South-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project

Overview

The South-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project has delivered a series of reports on the surface water, groundwater, and water yields and demands in south-west Western Australia.

The project was 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 worked 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.

Reports

Full reports and summaries from the South-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project. Archived documents included on this page may not be accessible to assistive technologies.

Project summaries

Summaries of reports to the Australian Government from the CSIRO South-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project:

Summary: Water yields and demands in south-west Western Australia
This is a 16-page executive summary of the entire project.
Summary: Surface water yields in south-west Western Australia
This is a 12-page executive summary of the surface water yields main report.
Summary: Groundwater yields in south-west Western Australia
This is a 12-page executive summary of the groundwater yields main report.

Full reports

Water yields and demands in south-west Western Australia
This 306-page report is the main water yields and demands report from the project.
Surface water yields in south-west Western Australia
This 195-page report is the main surface water yields report from the project.
Groundwater yields in south-west Western Australia
This 358-page report is the main groundwater yields report from the project.

Fact sheets and presentations

Fact sheets and presentations about the South-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project.
Archived documents included on this page may not be accessible to assistive technologies.

Fact sheets:

Water in south-west Western Australia [pdf · 372kb]
This four-page fact sheet includes the key findings of the entire project.
Water yields and demands in south-west Western Australia [pdf · 730kb]
This four-page fact sheet includes the key water yields and demands findings from the research.
Surface water yields in south-west Western Australia [pdf · 712kb]
This four-page fact sheet includes the key surface water findings from the research.
Groundwater yields in south-west Western Australia [pdf · 798kb]
This four-page fact sheet includes the key groundwater water findings from the research.
Estimating the water yield of south-west Western Australia under a changing climate [pdf · 2mb]
This four-page fact sheet provides background about the project.

Presentations:

Slides from stakeholder briefings following the release of the south-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields project results on 3 March 2010:

Technical publications

Detailed technical reports and journal articles relevant to the South-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project.

Archived documents included on this page may not be accessible to assistive technologies. If necessary, please contact us to request further accessibility assistance.

Technical reports

These reports contain detailed methods and results from the South-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project.

Description of project methods: south-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project [94 pages, 4.2MB PDF]
Climate analyses for south-west Western Australia [92 pages, 21.8 MB PDF].

Journal articles

Journal articles relevant to the South-west Western Australia Sustainable Yields Project.

Please note that if you do not have a subscription to the journal, you may only see the summary and possibly tables and figures, with an option to pay for each article. However, you can contact your local library who can access copies of these journals.

Silberstein, R.P. Aryal S.K., Durrant J., Pearcey, M. Braccia M., Charles S.P., Boniecka, L., Hodgson, G.A. Bari, M.A. and McFarlane, D.J. (2012). Climate change and runoff in south-western Australia, Journal of Hydrology, 475: 441-455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.02.009

Ali, R., McFarlane, D., Varma, S., Dawes, W., Emelyanova, I., Hodgson, G. and Charles, S. (2012). Potential climate change impacts on groundwater resources of south-western Australia, Journal of Hydrology, 475: 456–472. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022169412003435

Barron, O., Silberstein, R., Ali, R., Donohue, R., McFarlane, D.J., Davies, P., Hodgson, G., Smart, N. and Donn, M. (2012). Climate change effects on water-dependent ecosystems in south-western Australia, Journal of Hydrology, 475: 473-487. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.02.028

McFarlane, D., Stone, R., Martens, S., Thomas, J., Silberstein, R., Ali, R. and Hodgson, G. (2012). Climate change impacts on water yields and demands in south-western Australia, Journal of Hydrology, 475: 488-498. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2012.05.038

Ali, R., McFarlane, D., Varma, S., Dawes, W., Emelyanova, I. and Hodgson, G. (2012). Potential climate change impacts on the water balance of regional unconfined aquifer systems in South-Western Australia, Hydrology and Earth Systems Science, 16: 4581–4601. www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/16/4581/2012/doi:10.5194/hess-16-4581-2012

Dawes, W., Ali, R., Varma, S., Emelyanova, I., Hodgson, G. and McFarlane, D. (2012). Modelling the effects of climate and land cover change on groundwater recharge in south-west Western Australia. Hydrology and Earth Systems Science, 16: 2709–2722. www.hydrol-earth-syst-sci.net/16/2709/2012/hess-16-2709-2012.html