus
http://www.sydneywater.com.au/EnsuringTheFuture/WaterSchool/

8.4 Water Issues - resources prepared by the UNSW Groundwater Centre for this topic, includes case studies
http://www.wrl.unsw.edu.au/groundwater/hscresources/waterissues.html

Water waste not Want Not - from Schoolsnet, Teachers Notes on Activities
http://www.schools.net.au/edu/water/teachernotes.html

CSIRO Land and Water
http://www.clw.csiro.au/

Water - from CSIRO
http://www.csiro.au/csiro/channel/ich2o.html

Virtual River - from California State University, Los Angeles
http://www.sciencecourseware.com/VirtualRiver

Hydrology - from Universities Council on Water Resources
http://www.ucowr.siu.edu/hydro/

Managing Water in NSW - from NSW Department of Natural Resources
http://www.dnr.nsw.gov.au/water/index.shtml

Map of Australia's River Basins -from Geoscience Australia. Registration (Free) required.
http://www.ga.gov.au/nmd/products/thematic/basins.htm

Understanding Water Resource Planning - from Natural Resources and Mines, Queensland
http://www.nrm.qld.gov.au/wrp/understandingwrp.html

Chapter 8: Introduction to the Hydrosphere - from Fundamentals of Physical Geography, Physical Geography Net
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/chapter8.html

What is Water Quality? - from EPA, NSW
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/envirom/waterqual.htm

Water Quality diagram - a pdf document from Natural Resources and Climate, NSW Department of Agriculture
http://www.agric.nsw.gov.au/reader/26368

What is the HYDROSPHERE? - with links to atmosphere, biosphere, geosphere and cryosphere, from Rice University
http://earth.rice.edu/mtpe/hydro/hydrosphere.html

The Earth's Water Budget - from Weather World 2010, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/%28Gh%29/guides/mtr/hyd/bdgt.rxml

The Hydrology Cycle - from Weather World 2010, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gh)/guides/mtr/hyd/home.rxml

Global Water Reservoirs and Turnover Times - diagram from University of California, Irvine
http://www.ess.uci.edu/~reeburgh/pics/015.jpg

Global water reservoirs, fluxes, and turnover times - diagram from University of California, Irvine
http://www.ess.uci.edu/~reeburgh/fig8.html

Water - from Global Education, EdNA
Water

A Global Water Budget Model - from Global Hydrology and Climate Center, NASA
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/Model/model_diagnostic.html

8) Introduction to Hydrology (g) Global Distribution of Precipitation - from Physical Geography Net
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/8g.html

A WETLANDS POLICY DOCUMENT - from the AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR LIMNOLOGY
http://www.asl.org.au/policies/asl_wetlands_poldoc.htm

A Dryland Rivers Policy Document - from the AUSTRALIAN SOCIETY FOR LIMNOLOGY
http://www.asl.org.au/policies/asl_dryland_poldoc.htm

Rural Water Management - from NSW Department Natural resources
http://www.dnr.nsw.gov.au/care/water/rural_water_mngmt/murray.html

Education and Environment - from Hunter Water
http://www.hunterwater.com.au/education.asp

NSW Algal Information - from Department of Natural Resources, NSW, background information plus clickable map to find out what is happening in local areas
http://www.dnr.nsw.gov.au/water/algal.shtml

Sydney Water - see Your Water, Your Wastewater, Your Education and Environment
http://www.sydneywater.com.au/

11) Fundamentals of Physical Geography, (r) Weathering - from Physical Geography website
http://www.physicalgeography.net/fundamentals/10r.html

Climbing the Porongurups- from ABC, WA. Images of weathered granite
http://www.abc.net.au/southcoast/stories/s372142.htm

Closeup of weathered granite - from USC, Berkeley
http://geoimages.berkeley.edu/GeoImages/Johnson/Landforms/Wxing/Closewxgranite.html

Weathering - from University of Wisconsin, Madison. Notes about role of water in weathering and soil formation
http://www.soils.wisc.edu/courses/SS325/weathering.htm

Mechanical and Chemical Weathering - from Eastern Illinois University
http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~cfjps/1300/weathering.html

WEATHERING AND SOILS - from Cal State University Northbridge
http://www.csun.edu/geology/Class_Notes/ES300/300weathering.html#I

Lake Mungo

Willandra Lakes Region - from Department of Environment and Water Resources. The original source for the lakes was a creek flowing from the Eastern Highlands to the Murray River which slowly dried up, changing the environment.
http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/worldheritage/sites/willandra/index.html

Information on Willandra Lakes region - .pdf document, from Department of Environment and Water Resources
http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/worldheritage/sites/willandra/pubs/willandra.pdf

Map of the Willandra Lakes Region - .pdf document, from Department of Environment and Water Resources
http://www.environment.gov.au/heritage/worldheritage/sites/willandra/pubs/willandra-map.pdf

Google Earth - downloadable from http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html
has satellite images and other information linked to Wikipedia. The coordinates are South 33, East 143.

Mungo National Park in NSW, Australia. - dried up lake bed in south western New South Wales, from National Parks and Wildlife Service
http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/ParkContent/N0049?Opendocument&ParkKey=N0049&Type=xo

Articles from Nature Magazine, subscription required or access through Library

New ages for human occupation and climatic change at Lake Mungo, Australia - from Nature Magazine, 2003.
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v421/n6925/full/nature01383.html

Map and Cross section Lake Mungo - from Nature Magazine
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v421/n6925/fig_tab/nature01383_F1.html

How Old is Mungo? - ABC Science Show Interview with Prof Jim Bowler
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ss/stories/s829774.htm

A Walk in the Park: Lake Mungo National Park - from ABC Radio National
http://www.abc.net.au/rn/features/walkpark/prog9.htm

Mungo National Park - from a tourism web site
http://www.ausemade.com.au/nsw/destination/m/mungo-national-park.htm

Mungo National Park - personal photographs
http://nowlin.css.msu.edu/brian/roundworld/mungo.html

Present

The Collapse of Wingecarribee Wetlands: An Australian environmental tragedy - from Robertson Environment Protection Society
http://www.uow.edu.au/arts/sts/sbeder/wingecarribee/

Sydney Catchment Authority
http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au/

Metropolitan Water Plan - from Sydney Catchment Authority
http://www.sca.nsw.gov.au/dams/metroplan.html

Hawkesbury Nepean Catchment Foundation - a community based organisation
http://www.hncf.org.au/

Lake Eyre Basin
http://www.lakeeyrebasin.org.au/

Lake Eyre Basin -from Department of the Environment and Water Resources
http://www.environment.gov.au/water/basins/lake-eyre/index.html

The Murray-Darling Basin Commission
http://www.mdbc.gov.au/

Murray-Darling Basin - from Department of the Environment and Water Resources
http://www.environment.gov.au/water/basins/murray-darling.html

Our Products - from Land and Water, Australia, offers educational resources (Search "General". Title keyword to use is 'Water')
16. Land & Water Australia Key Learnings Factsheet - Dryland Salinity (PF051016) Fact Sheet
17. Land & Water Australia Key Learnings Factsheet - Riparian Lands (PF051017) Fact Sheet
18. Land & Water Australia Key Learnings Factsheet - Water Use Efficiency (PF051019)
http://www.lwa.gov.au/products_list.asp

OzGREEN - Global Rivers Environmental Education Network
http://www.ozgreen.org.au/

Helpful Hints For WaterWise Gardeners - from South East Water, Vic. 20 page booklet in .pdf format
http://www.sewl.com.au/sewl/upload/document/Waterwise_Gardens.pdf

Education and Environment: Water Conservation - from South East Water, Victoria
http://www.southeastwater.com.au/sewl/index.asp?link_id=30.362

Midcoast Water Information Kit 1999 - from Midcoast Water covering the midcoast of NSW including Wingham, Buladelah and Forster
http://www.midcoastwater.com.au/publications/files/kit1.pdf

Water Efficiency and ReUse Information Sheets - from MidCoast Water
http://www.midcoastwater.com.au/publications/files/watersavingInfoPack3.pdf

Chapter 5: Water - from the State of the Environment 2000, NSW Environmental Protection Authority
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/soe/soe2000/cw/

Stormwater recycling background study - prepared on behalf of Queensland Water Recycling Strategy by WBM Oceanics Australia, large .pdf document
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications?id=418%20

How Does Water Move Through the Ground? - from McDougal Littell, simulation requiring Shockwave
http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/investigations/es1401/es1401page01.cfm?chapter_no=investigation

CAPACITY TO CHANGE - case studies of dryland salinity and watertable control - from Environment Australia, .pdf document
http://audit.ea.gov.au/anra/people/docs/national/Theme6_33.pdf

Wetlands and Groundwater - from Department of Natural Resources NSW
http://www.dnr.nsw.gov.au/water/wetlands_facts_groundwater.shtml

UNSW Groundwater Centre - HSC Resources.
http://www.wrl.unsw.edu.au/groundwater/hscresources/844001.html

Water Management Initiatives - from Department of Natural Resources, NSW
http://www.dnr.nsw.gov.au/nr/p/water_mngt_4pp_broch.pdf

Managing Water in NSW - from Department of Natural Resources NSW
http://www.dnr.nsw.gov.au/water/index.shtml

Groundwater Page - from NT Natural Resources, Environment and the Arts
http://www.nt.gov.au/nreta/naturalresources/water/groundwater/basics/

Groundwater Basics - from Kids Korner at The Groundwater Foundation Website
http://www.groundwater.org/KC/kc.html

Water facts 12: Bore water use in Perth gardens - a pdf file from WATER AND RIVERS COMMISSION, WA, covers saltwater intrusion due to local bores
Perth garden Bores

Water facts 11: Managing Groundwater Use - a pdf file from WATER AND RIVERS COMMISSION, WA, covers saltwater intrusion due to local bores
Managing Groundwater Use

Water facts 10: Groundwater pollution - a pdf file from WATER AND RIVERS COMMISSION, WA, covers saltwater intrusion due to local bores
Groundwater pollution

Water facts 08: What is groundwater? - a pdf file from WATER AND RIVERS COMMISSION, WA, covers saltwater intrusion due to local bores
What is groundwater?

Salinity in NSW - from NSW Department of Natural Resources
http://www.dnr.nsw.gov.au/soils/salinity.shtml

Salinity in Queensland - from Natural Resources and Mines, Qld. Two-page .pdf document
http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/factsheets/pdf/land/l51.pdf

Salt Water Intrusion - from Elmhurst College
http://www.elmhurst.edu/%7Echm/onlcourse/chm110/outlines/saltintrusion.html

The Great Artesian basin - web page from Queensland Dept Natural Resources and Mines
http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/water/gab/index.html

Great Artesian Basin Sustainability Initiative - from SA Government
http://www.dwlbc.sa.gov.au/water/projects/gabsi.html

GREAT ARTESIAN BASIN COORDINATING COMMITTEE Web Site
http://www.gabcc.org.au/index.aspx

What Is Water Pollution? - from EPA Victoria
http://www.epa.vic.gov.au/Water/

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