Speakers from CSIRO, University of Adelaide, Victoria University and Sinclair, Knight, Merz joined UTS researchers for Worth of Water: Environment, Society and Sustainability a media-only science forum.

The presenters were:

• Catch of the Day Roland Griffin, Northern Territory Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development on the life cycle of Barramundi and using scales to work out where the fish have lived in their lives (pdf)
• The Fish are Dam Wiery Mark Nelson, Tasmanian Inland Fisheries Service on the effect on fish movements of removing dams and weirs (pdf)
• The Invasion of the Golden Apple Snails Geoff Baker, CSIRO Entomology on the threat to Australia’s waterway that could be as great as the cane toad (pdf)
• Wetlands et al Paul Boon, Victoria University, investigating the multiple and synergistic impacts in wetlands(pdf)
• Worms in the Water, Caught in the Net, Mike Hodda, CSIRO Entomology, on using nematode worms to indicate or measure the health of rivers (pdf)
• Nature Heal Thyself, Dan Willett, QLD Department of Primary Industry on using water weeds to deal with nutrient enrichment in the Burdekin River (pdf)
• Water Banking, Peter Dillon, CSIRO Land and Water, on the use of underground dams to store and de-toxify recycled water (pdf)
• Deep Blue Gold, Claus Otto, CSIRO Petroleum on the use of petroleum exploration technology in prospecting for deep groundwater (pdf)
• Street Credible Science Peter Jones, University of Technology Sydney on a novel university course that is run in collaboration and conjunction with community environmental groups (pdf)
• Over governed and under effective, Jennifer McKay, University of Adelaide with a governance model for Australia’s water reforms on sustainability (pdf)
• Water, Drought and Silly Crops, Derek Eamus, University of Technology Sydney, are agriculture and livestock industries ruining the Australian dream? (pdf)
• Out of Sight , Out of Mind, Richard Evans, Sinclair, Knight Merz talking about the vital role groundwater plays on all ecosystems in Australia (pdf)
• Dowsing Hot Spots, Noel Merrick, University of Technology Sydney, on the new software to manage groundwater levels and farm allocations(pdf)
• Statements from: Cynthia Mitchell, Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS and Darla Hatton-McDonald, CSIRO Land and Water with round table discussion to follow (pdf mitchell)(pdf Hatton-McDonald)
  

UTS has hosted these unique one day, media only, science forums since 1993. Worth of Water: Environment, Society and Sustainability is the fourth in The Science Forums series and the second to be wholly managed by the Faculty of Science.

The forums are sponsored by a grant from the Commonwealth Department of Science, Education and Training under its Science & Technology awareness National Innovation Awareness Strategy (NIAS) program.

For more information contact Mary Mulcahy 0439 448 861 or John Linton 0414 848 630 (land line 9514 2249)