The Tasmania Sustainable Yields Project

CSIRO’s Water for a Healthy Country Flagship is working in partnership with the Tasmanian Government’s Department of Primary Industries and Water to undertake the Tasmania Sustainable Yields (TasSY) project.

Funded by the Australian Government, the project will provide the science to help underpin the planning and sustainable management of the State’s water resources.

This project will provide water managers and users with robust estimates of current and future water yield for  the northern and eastern regions of Tasmania, where irrigation is either currently occurring or is proposed for the future.

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

Further information on the Sustainable Yields Projects.

Overview documents

• Description of Project Methods [2.2 MB, PDF]
• Terms of reference [external link] 
• Estimating the water yield of Tasmania under a changing climate Fact sheet [1.9 MB, PDF]
• Water availability for Tasmania [3.2 MB, PDF]
• Climate change projections and impacts on runoff for Tasmania [13.7 MB, PDF]
• Glossary [Size, PDF]

Technical reports

• Production of climate scenarios for Tasmania [Size, PDF]
• Rainfall-runoff modelling for Tasmania [14.3 MB, PDF]
• River modelling for Tasmania:
• Volume 1: the Arthur-Inglis-Cam region [7.7 MB, PDF] 
• Volume 2: the Mersey-Forth region [7.5 MB, PDF]
• Volume 3: the Pipers-Ringarooma region [7.4 MB, PDF]
• Volume 4: the South Esk region [8.5 MB, PDF]
• Volume 5: the Derwent-South East region [9.9 MB, PDF]
• Groundwater assessment and modelling for Tasmania [14.2, PDF]
• Ecological impacts of water availability for Tasmania [10.3, PDF]

Regions

Arthur-Inglis-Cam Reporting Region

• Region Report [9.6 MB, PDF]
• Presentation [Size, PDF]

Mersey-Forth Reporting Region

• Region Report [9.7 MB, PDF]
• Presentation [Size, PDF]

Pipers-Ringarooma Reporting Region

• Region Report [9.7 MB, PDF]
• Presentation [Size, PDF]

South Esk Reporting Region

• Region Report [8.3 MB, PDF]
• Presentation [Size, PDF]

Derwent-South East Reporting Region

• Region Report [9.1 MB, PDF]
• Presentation [Size, PDF]

CONTACT
Dr David Post
Project Leader, Tasmania Sustainable Yields Project
Land and Water
Water for a Healthy Country Flagship
Phone: 61 2 6246 5751
Fax: 61 2 6246 5845