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Water Quality Acquisition Systems in Australia

Water Quality Acquisition Systems in Australia. Address uncertainty. Pests. Climate Change. Uncertainty ?. Urbanization. Competing demand. Loss of species. Pollution. Know your WHY. What is / likely / does happen: Monitor & Model & M&E Fit for Purpose? P olicy

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Water Quality Acquisition Systems in Australia

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  1. Water Quality Acquisition Systems in Australia

  2. Address uncertainty • Pests • Climate Change • Uncertainty • ? • Urbanization • Competing demand • Loss of species • Pollution

  3. Know your WHY • What is / likely / does happen: Monitor & Model & M&E • Fit for Purpose? • Policy • Evidence-based decision making • Regulator, industry and community cooperation

  4. Why

  5. Things to do – add excel

  6. Specialist Hydro-Met Monitoring Real-time flood forecasting, reservoir modelling and online Decision Support System for hydrology, water quality and flooding Hydrolog, XPSWMM, SCADA, AEM3D+ SOURCE Catchments Postgres database generation, secondary Postgres database Warning system and multiple scenario forecasting Online diagnostic and forecasting system ORACLE and SQL Server databases integration

  7. Data > Information > Knowledge

  8. Architecture

  9. Engaging Experts

  10. Engage Operators

  11. Engage Decision Makers

  12. WQ data + Model Results

  13. Engaging communities Trust before Use

  14. Benchmarking: Environmental Report Cards Synthesise large datasets for multiple sites Transformative assessment and communication tools Science to Policy

  15. Water Quality Index (WQI) Single number to express overallwater quality based on range of biological, physical or chemical parameters Complex > Easy to Use Geo-spatial and spatio-temporal consolidation

  16. Pilot Study Uttar Pradesh

  17. State to Site Level 1: Basin Level WQI Level 2: Site specific WQI Scores Level 3: Detailed Parameter Information

  18. State to Site: WQI in Victoria • Fully cloud based • Historical WQ data: 20 parameters, ~ 20 years, 200 sites • Watershed > Catchment > Sites • Narrative, spatial and temporal analysis, actions • Automated reporting, update of thresholds (norms), resources • Combined SURFACE WATER / GROUNDWATER

  19. State Regulation of Trans-boundary reporting regions

  20. Water Quality Index: Calculation

  21. Rapid Assessment for Policy

  22. Rapid Assessment for Policy

  23. Where do I monitor?

  24. Lessons from Australia Use data to assist investment framework Build Trust among states/stakeholders/users Whole-of-life-Cycle Cost Assessment Think ‘downstream’ & ‘off-stream’ Combine qualitative and quantitative Consider alternative measures of ‘security’ The data are used to improve environment

  25. Thank you IMG_3479

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