The South-West Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project

The South-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields (SWSY) project is funded by the Australian Government to provide water managers and users with robust estimates of current and future water yields for Western Australia’s south-west.

CSIRO’s Water for a Healthy Country Flagship will work in partnership with the Western Australian Government’s Department of Water to provide the science to help underpin the planning and management of the region’s water resources.

The project resulted from a March 2008 decision by the Council of Australian Governments for a comprehensive scientific assessment of water yields in all major water systems across the country.

Further information on all of the Sustainable Yields Projects.

Overview | Project summaries | Main reports | Fact sheets | Technical reports | Presentations | Contact

Overview

• Estimating the water yield of south-west Western Australia under a changing climate. [1.2 MB, PDF]
• Terms of reference [external link]

Presentations

• The effect of climate change on South West WA hydrology by Dr Don McFarlane [5.6 MB, PDF]
  A presentation to the School of Environmental Systems Engineering, University of Western Australia, 26 August 2010

Web-streamed audio presentations from the CSIRO Land and Water Public Seminar Series, Perth, April-May 2010:

• Water yields and demands in south-west Western Australia by Dr Don McFarlane, 6 May 2010
• The impact of climate change on water dependent ecosystems in south-west Western Australia by Dr Olga Barron, 29 April 2010
• The effect of climate change on surface water runoff in south-west Western Australia by Dr Richard Silberstein, 22 April 2010
• Groundwater yields in south-west Western Australia under climate change and development by Dr Riasat Ali, 15 April 2010
  [These presentations require Internet Explorer – cannot be viewed in FireFox]
  

Slides from stakeholder briefings following release of the South-West Western Australia Sustainable Yields project results in Perth on March 3, 2010:

• CSIRO stakeholder briefing, Perth, 3 March 2010 [92 page PDF, 6.7 MB]
• Bunbury stakeholder briefing, 4 March 2010 [77 page PDF, 4.1 MB]
• Water Corporation briefing, 5 March 2010 [45 page PDF, 2.4 MB]
• The future for water availability in south-west Western Australia in a drying climate, Institute of Agriculture, 5 March 2010 [44 page PDF, 2.4 MB]

Project Summaries

1. Surface water yields in south-west Western Australia [5.1 MB, PDF]
2. Groundwater yields in south-west Western Australia [5.2 MB, PDF]
3. Water yields and demands in south-west Western Australia [5.9 MB, PDF]

Main reports

1. Surface water yields in south-west Western Australia [6.5 MB, PDF]
2. Groundwater yields in south-west Western Australia [10.5 MB, PDF]
3. Water yields and demands in south-west Western Australia [10.2 MB, PDF]

Factsheets

1. Surface water yields in south-west Western Australia: fact sheet. [712 kB, PDF]
2. Groundwater yields in south-west Western Australia: fact sheet. [768 kB, PDF]
3. Water yields and demands in south-west Western Australia: fact sheet [696 kB, PDF]
4. Water in south-west Western Australia: fact sheet [395 kB, PDF]

Technical reports

• Description of project methods, July 2010 [4.3 MB, PDF]
• Climate analyses for south-west Western Australia, S.P. Charles et al, July 2010 [22.3 MB, PDF]
• Groundwater methods used in the South-West Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project [ 6.9 MB]

CONTACT
Dr Don McFarlane
WA Coordinator
CSIRO Land and Water
Water For A Healthy Country Flagship
Phone: 61 8 9333 6215
Fax: 61 8 9383 7208