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Narrator: Water is one of our most important resources,

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we don’t just need it for drinking,

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 we need it for farming, industry and to keep our countries ecosystems healthy.

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But we’ve got some big challenges with how we manage our water, from meeting competing demands from the agriculture, environmental and urban sectors,

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to the uncertainty of water resource availability and the impact of climate change.

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To meet the challenges we need reliable and timely data and information.

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In 2008 the Bureau of Metrology and CSIRO established the Water Information Research and Development Alliance,

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or WIRADA to deliver critical and accurate water information for Australia.

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 This eight year, 65 million dollar research partnership combines CSIRO’s leading expertise

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in water and information sciences and the Bureaus operational role in hydrological analyses and prediction, to deliver high quality water information and tools to government, industry and all Australians.

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The science and technology breakthroughs have surpassed all expectations,

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they’ve changed the way Australia’s water managers and users operate,

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by integrating weather and hydrological observations,

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with climate, catchment and river flow modeling, along with new statistical methods and super computer.

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WIRADA created two products that accurately predicts stream flows,

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days, months and seasons ahead for major rivers across Australia.

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There are real time stimulations of landscape water fluxes and stores across Australia,

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developed by innovatively combining in situ climate and stream flow measurements, satellite observations and hydrological modelling.

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Australians now have high resolution digital elevation and river network products, while data providers have adopted data exchange standards to share, interrogate, reuse and present water data.

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The water information products and services delivered through WIRADA

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help everyone work toward a strong and sustainable future for Australia’s water.

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