LEADER 04967nam 22006851 450 001 9910813416503321 005 20230803022417.0 010 $a1-4863-0008-1 010 $a1-4863-0007-3 035 $a(CKB)2550000001159926 035 $a(EBL)1557493 035 $a(OCoLC)851643612 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001163683 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11629889 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001163683 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11164084 035 $a(PQKB)10696861 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1557493 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10802825 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL543131 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1557493 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001159926 100 $a20131211h20132013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMelbourne's water catchments $eperspectives on a world-class water supply /$fJames Viggers, Haylee Weaver, David Lindenmayer 210 1$aCollingwood, Victoria :$cCSIRO Publishing,$d[2013] 210 4$dİ2013 215 $a1 online resource (144 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4863-0006-5 311 $a1-306-11880-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 disease 327 $aThe 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; Conclusion 327 $aChapter 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 drought 327 $aAdditional 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 Reservoir 327 $aAdditional 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 MMBW 327 $aCatchment areas as national parks 330 $aCharts the unique history of the Melbourne water catchments and water supply. 606 $aWater-supply$zAustralia 606 $aWater resources development$zAustralia 607 $aMelbourne (Vic.)$xWater-supply 615 0$aWater-supply 615 0$aWater resources development 676 $a333.91 676 $a333.916215 700 $aViggers$b James$01592983 701 $aWeaver$b Haylee$01592984 701 $aLindenmayer$b David$0305889 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813416503321 996 $aMelbourne's water catchments$93912889 997 $aUNINA