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2008 Reports

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64/08 Sediment tracing and dating techniques employed at CSIRO Land and Water. By Gary Hancock and Tim Pietsch. April 2008

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62/08 Acid sulfate soil assessment of the Mobilong and Toora former irrigation areas, Murray Bridge, South Australia. By Paul Shand and Mark Thomas. December 2008

63/08 Toxicity assessment of secondary treated effluent for 145 West at Melbourne Water's Western Treatment Plant - Second progress report. By Monique Binet, Merrin Adams and Jenny Stauber This report is Commercial-in-confidence.

60/08This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

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58/08 Soil Fertility Evaluation/Advisory Service in Negara Brunei Darussalam Volume 2 – Soil Management in the Agricultural Development Areas. By AJ Ringrose-Voase, MTF Wong, EC Winston, GJ Grealish, RW Fitzpatrick and WS Hicks.

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57/08 Soil Fertility Evaluation/Advisory Service in Negara Brunei Darussalam Volume 1 – Soils and Land Suitability of the Agricultural Development Areas. By GJ Grealish, AJ Ringrose-Voase, RW Fitzpatrick, MTF Wong and EC Winston.

56/08 A Genetic Approach for the Rapid Assessment of Sediment Diversity. 2007/08 Progress Report for project 2006/RD/0006. By Anthony Chariton and Chris Hardy. This report is Commercial-in-confidence.

54/08 Assessment of sediment and nutrient transport across the Tully-Murray floodplain using the SedNet and ANNEX models. By Fazlul Karim, Jim Wallace, Anne Henderson and Scott Wilkinson. This report is Commercial-in-confidence.

53/08 Ecological effects due to contamination of sediments with copper-based antifoulants. By Stuart Simpson and David Spadaro. This report is Commercial-in-confidence.

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52/08 Acid sulfate soils in the Coorong, Lake Alexandrina and Lake Albert: properties, distribution, genesis, risks and management of subaqueous, waterlogged and drained soil environments. By Fitzpatrick RW, Shand P, Merry RH, Thomas B, Marvanek S, Creeper N, Thomas M, Raven M, Simpson SL, McClure S and Jayalath N.

50/08 Toxicity Assessment of Secondary Treated Sewage Effluent from Melbourne Water’s Western Treatment Plant – First Progress Report . By Monique T. Binet, Merrin S. Adams and Jenny L. Stauber. This report is Commercial-in-confidence.

49/08 Toxicity Assessment of Submarine Disposal of Nickel Mine Tailings in the Marine Environment. By Merrin S. Adams, Monique T. Binet and Jenny L. Stauber. This report is Commercial-in-confidence.

48/08This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

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47/08 A Water Balance Model for Agent Based Modelling. By FJ Cook, GD Carlin, MG Hartcher, X Su, S Asseng and P Campbell. June 2008

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46/08 Acid sulfate soils in subaqueous, waterlogged and drained soil environments in Lake Albert, Lake Alexandrina and River Murray below Blanchetown (Lock 1): properties, distribution, genesis, risks and management. By R.W. Fitzpatrick, P. Shand, S, Marvanek, R.H Merry, M. Thomas, M.D. Raven, S.L. Simpson and S. McClure. Report prepared for Department of Environment and Heritage SA.

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45/08 Water quality screening risk assessment of acid sulfate soil impacts in the Lower Murray, SA. By Stauber J, Chariton A, Binet M, Simpson S, Batley G, Durr M, Fitzpatrick R and Shand P. Prepared for the South Australia Environmental Protection Authority.

44/08 This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

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43/08 A low cost land based winery wastewater treatment system: Development and preliminary results. By Nicola Di Stefano, Wendy Quayle, Michele Arienzo, Roy Zandona, John Blackwell and Evan Christen.

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42/08 Acid sulfate soils in subaqueous, waterlogged and drained soil environments of nine wetlands below Blanchetown (Lock 1), South Australia: properties, genesis, risks and management . By R.W. Fitzpatrick, P. Shand, M. Thomas, R.H. Merry, M.D. Raven and S.L. Simpson. Report prepared for South Australian Murray-Darling Basin Natural Resources Management Board.

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41/08 Acid Sulfate Soil assessment of Noora Basin, South Australia. By Paul Shand, Richard H Merry and Rob W Fitzpatrick. June 2008.

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40/08 Acid sulfate soil assessment of wetlands associated with Lock 8 and Lock 9 weir pools. By Paul Shand, Richard H Merry and Rob W Fitzpatrick. June 2008

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39/08 Assessment and analysis of Googong Reservoir thermistor chain data March - November 2007. By Bradford Sherman. June 2008

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38/08 Soil Fertility Evaluation/Advisory Service in Negara Brunei Darussalam Report P2 – Soil Management in the Agricultural Development Areas. By AJ Ringrose-Voase, MTF Wong, EC Winston, GJ Grealish, RW Fitzpatrick and WS Hicks.

37/08 This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

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35/08 Acid Sulfate Soils in Barker Inlet and Gulf St Vincent Priority Region. By R. W. Fitzpatrick, B.P. Thomas R.H. Merry and S. Marvanek.

34/08 Review of Draft Report “Water Quality Guidelines for the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park”. By Michael Warne. This report is Commercial-in-confidence.

33/08 Independent review of sampling undertaken by Qld EPA during and after the Binary Chemical Fire. By Warne MStJ and Kookana R. This report is commercial-in-confidence

32/08 – not published

30/08 This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

29/08 Toxicity Assessment of the Main Drain Effluent from BlueScope Steel Ltd, Port Kembla. By Monique T. Binet, Merrin S. Adams and Jenny L. Stauber. This report is Commercial-in-confidence.

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27/08 Acid, Metal and Nutrient Mobilisation following Rewetting of Acid Sulfate Soils in the Lower Murray. By Stuart Simpson, Rob Fitzpatrick, Paul Shand, Brad Angel, David Spadaro, Richard Merry and Mark Thomas. Report to the South Australian Environmental Protection Agency

26/08 Toxicity assessment of a cereal-derived wastewater retentate using estuarine biota. By Binet MT, Adams MS, Stauber JL. This report is Commercial-in-confidence.

25/08 This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

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24/08 Soils of the Murrumbidgee, Coleambally and Murray Irrigation Areas of Australia III: Chemical properties. By Jeanene Thacker, John Hornbuckle, Evan Christen, Warren Muirhead and Thomas-M. Stein.

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23/08 Soils of the Murrumbidgee, Coleambally and Murray Irrigation Areas of Australia II: Physical properties. By John Hornbuckle, Evan Christen, Jeanene Thacker, Warren Muirhead and Thomas-M. Stein.

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22/08 Soils of the Murrumbidgee, Coleambally and Murray Irrigation Areas of Australia I: A user guide to accessing and identifying soils using digital soil maps and Google Earth^TM. By John Hornbuckle, Nicholas Car, Bob White and Evan Christen.

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19/08 Analysis of the Lower Burdekin, Ord and Katherine-Douglas-Daly Irrigation Areas: Implications to future design and management of tropical irrigation. By Cuan Petheram, Steven Tickell, Fergal O’Gara, Keith L. Bristow, Anthony Smith and Peter Jolly. February 2008

18/08 THIS REPORT IS SUPERSEDED BY 43/09. Draft Proposal for an Australian Methodology to Derive Ecological Investigation Levels in Contaminated Soils. By Diane Heemsbergen, Michael Warne, Mike Mclaughlin and Rai Kookana. February 2008

16/08 Review of Geotechnical Services reports (2006-2007) and recommendations on methods to calculate dilution factors, ongoing WET monitoring and appropriateness of using the copepod Gladioferens imparipes and an Addendum. By Michael Warne. This report is Commercial-in-confidence.

15/08 Report reviewing copepod toxicity result data and recommendations made by Geotechnical Services Pty. Ltd. to the WA Water Corporation. This report is Commercial-in-confidence.

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14/08 Analysis of biophysical processes with regard to advantages and disadvantages of irrigation mosaics. By Freeman J. Cook, Emmanuel Xevi, John H. Knight, Zahra Paydar and Keith L. Bristow. February 2008

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13/08 Towards an understanding of the hydrological factors, constraints and opportunities for irrigation in northern Australia: A review. By Cuan Petheram and Keith L. Bristow. February 2008

12/08 Acid Sulfate Soil Maps of the River Murray below Blanchetown (Lock 1) and Lakes Alexandrina and Albert when water levels were at pre- drought and current drought conditions. By Rob Fitzpatrick, Steve Marvanek, Paul Shand, Richard Merry and Mark Thomas.

• Version with maps (PDF, 8.2 MB)
• Version without maps (PDF, 1.3 MB)

11/08 This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

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10/08 Catchment Characterisation Project 2000-2004 – Final Report. By Glen R Walker, Lu Zhang, Mat Gilfedder. February 2008

9/08 This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

8/08 This report is commercial-in-confidence, citation not permitted

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06/08 Soil Fertility Evaluation/Advisory Service in Negara Brunei Darussalam Report P2-3 – Acid Sulfate Soils. By RW Fitzpatrick, WS Hicks, GJ Grealish and AJ Ringrose-Voase.

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05/08 Soil Fertility Evaluation/Advisory Service in Negara Brunei Darussalam Report P2-2 – Soil and Nutrient Management for Cropping. By MTF Wong, EC Winston, AJ Ringrose-Voase and GJ Grealish.

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04/08 Soil Fertility Evaluation/Advisory Service in Negara Brunei Darussalam Report P2-1 – Suitability of Major Soil Types for Cropping. By AJ Ringrose-Voase, GJ Grealish, MTF Wong and EC Winston.

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03/08 Soil Fertility Evaluation/Advisory Service in Negara Brunei Darussalam Report P1 – Major Soils of the Agricultural Development Areas and their Crop Suitability. By AJ Ringrose-Voase, GJ Grealish, RW Fitzpatrick, MTF Wong and EC Winston.

02/08 not published

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01/08 Modelling Native and Exotic Flora Distributions under Climate Change. By Neville D. Crossman, Brett A. Bryan and Douglas K. Bardsley. April 2008
The final report on regional climate change adaptation, and comparing and contrasting adaptation strategies developed in this study and five other case studies will be available later in 2008. For further information contact Susan Sweeney DWLBC.

2008 Other reports by Land and Water authors

These reports have been published as part of a series other than Land and Water's Science Report series.

Soil Fertility Evaluation/Advisory Service in Negara Brunei Darussalam – Field Manual for Soil Type Identification. [English edition]. By GJ Grealish, RW Fitzpatrick and AJ Ringrose-Voase.

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Penilaian Kesuburan Tanah/Khidmat Nasihat di Negara Brunei Darussalam – Manual Lapangan bagi Menentukan Jenis Tanah.’ CSIRO Land and Water, Australia. [Malay edition]. By GJ Grealish, RW Fitzpatrick and AJ Ringrose-Voase.

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• Low resolution

Enhancing agricultural production in the Philippines by sustainable use of shallow groundwater. By Contreras, S and Dillon, P, compilers. ACIAR project SMCN/2003/006 Final Report. ACIAR; 2008

Sustainable Management of Salt-tolerant Eucalypt Hybrids Modelling growth and salt on saline discharge sites. By Glenn Dale, Richard Silberstein, Warrick Dawes, Jim Morris and John Collopy. July 2008. RIRDC Publication No 08/120

Water allocation to River Murray wetlands: a basin-wide modeling approach. December 2008 Dr. Sean D. White, Assoc. Prof. George G. Ganf, and Dr. Rod Oliver. The University of Adelaide and CSIRO, Land & Water Australia (Project number AUD23)

Permanent beds for irrigated rice-wheat and alternative cropping systems in north-west India and south east Australia. Project final report to ACIAR, Project No. SMCN/2000/089. By Humphreys E, Beecher G, Singh Y, Sidhu HS, Timsina J, Blackwell J, Smith D, Singh RJ. ACIAR, January 2008, 69 pp

Future climate and runoff projections (~2030) for New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory. By Vaze Z, Teng J, Post D, Chiew F, Perraud J-M and Kirono D (2008). NSW Department of Water and Energy, Sydney. (ISBN 978-0-7347-5893-4) [external link]

Improving stream flow forecasting by integrating satellite observations, in situ data and catchment models using model-data assimilation methods. By Barrett D.J., Kuzmin V.A., Walker J.P., McVicar T.R. and Draper C. 2008. eWater Technical Report. eWater Cooperative Research Centre, Canberra. [External link]

Non-uniform corrosion in copper piping - monitoring techniques. By Edwards M, Scardina P, Taylor R andGoodman, N 2008 Awwa Research Foundation and the American Water Works Association USA

Fluid Fertilisers – A South Australian Manual. By Holloway B, McLaughlin MJ, McBeath T, Kelly J. 2008
NOTE: You can download a free copy but you will need to register first

Equity Considerations and Payments for Ecosystem Services. By Wendy Proctor, Thomas Köllner, Anna Lukasiewicz. Environmental Economy and Policy Research Discussion Paper Series, University of Cambridge. 2008 (PDF, 183 kB) [External site]

Simon L. Marshall. 2008. Fundamental Aspects of Microbial Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Literature Survey. Wealth From Oceans National Research Flagship, CSIRO, Canberra [PDF, 466 kB]

Ellis, T.W., Murray, W., Brophy, J., Williams, C., Maunder, S. and P. Hairsine (2008) Electrical root mapping - a scoping study for rapid determination of the spatial distribution of tree roots. RIRDC Publication No 08/041 RIRDC Project No CSL-18A (PDF, 1 MB)

Ellis, T.W., Feher K., Murray W., Paul K., Brophy J., Jacobsen K., Koul V., Leppert P. and J. Smith (2008) Electrical measurement of root mass and root location. RIRDC Publication No 08/042  RIRDC Project No CSL-22A (PDF, 890 kB)

Freeman J. Cook, John H. Knight, Elizabeth Humphreys, Judy Tisdall, Jack McHugh, Greg Hamilton. Modelling water and solute processes and scenarios for optimisation of permanent raised bed systems [ACIAR Report LWR-2005-059] April (PDF, 3.5 MB)

Mainuddin, M., Kirby, M. and Chen, Y. (2008). Spatial and Temporal Pattern of Land and Water Productivity in the Lower Mekong River Basin. Basin Approach. Basin Focal project Working Paper No. 5, CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food. Colombo, Sri Lanka. (PDF, 396 kB)

Also see Water for a Healthy Country Flagship reports.