July 2008

From the CEO

Recently-unveiled national policies on the Murray-Darling and climate change have underlined the importance of the sector we work in. Australia’s water resources have never been a higher priority – and ICE WaRM is working on the introduction of imaginative initiatives to address the pressing challenges facing our society.

Education and training are vital ...  full story

ICE WaRM wins grant to upgrade WRM Programme

ICE WaRM has been awarded an Australian Government grant to upgrade its flagship post-graduate Water Resources Management Programme.

The grant, from the Australian Government Department of Climate Change’s Climate Change Adaptation Skills for Professionals Programme, allows ICE WaRM to increase the emphasis on sustainability and i...  full story

Water Planning scholarships in the pipeline

ICE WaRM will offer scholarships for the new Water Planning degree programme being developed with funding from the National Water Commission.

A fund of $200,000 has been established for the provision of scholarships which will be available to students across Australia.

Conditions of the scholarships will be announced in spring 2008, ready for the introduction of ...  full story

WRM Programmes available through distance learning

The new distance learning initiative for a range of courses in the Master of Water Resources Management Programmes is attracting significant interest.

Already more than 40 students have registered interest in distance learning, which is available from Semester Two 2008.

Students across Australia and internationally can access dista...  full story

Skills shortage study gathers pace

ICE WaRM is carrying out an extensive study of one of the major issues facing Australia’s water industry – the growing skills shortage.

The skills shortage, which developed over the last two decades, has become even more urgent with the coincidence of the drought and climate change.

The national audit and strategy development study involves widespread ...  full story

ICE WaRM short courses booming

There has been a big response to the first of ICE WaRM’s new Australian Water Industry Essentials programme.

The initial programme, run in conjunction with the Australian Water Association, was staged in Sydney in early July for 25 industry professionals from New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and the ACT

Immediately, ICE WaRM was asked to stage further deliveries of the course in other states.

The course also will be available in...  full story

Water pricing under the microscope

More than 40 professionals took part in a special ICE WaRM workshop on the Mathematics of Water Supplies and Pricing at Surfers Paradise in Queensland in mid-July.

ICE WaRM teamed with our companion ICE in Mathematics Education, the Australian Mathematical Sciences Institute and the Australian Research Council’s Centre for Excellence for Mathematics and Statistics of Complex Systems to deliver the workshop.

The programme in...  full story

International speakers for ICE WaRM seminar

A leading water researcher outlined fresh approaches to India’s water problems and potential solutions at ICE WaRM-supported seminars in Adelaide and Sydney in June.

At the Australia-Asia Water Centre in Adelaide, Associate Professor Ashu Jain examined the issues, challenges and possible solutions for water-related problems in India and Dr Rajib Maity outlined the value of stu...  full story

Living Laboratories update

The latest ICE WaRM Living Laboratory seminar at the National Wine Centre in Adelaide set the spotlight on Technological Innovation in Wetland Management.

The workshop explored new approaches which can halt the decline in wetlands, floodplains and other river systems – many of them suffering serious and rapid degradation because o...  full story

Visits and Exchanges seminar

In July, ICE WaRM hosted a seminar by Tsair-Fuh Lin from the Department of Environmental Engineering at National Cheng Kung University (NCKU), Taiwan. Professor Lin’s 4 week visit to Australia, hosted by the Australian Water Quality Centre, was funded by ICE WaRMs Visits and Exchanges Programme.

The recent seminar, titled 'Introductio...  full story