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Australasian Journal of Water Resources

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Publishing research on water resources planning, management and policy in Australasia, including water resource management and water systems.

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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
📢 New AJWR issue (Issue 1, 2026) now online: www.tandfonline.com/toc/twar20/c... featuring coastal processes, urban water economics, river water quality, and Basin-scale hydroclimatic risk & policy, plus the HWRS 2025 Munro Oration on Indigenous water narratives in the Martuwarra Fitzroy River.
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Barry Hart, Ben Gawne, & James Kellerman published their study, 'Infrastructure-enabled adaptive management of the Hattah Lakes, Victoria, Australia: a climate-constrained dryland floodplain wetland system' in the Australasian Journal of Water Resources. ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Infrastructure-enabled adaptive management of the Hattah Lakes, Victoria, Australia: a climate-constrained dryland floodplain wetland system
The Hattah Lakes floodplain system in north-west Victoria, Australia, is a highly modified, climate-constrained wetland and one of the Murray–Darling Basin’s ‘Living Murray’ icon sites. Over the pa...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Matthew J. Colloff, Maryanne Slattery, Jamie Pittock & William Johnson published, 'Just another form of take: evaporation from irrigation storages and channels in the northern Murray–Darling Basin and the implications for water policy reform' in the AJWR. ⬇️ Open Access ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1324...
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Just another form of take: evaporation from irrigation storages and channels in the northern Murray–Darling Basin and the implications for water policy reform
Since the 1960s, irrigated cotton production has expanded considerably in the northern Murray–Darling Basin, with substantial losses to evaporation from large on-farm storages used for floodplain w...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Richard Koech, Philip Langat, Benjamin Taylor, Shameen Jinadasa, Baxter Makwana & Sharon Chepkurui published their study, 'Smart water meter adoption: drivers, barriers, and opportunities for enhanced water management' in the AJWR. Open Access ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1324...
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Smart water metre adoption: drivers, barriers, and opportunities for enhanced water management
Smart water metres provide near real-time consumption data and enable early leak detection. Although they have been available for nearly three decades, limited research has examined their practical...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Anne Poelina published ‘Martuwarra Fitzroy River Catchment – sustainable lifeways and livelihoods,’ in the Australasian Journal of Water Resources. The article is based on her 2025 Munro Oration, at the Hydrology and Water Resource Symposium in Canberra. ⬇️ Read more here ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1324...
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‘Martuwarra Fitzroy River Catchment – sustainable lifeways and livelihoods’
This Oration is presented from the perspective of a woman belonging to Martuwarra, the Fitzroy River in the remote Kimberley region of Western Australia. The narrative introduces both the Martuwarr...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
New from Andrew John, William Young, Rory Nathan, Helen Cleugh, Seth Westra, Danlu Guo, Katherine Daniell, Anthony S. Kiem & Brad Neal: 'Research and institutional priorities for assessing hydroclimate risks to Murray-Darling Basin Plan outcomes' ⬇️ Open access ⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Research and institutional priorities for assessing hydroclimate risks to Murray-Darling Basin Plan outcomes
The Murray-Darling Basin Plan is designed to promote sustainable outcomes for Basin industries, communities and the environment. Climate change threatens these outcomes, but current risk assessment...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Julia Talbot-Jones, Thomas Benison, & Quentin Grafton published their study, 'Aotearoa New Zealand’s urban water pricing data gaps: implications for evidence-based policy reform and the use of metres and pricing' in the AJWR. ⬇️ Open access ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1324...
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Aotearoa New Zealand’s urban water pricing data gaps: implications for evidence-based policy reform and the use of metres and pricing
With pressures on water supplies increasing globally, readily accessible data on water availability and consumption is of growing importance to policymakers and water managers. In urban areas, wate...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Ang Kean Hua published their study, 'Application of multivariate statistical techniques for monitoring Melaka River water quality (2019–2023).' in the Australasian Journal of Water Resources. ⬇️ Read more ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1324...
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Application of multivariate statistical techniques for monitoring Melaka River water quality (2019–2023)
This study critically explores spatial and temporal variations of water quality in Melaka River Basin from 2019 to 2023 with the application of advanced multivariate statistical techniques: HCA, DA...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Alexander F. Nielsen published their study, 'Wave energy considerations for predicting average overtopping discharges of depth-limited waves breaking onto rock-armoured coastal revetments.' in the Australasian Journal of Water Resources. ⬇️ Open access ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1324...
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Wave energy considerations for predicting average overtopping discharges of depth-limited waves breaking onto rock-armoured coastal revetments
This article investigates the application of factors that normalise laboratory data for developing predictive formulae for wave-overtopping discharges of rock-armoured coastal revetments and seawal...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Australasian Journal of Water Resources, Volume 29, Issue 2​, ​October 2025 is now available online! www.tandfonline.com/journals/twa...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources
Publishes research on water resources planning, management and policy in Australasia, including water resource management and water systems.
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Reza Moasheri & Mohammadreza Jalili Ghazizadeh published their study, 'Leak detection in water distribution networks: a robust hydraulic calibration strategy incorporating modified simulated annealing (SA) and addressing uncertainties' in the AJWR Read more here ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1324...
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Leak detection in water distribution networks: a robust hydraulic calibration strategy incorporating modified simulated annealing (SA) and addressing uncertainties
The essential role of water and the need to protect this valuable resource are well recognised worldwide. Leakage in water distribution networks (WDNs) has serious economic, social, and environment...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Aderita Mariana Takelebp, Carla Alexandra de Jesus da Costa & Ana Fatima Godinho published their study, 'Sustainable flood management system frameworks in Dili Municipality, Timor Leste' in the Australasian Journal of Water Resources. Read more here ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1324...
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Sustainable flood management system frameworks in Dili Municipality, Timor Leste
Timor-Leste experienced severe floods in 2020 and 2021. This study aims to build a general sustainable flood management framework in Dili, which serves as a blueprint for implementing the national ...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Neil Argent and co-authors published their study, 'Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scientist knowledge shared on-country at Toorale: a case study to encourage non-Aboriginal scientists to take their first step' in AJWR OPEN ACCESS ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1324...
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Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scientist knowledge shared on-country at Toorale: a case study to encourage non-Aboriginal scientists to take their first step
“Beautiful to see the brolgas, they are here to welcome us because they know that we’re here to help them, cause they’re our people…” Uncle Badger Bates The imperative to incorporate Aboriginal kno...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Paul Hong & co-authors Yongping Wei, Frederick Bouckaert, Kim Johnston & Brian Head published their study, 'Sentiment levers in public submissions for water governance in the Murray-Darling Basin' in the Australasian Journal of Water Resources. Read more here ⬇️ OPEN ACCESS ⬇️ doi.org/10.1080/1324...
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Sentiment levers in public submissions for water governance in the Murray-Darling Basin
The contribution of stakeholder engagement to improving the social, economic, and ecological outcomes of natural resource governance depends upon who are involved, what their interests and opinions...
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Australasian Journal of Water Resources @ajwr-journal.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Sri Srikanthan, Thomas McMahon & Murray Peel have published their study, "Recommended daily rainfall-runoff model for Australian hydrology consulting" in the Australasian Journal of Water Resources. OPEN ACCESS t.co/102IZExjS7
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