Cities as Water Supply Catchments
Cities as Water Supply Catchments
Cities as Water Supply Catchments is a five year research program based at the Centre for Water Sensitive Cities. The program is researching ways to better manage water in a water sensitive city to; overcome water shortages, reduce urban temperatures, improve waterway health and improve urban landscapes. The program is undertaken by a consortium of research organisations led by Monash University and involving 30 project partners across New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia and Victoria, and also includes the Commonwealth Government through the National Water Commission.
In the long term, it is planned for the program to be merged into the proposed Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities, which will have a broader scope and longer lifespan than the Cities as Water Supply Catchments program.