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Water abstraction and interception
2016 Report Content... factors contribute to the risk posed by increasing water abstraction and interception: the demands of a growing population increases in ... to meet consumption, growth and production needs.
Water abstraction and interception
Water abstraction and interception
Timor Sea ...
Box WAT6 Groundwater-dependent ecosystem risk assessment for declining groundwater levels
2016 Case Study... groundwater levels because of increased groundwater abstraction and land-use change. The framework integrates a standard risk ... groundwater levels because of increased groundwater abstraction and land-use change. The framework integrates a standard risk ...
Pressures facing aquatic ecosystems
2016 Report Content... marine debris (high, worsening) flow regimes water abstraction (high, worsening) seawater intrusion (high, worsening) dredging ...
Water resource development
2016 Report Content... Sydney, Brisbane and Perth generally saw increases in water abstraction, urban claim and household water supply.
Water resource ... Sydney, Brisbane and Perth generally saw increases in water abstraction, urban claim and household water supply. For Sydney, the urban ...
Managing biodiversity for resilience
2016 Report Content... Temperton VM & Cramer VA (2014). Resilience in ecology: abstraction, distraction, or where the action is? Biological ...
Coastal waterways
2016 Report Content... deterioration following extended drought and upstream water abstraction ( Haynes et al. 2007 , Kingsford et al. 2011 ). Tasmania’s ... to sustain results. Multistakeholder agreements on water abstraction to restore environmental flows have the potential to improve water ...
Coastal waters
2016 Report Content... of visitors to the region ( Léger et al. 2010 ). Water abstraction Fresh water is removed (or ‘abstracted’) from waterways for ... industrial applications and public use. In many cases, abstraction occurring upstream has profound ecological impacts in coastal ...
Resilience of inland water environments 2016
2016 At a glance... Funk JL & Thomas PA (2014). Resilience in ecology: abstraction, distraction, or where the action is? Biological ...
State and trends of inland water flows and levels
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... Very low level of development, with mostly local self-supply abstraction or mine de-watering; very little (and sparse) data Year(s): 2011 ... Low levels of development, with mostly local self-supply abstraction or mine de-watering (extraction of water from underground mines); ...
Consumption and extraction of natural resources
2016 Report Content... Sydney, Brisbane and Perth generally saw upswings in water abstraction, urban claim and household water supply during this period. In ...
Effectiveness of inland water management
2016, 2011 Assessment summary... integration with the management of environmental flows and abstraction Year(s): 2011 2 Stable Confidence (in grade): Limited ...
Freshwater species and ecosystems
2016 Report Content... and altered hydrology (salinity, acidity, waterlogging, abstraction, reinjection) impacting on water quality and levels. As a result, ...
Biodiversity: Ecological processes
2016 Report Content... port developments, recreational disturbance , water abstraction and sea level rise. Rising sea levels threaten to move turtle ...
Biodiversity: Species groups
2016 Report Content... wetlands in Australia, including from river regulation and abstraction ( Silke et al. 2008 ), is affecting inland nonmigratory ...
Water abstraction
2011 Report Content... Initiative (NWI) placed clear and limiting criteria on the abstraction of additional fresh water from the environment.
Water abstraction
Water abstraction
The commitment of all states and ...
Remediation of catchment water quality is not yet well managed.
2011 Key Finding... water quality is not yet well managed.
While water abstraction pressures on inland water environments are increasingly better ...
4 Inland water | 3 Pressures affecting inland water environments
2011 At a glance... positive changes with respect to the pressures from water abstraction from the natural environment. The breaking of the extended drought ... have a low level of environmental pressure due to water abstraction. There is compelling evidence that the ongoing drought, since 1975, ...
Withdrawing water for other uses changes our inland water ecosystems.
2011 Key Finding2011Almost every inland ecological system in Australia is either permanently or seasonally limited by a shortage of water. Permanently withdrawing (abstracting) water from these systems will inevitably change their character in some way and degree. Conversely, this same water-limited...
Pressures affecting inland water environments
2011 At a glance... positive changes with respect to the pressures from water abstraction from the natural environment. The breaking of the extended drought ... have a low level of environmental pressure due to water abstraction. There is compelling evidence that the ongoing drought, since 1975, ...
4 Inland water | 6 Risks to inland water environments
2011 At a glance... Water Initiative are fully implemented and adjustments to abstraction levels are made. For extensive areas with otherwise low levels of ...
Inland water flows and use
2011 Report Content... natural environments they support. 2.2.4 Impacts of water abstraction on flora and fauna Coastal environments and the species that ... the impacts of drought are exacerbated by withdrawal (abstraction) of water for human use along rivers before they reach the coast. ...
4 Inland water | 7 Outlook for inland water environments
2011 At a glance... for improvement relies on adjusting future levels of water abstraction to meet environmental flow requirements, in a future that is likely ...
Major issues for coastal environments
2011 At a glance... desalination, seawater intrusion, and impacts of water abstraction (removal) on flora and fauna. Overall, the management of coastal ...
Water flows and levels
2011 Report Content... flows on floodplains by levees and other structures, and the abstraction of groundwater. Large variations in streamflow are characteristic ...
Ecological processes and species populations
2011 Report Content... been regulated and/or modified for hydro-electricity and/or abstraction. More than half of Tasmania’s wetlands (12 171 hectares; 59%) ...
4 Inland water | 1 Introduction | 1.2 Australia's water resources and use
2011 Report Content... our withdrawal of water for other uses from the environment (abstraction). 1.2.1 Australia’s surface water resources, by drainage ... our withdrawal of water for other uses from the environment (abstraction). 1.2.1 Australia’s surface water resources, by drainage ...
Australia's water resources and use
2011 Report Content... our withdrawal of water for other uses from the environment (abstraction).
Australia's water resources and use
Australia's water ... our withdrawal of water for other uses from the environment (abstraction). 1.2.1 Australia's surface water resources, by drainage ...
9 Heritage | References
2011 Report Content2011 Heritage Introduction 9 Heritage References 1 Commonwealth of Australia. Australian Heritage Commission Act 1975. 2 Australian Government Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and...
Supplementary material
Standard pageSupplementary material This is material that was developed as a part of the SoE process to support and inform the main report. The nature and authorship of this material varies, with products ranging from specially-commissioned reports from external consultants to further...
