The Centre For Water Research

The Swan-Canning River Basin has undergone extensive land use changes in the 20th Century and is facing severe threats from 21st century urban development, climate change and agricultural land use.

The Swan-Canning River Basin On Line project proposal is a joint initiative of the Centre for Water Research at The University of Western Australia and Curtin University. It presents a simple strategy for reversing the current degradation of the Swan-Canning River Basin by setting up a modern adaptive management system that will allow the Swan-Canning River Basin and its receiving waters to be managed sustainably for the benefit of the Western Australian community. The system would allow all stakeholders from primary and high schools students, to teachers and researchers, to company officials and public servants to politicians, to explore various impacts on the Swan-Canning River Basin. It will enable all of us to become connected to our immediate environment, become more knowledgeable about the Swan-Canning River's capacity to sustain further development and understand the cost effectiveness of proposed government and non-government actions. The system will allow all of us to participate in the management of "Our River" through an interactive, easy to use web portal.

The Centre for Water Research is recognised as a world leader in the field of sustainable, adaptive management of natural systems. Our expertise and technologies are in use locally, nationally and internationally with our clients spread across global including Australia, Singapore, Japan, Israel, Saudi Arabia, Germany, UK, Italy, the US, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia. Our marquee projects include Lake Como (Italy), Shoalhaven (Australia), Murray Darling Basin (Australia) and Marina Bay (Singapore).

We are now applying our knowledge, expertise and international experience acquired over a period of a quarter of a century to the Icon of Perth : the Swan-Canning River Basin. We invite you to join us in this exciting project.

• Donate on-line via credit card by clicking on the following link to the UWA Hackett Foundation and choosing "Swan-Canning River Basin On-line project" from the drop-down Gift Designation Category.
• Download the Giving Form and mail to the Office of Development and Alumni Relations, M361, The University of WA, 35 Stirling Highway, Crawley WA 6009.

If you would like to discuss details of this project please contact:
Dr. Clelia Marti: marti@cwr.uwa.edu.au or call (08) 6488 3527.