Centre for Water and Spatial Science

Are you going to this week's workshop in Kojonup on Water Security? Link below if you haven't registered yet! 👇 👇 👇

Engineers Australia Talk – Modelling Future River Releases in the Upper Canning River Register now for this in-person talk! 📅 Tuesday 17th March 12:00pm - 1:30pm 📍 Engineers Australia Perth Office: Level 10, 77 St Georges Terrace Speaker: Eleanor Sydney, Environmental Officer, DBCA @Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions Presentation: Drawing on a @UWAresearch thesis project that applied the Mesoscale Hydrologic Model (mHM) to explore future river management strategies under climate change. The study simulates how varying river release schedules interact with projected rainfall and temperature trends, examining the volumes of water required to sustain ecological health and cultural values over coming decades. The talk also places the Upper Canning River within a broader context, comparing flow management challenges with other Australian catchments and highlighting the practical implications for water planners and environmental managers. For more info and to register 👉 zurl.co/Hkrnc @SAgE_UWA @UWAEMS

💧 Water Security Workshop - 18th March💧 Join Nik Callow and John Duncan (CWSS, UWA), Richard George (DPIRD) and Sheridan Kowald (@DirtSouthern) for an interactive Water Security Workshop hosted by SouthernDIRT and South West NRM. Hear about the Water Evaluation Platform (WEP), our #WaterSmartDams tool designed for growers, contractors and consultants. More info below: #naturalheritagetrust @GGA_WA @SAgE_UWA #RippleEffect

🌏@UWAresearch has revealed the impact of the record-breaking 2023-2024 heatwave and subsequent drought on WA’s jarrah forests. 🥵 @DrSallyET @CWSSUWA Find out what lies beneath the surface! 🔗uwa.au/p2q9nd

New study reveals impact of extreme heat and drought on jarrah forests Research led by UWA PhD student Huanhuan Wang examined how forests across the South West of Western Australia responded to 2024’s extreme summer heat and drought and found that areas with shallow soils, rocky terrain and limited access to groundwater were most vulnerable. By integrating multiple data sources, the study identified spatial patterns of forest vulnerability that were not apparent from climate data alone. 📖 UWA impact article and link to study published in Environmental Research Letters: uwa.edu.au/news/article/2… #ClimateScience #JarrahForest #ExtremeHeat #Drought #ForestManagement #UWA #WaterScience @SAgE_UWA @UWAresearch @uwanews

WA is on the frontline of climate change... and Prof. Sally Thompson is helping us understand what that means. 🌱💧 Check out her new #HydroTalks episode on ecohydrology, groundwater, vegetation resilience, and working across continents. 🎧 Listen here: blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs/2… #UWA #Hydrology #Ecohydrology @UWAresearch @SAgE_UWA

Congratulations to newly promoted Professors Sally Thompson and Nik Callow, two of our Centre's co-Directors! What a great way to start the year. #Academia @SAgE_UWA

How do historical concepts shape today’s water policies? Dr Sarah Bourke & colleagues explore Indigenous groundwater rights in The Conversation. Read the article: zurl.co/YICwA Paper: zurl.co/Z7lfx @uwanews @SAgE_UWA @UTSEngage @MonashUni @Flinders #IndigenousRights #Groundwater #Decolonisation

As the year draws to a close and Birak season brings warmer days to Boorloo/Perth, the team at the Centre for Water and Spatial Science would like to acknowledge the incredible partnerships, collaborations, research achievements, innovation and impact achieved together. We thank you for being part of our work and community this year. If you missed our December newsletter, you can read it here: mailchi.mp/uwa/cwssdecemb…. If you’re not yet subscribed to our mailing list, we encourage you to sign up to stay up to date with news and activities from across the Centre. The Centre for Water and Spatial Science will be closed from Friday 19 December to Friday 2 January 2026, inclusive. Our team will be available again from Monday 5 January 2026. We wish you and your families a safe, happy and restful festive break, and we look forward to working with you again in 2026.

🏡 RIP the Aussie backyard? Prof Joe Hurley (@RMIT) on ABC Radio National explains how shrinking yards + bigger houses = hotter suburbs & less biodiversity. hotcities.au Listen: abc.net.au/listen/program… Our research: hotcities.au @SAgE_UWA #UrbanPlanning

Join us on a field trip to Bold Park, Perth, WA, as we capture vital data for a @UWAresearch PhD research project. In this video, we’re flying the @YellowScan Surveyor Ultra 3 LiDAR system, mounted on a DJI M350 RTK drone. Watch here: youtube.com/watch?v=YxvO5g… @NikCallow #YellowScan #LiDAR #DJIM350RTK #BoldPark #WesternAustralia #PhDResearch #UAVMapping #Geospatial #Biodiversity @SAgE_UWA

💧 WaterSmart Dams – Making Dams Work Again has brought Western Australian growers together to tackle one of agriculture’s biggest challenges: reliable on-farm water supplies and aims to equips farmers with knowledge and water planning tools to make confident water investment decisions. This case study booklet shares the insights from Western Australian growers, from four grower group project partners from within the GGA Network, including @CompassAgAu, Darkan; @SouthernDirtYF, Kojonup; @MADFIG14, Merredin; and the @FGroup57815, Jerramungup. 💡Growers trialed practical solutions including renovating existing dams and catchments, building new dams, and implementing evaporation control methods. 💡 Each case study shares the growers insights into what worked, what didn’t, and what they learned along the way. 👉 Read the full case study to see their perspective, process, results and challenges: gga.org.au/activity/water… This project is jointly funded through the Australian Government’s @Future Drought Fund (FDF) and the Western Australian state government’s @Agriculture Climate Resilience Fund (ACRF), supported by the @Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), this project equips farmers with knowledge and water planning tools to make confident water investment decisions. #WaterSmartDams #SmartDams

@AustPlantPhenom @UWAresearch @theGRDC @SAgE_UWA #NCRIS #NCRISImpact

UWA's APPN UAV WA Node team were in York recently with the GRYFN IF200 drone - its ‘GOBI’ sensor platform has RGB, LiDAR, & hyperspectral sensors to capture rich data for cutting-edge crop research: 📽️youtu.be/3_HJcNWlSAE 📚OzBarley Impact Case Study: lnkd.in/g9T48GFs

🎉Congratulations to the WaterSmart Dams team for their commendation in this year's UWA Research Awards! 👉Visit waterevaluationplatform.app/dam for more on our latest WaterSmart tools. @SAgE_UWA @DPIRDMedia @GGA_WA #FutureDroughtFund #ResearchAward #OzAg

💧 Through The Ripple Effect, the University of Western Australia (UWA) is helping WA farmers plan for water security, biodiversity & drought resilience using the Water Evaluation Platform (WEP). Read the full case study to learn how UWA is contributing to this national initiative:💧 🔗 gga.org.au/activity/rippl… #TheRippleEffect @CWSSUWA @uwanews

🎬 In this #WADroughtHub #DrySeasonShorts video, Nik Callow (@CWSS_UWA) shares how WaterSmart Dams & the Water Evaluation Platform help farmers find cost-effective, fit-for-purpose water solutions. 💧 Learn more: hub.gga.org.au/podcast/waters… @DPIRDWA #FutureDroughtFund #smartdams

Congratulations, Yang! @sage_uwa

Out with the ⁦@AustPlantPhenom⁩ Gobi (LiDAR and hyperspectral), multispectral and 120MP camera getting data for ⁦@CWSS_UWA⁩ ⁦@AHRI_Team⁩ ⁦@SAgE_UWA⁩ project. We are providing next-level data to support farming systems and weed @theGRDC⁩ research