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LandSmart

LandSmart is a site scale knowledge base and decision support tool for diagnosing soil management issues and identifying potential management options. Includes links to resources supporting implementation of the management options. Produced on DVD for the Upper Swan and Lower Avon catchments of of Western Australia.

AGMAPS - Lake Warden Catchment

A site scale knowledge base and decision support tool for diagnosing soil management issues and identifying potential management solutions. Includes links to resources supporting implementation of the management options. Produced on DVD.

Salinity Knowledge Base

The Salinity Knowledge Base has been developed for the SW region of WA to bring together regionally relevant knowledge for advisers, land owners and land managers undertaking property scale planning and management to address salinity and associated issues. Design of the site is intended to align to the decision trees and requirements of users. It links best practices for planning and managing salinity with resources to support on-ground action. Members of the community of practice can collaborate online enriching the technical information with local content.

NRM & Local Government Planning Support Tool, Western Australia

The NRM & Local Government Planning Support Tool focuses on providing locally relevant best planning practices for land use and development types in the Southern Region of Western Australia, and links to resources to support implementation of the best practices. Initially the focus is on rural residential/smallholding development and vineyards but will be expanded to other uses and development types over time. The support tool is based on a wiki or collaborative website which has been "seeded" with content through the a register or database of support material, together with hot links to live website with additional / current information and spatial products. This means that the content is easily updated and expanded. As it is a wiki, registered users can easily comment on the content and add suitable material where gaps may exist.

Loads Tool 1.0.1

The loads tool provides guidance on a series of alternative techniques for calculating sediment loads. This tool is a decision-based tool with the ability to provide a comparative assessment of the load calculation techniques.

SafeGauge software version 1.1.4 - pesticide use risk management tool

SafeGauge is a software application that assesses the potential risk for pesticide contamination of surface water and groundwater resulting from on-farm pesticide use. It has been developed specifically for use in the Queensland sugarcane industry. The system integrates soil hydrology, climatic records and site management practices with pesticide properties, to predict the risk of pesticides moving off-site and potentially entering water bodies. It does not assess risks to flora or fauna in the water body or the risks to human health.

Monitoring Plan Tool for community-based waterway monitoring

Software to assist community-based natural resource management groups to develop, document and communicate waterway monitoring plans.

Peel-Harvey Decision Support System Biodiversity Toolbox

A decision support tool for biodiversity related issues.

Modelling and Monitoring Assessments (MAMA) Decision Support Tool

The Modelling and Monitoring Assessment Decision Support System is designed to help select and review water assessments for coastal water impacts. The DSS is designed for state government officers involved with Environmental Impact Assessment. They may have science backgrounds but may not be familiar with water quality monitoring and modelling.

Some Features of the DSS:

  • A process for narrowing down or reviewing assessments using predictive modelling approaches and monitoring and experimentation methods.
    Expert knowledge about the use and limitations of modelling approaches and monitoring and experimentation methods.
  • Key documents in searchable help system format. The DSS draws on work done by the Coastal CRC such as OzCoast and OzEstuaries websites as well as associated Water Quality Guidelines.
  • A focus on examining techniques based on:
    1. Environmental Stressors
    2. Environmental Indicators
    3. Environmental Processes
  • Software search tool - the DSS provides a search tool to find existing simulation software classified under 25 sub-categories of Hydrodynamic, Process and Non-Process modelling approaches.
    • Hydrodynamic modelling approaches include: Box models (single or multiple) plus inverse exchange techniques; 1-dimensional vertical; 1-dimensional horizontal; 2-dimensional vertical;
      2-dimensional horizontal; 3-dimensional.
    • Process-based water quality models: Simple transport; Sediment transport; Sediment-Water column interaction; DO (Dissolved Oxygen); NPZ (nutrient-phytoplankton-zooplankton); CNPZ (NPZ plus carbon); NPZM (NPZ plus macrophytes); Contaminant; Pathogen; Phytoplankton (Population); Population; Foodweb.
    • Non process-based water quality models: Agent-based; Empirical relationship; Inverse nutrient; Bayesian belief network; Fuzzy logic; Artificial neural network.
EEMSS (Estuary Entrance Management Support System)

EEMSS provides estuary managers with a powerful tool for assessing likely impacts of decisions about artificially opening an estuary mouth. In addition to its use as a decision support tool, the EEMSS also provides sound guidance for the management of estuaries overall through the establishment of important baseline data such as records of river mouth openings, water levels, water quality data, and species lists. This information can be stored and queried through the database function of the system.