SEMINAR: CWR Presents:

An overview of recent Department of Water work on water accounting and how it has driven the need to upgrade groundwater modelling systems and develop a best estimate abstraction dataset (BEAD) process. The presentation will cover the following:   1.Water accounting •       Scope of water accounting •       Part of the water management cycle •       Statement of assets & liabilities – storage change analysis •       Statement of physical water flows – water balance modelling, abstraction 1.Groundwater modelling for water accounting •       Running PRAMS in water accounting mode •       Model upgrading to version 3.4 1.Groundwater storage change for water accounting •       Procedure for integrated annual updating 1.BEAD abstraction datasets for multiple purposes •       BEAD process •       Management of BEADs

  THE WATER REGISTER:

The new online Water Register for Western Australia.The Water Register is a web based program designed to allow searches for licensed water and water availability.The online water register provides stakeholders with an easy to use map based interface.  The type of information contained in the water register includes:-  -       volume of water licensed; -       start and end dates of a water license; -       name and contact details of a licensee; -       water resource to which a license relates; -       security interests in a water license;   Water trading within Western Australia has traditionally been at low levels when compared with the Eastern States.However with increased water demand and in some areas of WA a dwindling resource as a result of climate variability, water trading will become more prevalent in the South West. The new Water Register provides a key information source for those seeking to obtain or trade water.For researchers and students the Water Register is an easily accessible online resource for obtaining water information.

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