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Author Viggers, James I., author.

Title Melbourne's water catchments : perspectives on a world-class water supply / by James I Viggers, Haylee J Weaver and David B Lindenmayer.

Publication Info. Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2013.

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Description 1 online resource (pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Cover; Melbourne's Water Catchments; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Glossary; Conversion table; Part 1 Early history: pre-1900 to 1960; Chapter 1: Pre-1900; Introduction; Water for a new settlement; Blackburn's water supply ideas; The Yan Yean scheme; Closure of the Yan Yean water catchment; Challenges to maintaining adequate water supply; Construction of new water supplies to Yan Yean Reservoir; Diversion of the Watts River and construction of the Maroondah Aqueduct; Continued growth of Melbourne; Links between water quality, human activity and disease.
The Royal Commission into the Sanitary Condition of MelbourneConclusion; Chapter 2: 1901 to 1939; Introduction; 'Enemies of water supply': drought and rapid population growth; The Acheron option; New water supplies: the O'Shannassy River and augmentation of the Maroondah system; New water supplies: the O'Shannassy River; 1920s: further expansion of water infrastructure; Maroondah Reservoir; O'Shannassy Reservoir; Silvan Reservoir; Ritchie's ideas for Melbourne's water and securing of supply options; Commencement of the Upper Yarra scheme; Bushfires: 1939 Black Friday fires; Conclusion.
Chapter 3: 1940 to 1960Introduction; Aftermath of the 1939 bushfires; Fire management and fire towers; Integrity of the water supply: protection from disease; Expansion of the Upper Yarra scheme: the reservoir; Upper Yarra Reservoir: revisions to capacity and rate of construction; Conclusion; Part 2 1961 TO 2012: A WATER MAN'S PERSPECTIVE; Chapter 4: 1961 to 1984; Introduction; 1962: 'The future water supply' report; Analysis of Ronalds' proposals for water supply; Final recommendations of the Parliamentary Public Works Committee inquiry; The 1967-68 drought.
Additional infrastructure and water supply optionsWater restrictions; New water supply infrastructure for Melbourne; Greenvale Reservoir: western Melbourne; Cardinia Reservoir: south-eastern Melbourne; Commencement of the Thomson River scheme; Stage 1: tunnelling to Upper Yarra Reservoir; Stage 2: extension of the tunnel; Stage 3: final extension of the tunnel and construction of the Thomson dam wall; Fluoridation of Melbourne's water; Sugarloaf Reservoir and Winneke Treatment Plant: construction and controversy; Environmental impact study; The construction of Sugarloaf Reservoir.
Additional options to secure Melbourne's water supplyWatsons Creek and the Aberfeldy River; 'Planning for an uncertain future' report (1981); Bushfires in the catchments: the Ash Wednesday fires of February 1983; Conclusion; Chapter 5: 1985 to 2012; Introduction; Water supply strategies: 1986 and 1991; Managing demand; Options for new infrastructure and water supply; Cloud seeding trials in the Thomson Catchment; Climate change; The water catchment forests; Research on forest dynamics and water yield and quality; Fire and water yield; Logging and water yield; The end of the MMBW.
Summary This book charts the history of the water catchments and water supply for the city of Melbourne, which has many unique aspects that are a critical part of the history of Melbourne, Victoria and Australia. Much of the development of the water supply system was many decades ahead of its time and helped buffer the city of Melbourne from major diseases, droughts and water shortages. The authors present a chronology of the evolution of the catchment and water supply system pre-1900 to today. They discuss major developments, policies, and construction and management activities. Each chapter is illust.
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Subject Watershed management -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
Watershed management.
Australia.
Watershed management -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History.
History.
Water quality management -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
Water quality management.
Water-supply -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.)
Water-supply.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Weaver, Haylee J., author.
Lindenmayer, David, author.
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