Indigenous socio-economic values and river flows

CSIRO worked with their partners to describe in detail how Indigenous people value water to better inform water management planning.

Water for a Healthy Country Flagship video

This video shows how CSIRO's Water for a Healthy Country Flagship is helping to inform the sustainable management of Australia’s water. (7:30) Watch a video outlining the activities of the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship.

Turning the tide on reef water quality (Podcast 09 Sep 2011)

Evidence of coastal ecosystem degradation in the Great Barrier Reef has been linked with increased land-based runoff of suspended solids, nutrients and pesticides resulting from clearing and agricultural land use. (10:44)

Award winning irrigation research

This video looks at the work of the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship Irrigation Team, the winners of one of the three CSIRO Medals for Research Achievement awarded in 2007. (2:37)

Murray-Darling Basin: The end of the line (Podcast 21 Jul 2008)

The last of 18 specific reports on water availability in every region of the Murray-Darling Basin has been completed by the CSIRO’s Murray Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project team. Dr Tom Hatton, the former Director of the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, says the Murray region report has sobering news for the environment and communities at the end of the system. (6:10)

Fighting the blob with mining by-products (Podcast 31 Mar 2011)

CSIRO research has shown that some mining by-products can be effective in preventing nutrients from entering river systems, thereby reducing the potential for algal blooms. (6:56)

Historic Murray-Darling report tells the whole story (Podcast 25 Nov 2008)

The first complete report on future water availability in all 18 regions of the Murray-Darling Basin has been released. In this podcast, Dr Tom Hatton, Director of CSIRO’s Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, explains what it means for the industries and people in Australia’s struggling Basin. (6:07)

Water and Energy Saving Cities (Podcast 24 Oct 2008)

The CSIRO report Water-energy futures for Melbourne examines the challenges a large city faces in providing water for their growing populations. In this podcast, Steven Kenway from the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship discusses these challenges. (4:58)

Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project (Podcast 07 Sep 2007)

Dr Tom Hatton talks about the Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project and the release of the first regional report on the Warrego. (5:40)

An overview of the Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields Project

This video provides information about the Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields project , how information will be used, and follow-on projects in other parts of Australia. (4:08)