Who should attend:

• Commonwealth, state, local government and NRM staff
• Specialists and non-specialists working with land and water resources
• Professional and technical staff involved in water management, environment, agriculture,consulting, mining, land care and natural resource management

What’s included?

• Presentations by experienced water professionals
• Set of course notes
• Activities and discussions
• Networking with other industry professionals including. Note – International professionals attending.
• Small group sizes to allow greater interaction
• Catering: Lunch, morning and afternoon teas

Course Content includes:

• Sustainable Water Management: Water cycle, climate change impacts, sustainable use
  Water Demand and Planning: Principles, supply security, water use across sectors, Australia and internationally
• Water Processes: Hydrology, hydrogeology, surface water-groundwater interaction
  Hydrodynamics and Water Quality
• Biological and Ecological Processes: Wetland processes, carbon fixation, nutrient cycling, exotic and pest species, catchment scale processes
• Urban Water Supply Distribution and Treatment: Sources and storage, treatment processes, disinfection, distribution, alternative water sources, metering
• Wastewater Treatment and Disposal: Physical and biological treatment processes, nutrient removal, industrial wastewater, environmental impacts
• Innovation in Urban Water Management: Managed aquifer recharge, sewage and stormwater recycling, infiltration basins, integrated water systems
• Water Supplies for Agriculture and Mining: Irrigation, dryland agriculture, water in mining
• Water Governance: Constitutional / jurisdictional, water law, institutional structures and responses, policy responses
• Field Trip
• Case Studies