Future Water Supply Options for Toowoomba City and Customer Shires - Pre-feasibility Study Independent review article, on the Queensland Government Department of Natural Resources and Water website, identifying water supply options in Toowoomba and surrounding shires. Pdf report can be downloaded in full, or in individual sections.

http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/water/toowoomba_directions.html




Queensland University of Technology (QUT) website database housing QUT staff profiles and research details relating to a wide range of water studies and management. Database categories include Water Supply, Groundwater, Soil-Plant Systems, Drainage, Ecosystems, Systems Modelling, Public Health, Social Systems, and Management, Policies.

http://iwater.sci.qut.edu.au/




Section of the Healthy Waterways website highlighting the problem of litter in Queensland waterways. Links to involvement through cleanup organisations, advice to keep waterways clean from activities around the home/property, and an audit of rubbish levels. Navigationals links to information, publications, resources and events relating to Healthy Waterways iniative.

http://www.healthywaterways.org/litter_problem.html




Associated website of Queensland University of Technology (QUT) presenting current and previous research on the groundwater resources of the Lockyer Valley, Queensland. Research related information and results occur throughout the website with category topics including: current projects, publications and reports, groundwater modelling and studies, water quality and use, management options, and hydrology.

http://www.lockyerwater.com/




Publications section of the Healthy Waterways website featuring South East Queensland water related content. Publication links include; a summary of the SEQ Regional Water Quality Management Strategy, a link to the Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program website which also features its own publications section, reports, purchasable books, media releases, newsletters, posters, and factsheets. SEQWater navigational link Resources leads to further/related publication materials.

http://www.healthywaterways.org/pub_the_strategy_document.html




Subcategory of the SEQWater website featuring investigative reports, assessments and plans by The South East Queensland Water Corporation Limited. Sections include Annual Reports, Annual Environment Reports, Water Quality Management, Land Management, and Development in the Catchments. Publications are in PDF format. A navigational link leading to SEQWater’s Media Releases is also available.

http://www.seqwater.com.au/content/standard.asp?
name=ReportsAndPublications




Section of the Healthy Waterways website featuring an independent science research program aimed at water quality management in the South East Queensland region. Subcategories of this section break the program down into three stages: Scoping, Moreton Bay & Estuaries, and Catchments and Freshwater. Other subcategories include modelling of the support systems, and conceptual diagrams. Some links in content section of page do not function.

http://www.healthywaterways.org/sc_mod_science_program.html




Introduction area of the publications search engine on the Queensland Government department Environmental Protection Agency website. Simply typing in words relating to water issues will bring up government related publications of that topic. Titles are quite large and explanatory making perusal of suitable publications easier. Individual publication pages include a downloadable PDF copy of the document, plus additional links to related publications.

http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/publications




Ecosystems Health Monitoring Program (EHMP) website, relating to the South East Queensland (SEQ) Healthy Waterways initiative, displays information/research on the health assessment program for SEQ water ecosystems. Subcategories include further details about the program, EHMP components, current results from the program, other related projects, and products and publications.

http://www.ehmp.org/index.html




Database in Rural water use efficiency section of the Queensland government Natural Resources and Water Department’s website, which contains journal articles, conference papers, reports and book chapters on irrigation and water use efficiency issues. Site also contains a list of the journals scanned into the database, and navigational categories include; rural water use case studies, research and development, water use adoption programs, publications, and factsheets.

http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/rwue/rwue_catalogue/




Section of Queensland Government Natural Resources and Water website on toxic algal blooms that naturally occur in rivers, lakes and dams and how best to deal with them. Includes downloadable plans and procedures to deal with such blooms, and the respective government areas to contact if there is an enquirey about such blooms.

http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/water/blue_green/index.html




Publications section of Queensland Government department Natural Resources and Water website featuring a list of links to government related, water management documents. Major titles include Rural Water Use Efficiency, Water Resource Planning, Water Industry Regulation, and Water trading. Documents are in PDF format.

http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/publications/water_management.html