WATER: "$50 million for new water research alliance"

Australian Government Media Release
4 September 2008

Minister for Climate Change and Water, Senator Penny Wong, today launched a joint initiative between the Bureau of Meteorology and CSIRO that will be the largest water information research project in the southern hemisphere.

The Water Information Research and Development Alliance (WIRADA) is a five-year, $50 million research partnership between Bureau of Meteorology (the Bureau) and CSIRO. It aims to provide a state-of-the-art, national database on Australia's water resources.

Under the Rudd Government's Water for the Future program, the Bureau has the role of reporting on the availability, condition and use of water resources across Australia.

Through the new WIRADA initiative, CSIRO will perform research specifically for the Bureau that will be integrated into the way its water monitoring, analysis and prediction systems are developed...

Read the full media release here.