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Find out what’s happening in the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship by reading UPDATE – the Flagship’s electronic newsletter.

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The Water for a Healthy Country Flagship shares knowledge in various ways, including the publication of research reports, peer reviewed journal articles, books and conference proceedings.

  • The Solve magazine masthead.

    This article from CSIRO's publication Solve of August 2005 addresses how science is meeting the challenge of finding ways to reduce Australia's wasteful water practices and improve the way we use and manage this finite resource.

  • CSIRO Land and Water Chief Dr Rob Vertessy.

    Former Chief of CSIRO Land and Water, Rob Vertessy, discusses his background, his research interests and his current work. In April 2007, he was seconded to the Bureau of Meteorology as Chief Scientist - Hydrology to guide the establishment of a new water information function in that agency.

  • Photograph of Dr Ron Sandland, CSIRO’s Deputy Chief Executive

    Dr Ron Sandland, ex-Deputy Chief Executive and Chair of the Flagship Oversight Committee, wrote an article titled: Flagships: science tackling the big challenges.  He described the reasons for creating Flagships, how they were designed, how they are measured, and how they will evolve.

  • The Solve magazine masthead.

    This article from the November 2004 issue of the CSIRO magazine Solve addresses the issues surrounding that Australia is short of water and the situation is getting worse.