1. Water Quality Acquisition Systems in Australia
Future Water Resource Management through
Modelling & Real-time Decision Support Systems
Water resource management, numerical modelling, DSS and Stakeholder Engagement
Make sure there isa reference to dynamic referencing.

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
Aim is to provide best available tools for management of water resources
Here need to talk about the four key services that HN Performs

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
Aim is to provide best available tools for management of water resources
Here need to talk about the four key services that HN Performs

7. Data > Information > Knowledge
100 monitoring sites over 5 catchments,

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 overall water 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
Water resource management, numerical modelling, DSS and Stakeholder Engagement
Make sure there isa reference to dynamic referencing.

20. Water Quality Index: Calculation
100 monitoring sites over 5 catchments,

21. Rapid Assessment for Policy
100 monitoring sites over 5 catchments,

22. Rapid Assessment for Policy
100 monitoring sites over 5 catchments,

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
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