04952nam 22006851 450 991045324120332120200520144314.01-4863-0008-11-4863-0007-3(CKB)2550000001159926(EBL)1557493(OCoLC)851643612(SSID)ssj0001163683(PQKBManifestationID)11629889(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001163683(PQKBWorkID)11164084(PQKB)10696861(MiAaPQ)EBC1557493(Au-PeEL)EBL1557493(CaPaEBR)ebr10802825(CaONFJC)MIL543131(EXLCZ)99255000000115992620131211h20132013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMelbourne's water catchments perspectives on a world-class water supply /James Viggers, Haylee Weaver, David LindenmayerCollingwood, Victoria :CSIRO Publishing,[2013]©20131 online resource (144 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4863-0006-5 1-306-11880-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Melbourne's Water Catchments; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Conversion table; Part 1 Early history: pre-1900 to 1960; Chapter 1: Pre-1900; Introduction; Water for a new settlement; Blackburn's water supply ideas; The Yan Yean scheme; Closure of the Yan Yean water catchment; Challenges to maintaining adequate water supply; Construction of new water supplies to Yan Yean Reservoir; Diversion of the Watts River and construction of the Maroondah Aqueduct; Continued growth of Melbourne; Links between water quality, human activity and diseaseThe Royal Commission into the Sanitary Condition of MelbourneConclusion; Chapter 2: 1901 to 1939; Introduction; 'Enemies of water supply': drought and rapid population growth; The Acheron option; New water supplies: the O'Shannassy River and augmentation of the Maroondah system; New water supplies: the O'Shannassy River; 1920s: further expansion of water infrastructure; Maroondah Reservoir; O'Shannassy Reservoir; Silvan Reservoir; Ritchie's ideas for Melbourne's water and securing of supply options; Commencement of the Upper Yarra scheme; Bushfires: 1939 Black Friday fires; ConclusionChapter 3: 1940 to 1960Introduction; Aftermath of the 1939 bushfires; Fire management and fire towers; Integrity of the water supply: protection from disease; Expansion of the Upper Yarra scheme: the reservoir; Upper Yarra Reservoir: revisions to capacity and rate of construction; Conclusion; Part 2 1961 TO 2012: A WATER MAN'S PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 4: 1961 to 1984; Introduction; 1962: 'The future water supply' report; Analysis of Ronalds' proposals for water supply; Final recommendations of the Parliamentary Public Works Committee inquiry; The 1967-68 droughtAdditional infrastructure and water supply optionsWater restrictions; New water supply infrastructure for Melbourne; Greenvale Reservoir: western Melbourne; Cardinia Reservoir: south-eastern Melbourne; Commencement of the Thomson River scheme; Stage 1: tunnelling to Upper Yarra Reservoir; Stage 2: extension of the tunnel; Stage 3: final extension of the tunnel and construction of the Thomson dam wall; Fluoridation of Melbourne's water; Sugarloaf Reservoir and Winneke Treatment Plant: construction and controversy; Environmental impact study; The construction of Sugarloaf ReservoirAdditional options to secure Melbourne's water supplyWatsons Creek and the Aberfeldy River; 'Planning for an uncertain future' report (1981); Bushfires in the catchments: the Ash Wednesday fires of February 1983; Conclusion; Chapter 5: 1985 to 2012; Introduction; Water supply strategies: 1986 and 1991; Managing demand; Options for new infrastructure and water supply; Cloud seeding trials in the Thomson Catchment; Climate change; The water catchment forests; Research on forest dynamics and water yield and quality; Fire and water yield; Logging and water yield; The end of the MMBWCatchment areas as national parksCharts the unique history of the Melbourne water catchments and water supply.Water-supplyAustraliaWater resources developmentAustraliaElectronic books.Water-supplyWater resources development333.91333.916215Viggers James953740Weaver Haylee953741Lindenmayer David305889MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453241203321Melbourne's water catchments2156467UNINA