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December 2012 |
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Advancing Australia's Water Information
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 As we pass the half-way mark of the ten-year Improving Water Information Program, a comprehensive and reliable picture of Australia’s water resources is emerging.
The 2012 progress report describes progress towards the program's ten objectives and answers fundamental questions about Australia’s water resources. | | | | | | | | |
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Rainfall and temperature outlook for January to March
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 The Bureau of Meteorology’s rainfall and temperature outlooks for January to March 2013 are now available on the Bureau's website.
The outlooks indicate that a drier than normal season is more likely for some parts of eastern Australia. | | | | | | | | |
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Exposure Draft of Australian Water Accounting
Standard 2
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 The Bureau is seeking feedback on the recently released Exposure Draft of Australian Water Accounting Standard 2.
The Standard guides independent practitioners who are engaged to assure general purpose water account reports.
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eReefs products previewed
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 On 14 November 2012, over 40 key stakeholders joined the Hon Tony Burke, Minister for Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities in a preview of products which will be delivered as part of the eReefs project. Watch the eReefs video. | | | | | | | | |
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Checking rainfall and river conditions across Australia
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 The Bureau of Meteorology is the national agency responsible for forecasting floods and issuing warnings in Australia. Our flood forecasting and warning team have been collecting and publishing rainfall and river level data on the Bureau website in near real-time for over 12 years. | | | | | | | | |
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2012 WIRADA annual report now available
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 The 2011–2012 Water Information Research and Development Alliance annual report is now available. It highlights the significant achievements delivered by the joint Alliance partners—the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO.
During the past 12 months the Alliance, now in its fourth year, completed many projects, advanced new areas of research, and continued to turn research outputs into operational services. | | | | | | | | |
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Nine new arrivals to Water Storage
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 Nine major water storages, two managed by Townsville City Council in Queensland and seven managed by Coliban Water in Victoria, have been added to the Bureau’s Water Storage site.
The new additions bring the total number of water storages to 294. | | | | | | | | |
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Where is it dry?
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 The Bureau of Meteorology reports regularly on which parts of Australia have experienced low rainfall over medium to long periods of time. While formal drought declarations are handled by the state and federal governments, the Bureau keeps the nation informed of significant rainfall deficiencies which may impact communities, industries and farmers. | | | | | | | | |
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Geofabric Version 2.1 released
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 The release of Geofabric Version 2.1 includes a number of new features and an update of information.
The Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric) provides a framework for discovering, querying, reporting and modelling water information. | | | | | | | | |
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Exploring environmental monitoring sites
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 Information from environmental monitoring sites across Australia is now available through the Bureau’s Environmental Information Explorer. Users of the web-based portal can identify where monitoring sites are located (e.g. stream gauges or weather stations), the observations and measurements taken, and the site operators and owners. | | | | | | | | |
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