1. Australias new integrated modeling system for better water resources management eWater Road Show 21 Feb – Part 1 of 5 Professor Gary Jones Chief Executive, eWater CRC

2. GOVERNMENT CORPORATERESEARCH CRC = incorporated joint venture R&D partnership Victorian Catchment Management Authorities Department of Sustainability and Environment

3. Why a new modelling system? Current models struggling to handle 21C complexity Policy Operations Climate Nationally consistent capability, integrating: Cities, irrigation, hydroelectricity & environment Conjunctive surface-water & ground-water use Sub-catchment to Basin scales Data rich and data poor settings Planning and operational requirements Current models struggling to handle 21C complexity Policy Operations Climate Nationally consistent capability, integrating: Cities, irrigation, hydroelectricity & environment Conjunctive surface-water & ground-water use Sub-catchment to Basin scales Data rich and data poor settings Planning and operational requirements

4. CLIMATE LAND USE ECOLOGICAL ASSETS DAMS & WEIRS IRRIGATION CITIES. IMS Integrated modelling system (IMS) for rural and urban water management

5. Customisable for different rural and urban water management applications Catchment & Rivers Urban Irrigation Ecology

6. Utility models for specialists www.toolkit.net.au 17,000 users across 122 countries

7. Value of road-testing with partners Testing Training Community of practice SEQ Nattai/Cattai Goulburn-Broken GBR ACT Yarra River Murray icon sites Mount Lofty Ranges River Murray Namoi Macintyre Brook

8. NEXT – The Tamar experience Tony Weber, BMT WBM