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Journal articles on the topic "Water quality management Victoria La Trobe River"
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Chessman, BC. "Artificial-substratum periphyton and water quality in the lower La Trobe River, Victoria." Marine and Freshwater Research 36, no. 6 (1985): 855. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf9850855.
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Between February 1975 and March 1977, periphyton from artificial substrata (glass microscope slides) and water samples for physicochemical analysis were obtained from eight sites on the lowland section of the La Trobe River, which flows through agricultural, urban and industrial areas. Total organic matter on the slides, estimated as weight loss on ignition, was usually highest in summer or autumn when river flows were low. However, chlorophyll a densities generally peaked in late winter and spring when nitrate concentrations were high, except at a site upstream of major urban and industrial areas, where a summer-autumn increase occurred. Thermal discharges from major power stations had no obvious effect on chlorophyll abundance, but did appear to substantially influence diatom assemblage composition from late summer to early winter, when river temperatures were highest. Downstream of the Morwell River confluence, diatom assemblages were influenced by a sharp increase in dissolved solids concentration and probably also by the grazing activities of snails (Ferrissia petterdi and Physastra gibbosa). The diatom flora at the most downstream site showed some evidence of recovery from thermal effects.
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Chessman, BC, and DP Robinson. "Some effects of the 1982-83 drought on water quality and macroinvertebrate fauna in the lower La Trobe River, Victoria." Marine and Freshwater Research 38, no. 2 (1987): 289. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf9870289.
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Following severe and prolonged drought, flows in parts of the lower LaTrobe River reached record lows in February 1983. Consequent lack of dilution for wastewater discharges resulted in marked deterioration of water quality, with dissolved oxygen concentration dropping to 2 g m-3 and electrical conductivity rising to 115 mS m-1. Despite these changes there was little alteration in the taxonomic richness or composition of the aquatic macroinvertebrate fauna. Faunal richness in the river downstream from Yallourn was low both before and after the drought, but the causative factors remain obscure.
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Kanda, Edwin K., Job R. Kosgei, and Emmanuel C. Kipkorir. "Simulation of organic carbon loading using MIKE 11 model: a case of River Nzoia, Kenya." Water Practice and Technology 10, no. 2 (June 1, 2015): 298–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wpt.2015.035.
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River Nzoia is the largest river draining into the Kenyan portion of Lake Victoria. This river receives both point sources of pollution from industrial and municipal wastes, and non-point sources from agricultural runoff in the catchment. The objective of this study was to simulate dissolved oxygen (DO) and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of the middle section of River Nzoia using MIKE 11 model. The model was calibrated using discharge and water quality data for 2009 and validated with March–April 2013 data. The model performance was good with coefficient of determination (R2) values of between 0.845 and 0.995, Nash–Sutcliffe efficiency values of between 0.748 and 0.993 and percent bias of less than 10 for both calibration and validation of electrical conductivity (EC), DO and BOD. EC and BOD values were lower for April compared to March which could be attributed to dilution during high flows. DO values were above the recommended minimum level of 4 mg/l in all the sections of the river in the wet period but some sections had lower than 4 mg/l during low flow period. The government agencies such as Water Resources Management Authority and National Environment Management Authority should enforce the effluent standards to ensure that industries and wastewater treatment plants adhere to the maximum allowable limit for BOD and also improve their treatment efficiencies of wastewater plants so as to improve the quality of River Nzoia which is important in the overall management of the Lake Victoria basin.
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Atazadeh, Ehsan, Andrew Barton, and Jafar Razeghi. "Importance of environmental flows in the Wimmera catchment, Southeast Australia." Limnological Review 20, no. 4 (December 1, 2020): 185–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/limre-2020-0018.
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Abstract In this paper the environment, climate, vegetation, indigenous and European settlement history, stream flow patterns, water quality and water resources development in western Victoria, Australia are studied. The last part of the paper focuses on the MacKenzie River, a tributary of the Wimmera River located on the northern slopes of the Grampians Ranges in western Victoria, Australia. Water release along the MacKenzie River was regulated to improve water quality, stream condition and river health especially in the downstream reaches. The upstream section tends to receive water most days of the year due to releases to secure the requirements of water supply for the city of Horsham and its recreational and conservation values, which is diverted into Mt Zero Channel. Below this the middle and downstream sections receive a more intermittent supply. Annually, a total of 10,000 dam3 of water is released from Wartook Reservoir into the MacKenzie River. Of this volume, only about 4,000 dam3 was released explicitly for environmental purposes. The remaining 6,000 dam3 was released to meet consumptive demands and to transfer water to downstream reservoirs. The empirical data and models showed the lower reaches of the river to be in poor condition under low flows, but this condition improved under flows of 35 dam3 per day, as indicated. The results are presented to tailor discharge and duration of the river flows by amalgamation of consumptive and environmental flows to improve the condition of the stream, thereby supplementing the flows dedicated to environmental outcomes. Ultimately the findings can be used by management to configure consumptive flows that would enhance the ecological condition of the MacKenzie River.
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Paterson, John. "Water Management and Recreational Values; Some Cases in Victoria, Australia." Water Science and Technology 21, no. 2 (February 1, 1989): 1–12. http://dx.doi.org/10.2166/wst.1989.0021.
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The growing recognition of recreational and amenity demands on water systems introduces a multitude of issues, many of them complex, to the established tasks of water quality management and water management generally. Victorian case studies are presented. They (1) illustrate the range and diversity of situations that can arise in managing competition and enhancing compatibility between traditional water supply objectives and recreational demands. (2) Fluctuation of storage levels, essential to storage operations, detract from recreational value. Recreational and tourism demands upon Lake Hume have grown to threaten traditional operating flexibility. (3) Mokoan is another such instance, but with its supply function in a state of flux, Lake Mokoan provides more scope for a shift in the balance. (4) Salinity management has become an issue in the management of lakes and wetlands when water supply interests and environmental/recreation interests respectively have different perspectives on salt disposal. (5) Recreational use of town supply sources has long been a vexed issue, although marked shifts in the attitudues of many supply authorities have occurred in recent years. (6) Eutrophication of lakes and estuaries raises difficult issues of responsibility and scientific uncertainty, and the water management connection may be tenuous but will attract public attention. (7) The water body attributes valued by specialised recreational interests require definition in terms that water managers can deal with using routine techniques of systems analysis and evaluation. (8) The demands of the fish population and anglers introduce a new perspective in river management and perceptions of instream values are changing markedly. (9) Direct costs of recreational services supplied by water authorities are not fully accounted: allocation choices and fiscal incidence will emerge as issues of significance. (10) These case studies raise only a fraction of the total range of matters that will, in the years to come, tax the technology and political skills of governments and management.
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Mulanda Aura, Christopher, Chrisphine S. Nyamweya, James M. Njiru, Reuben Omondi, Julius Manyala, Safina Musa, Horace Owiti, et al. "Using the Multi-metric Index of Biotic Integrity methodological approach to determine the major river catchment that most pollutes a lake." Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management 24, no. 1 (January 2, 2021): 12–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.14321/aehm.024.01.04.
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Abstract We present the Multi-metric Index of Biotic Integrity methodological approach that allows for the ranking of major river catchments based on pollution status in the Kenyan portion of Lake Victoria, Africa. The study has a broader applicability to all of Lake Victoria, other African Great Lakes, and all lakes that have riverine discharge. The method presented utilizes water quality and environmental data, local knowledge, and pre-existing literature. The parameters considered were sampled from 2016 to 2018 during the dry season (July sampling) and the wet season (March sampling). Separation power of Mann-Whitney U test (p < 0.05) qualified 11 discriminant metrics for both macroinvertebrate and fish samples into the scoring system of 1, 3 and 5 in the formulation of final Multi-metric Index of Biotic Integrity methodological approach. Rivers in the northern section had lower Multi-metric Index of Biotic Integrity methodological approach scores, as compared to southern counterparts. The Multi-metric Index of Biotic Integrity methodological approach ranking herein was validated by community perceptions on pollution levels. River Nzoia catchment emerged as the most polluted, followed by River Yala, River Kuja, and Sondu-Miriu. Siltation, domestic washing, litter and refuse emerged as the main agents of pollution. Management authorities ought to reinforce a balanced utilization of the vital water resources to minimize future impacts, and promote catchment wide practices that ensure ecological health sustainability of the lake ecosystem.
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Pollino, Carmel A., Pat Feehan, Michael R. Grace, and Barry T. Hart. "Fish communities and habitat changes in the highly modified Goulburn Catchment, Victoria, Australia." Marine and Freshwater Research 55, no. 8 (2004): 769. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/mf03180.
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Evidence for the decline in native fish communities in the lowland Goulburn Catchment has been based primarily on studies investigating changes to environmental conditions as a result of river regulation. The present study aggregates historical fisheries data to spatially compare native fish communities in different parts of the catchment. Multivariate analyses demonstrate that distinctly different community compositions are found in different parts of the catchment. Eildon Dam, a deep release reservoir, has drastically altered the hydrology and water quality of the upper Goulburn River, and ordination analyses show that this has created both physical and artificial barriers to movement of native fish into the main channel. Concurrently, fisheries data from the upper main channel show the community is highly divergent compared to the remaining catchment. Further downstream, Goulburn Weir creates a barrier to fish movement between Lake Nagambie and the lower Goulburn Catchment, and alters the natural hydrological regime. Similarity Percentage analyses demonstrate that these stressors have facilitated the establishment of alien species, which dominate fish abundance in the upper and lower main channels. The current study emphasises the need to explore alternatives for improving management strategies to rehabilitate fish communities throughout the Goulburn Catchment.
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Massawe, Ezrael J., Richard Kimwaga, and Fredrick Mwanuzi. "Modelling Transport of Nitrogen Compounds in Geita Wetland along Mtakuja River." Tanzania Journal of Engineering and Technology 37, no. 2 (June 30, 2018): 89–106. http://dx.doi.org/10.52339/tjet.v37i2.486.
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The impacts of excessive nitrogen loading to streams in a watershed occur in the receiving waters such as rivers at the outlet of the watershed. To quantify the impacts of land use and management practices on the nitrogen loading at the watershed outlet, simulation models are needed that can both predict the nitrogen loading at the edge of individual fields and predict the fate of nitrogen as it moves through the river network to the watershed outlet. This paper presents the results of a model analysis for describing the processes governing transformations and transport of nitrogen compounds (NO3-N and NH4-N) through Mtakuja River in the Geita wetland. The model was made in Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT), a watershed model developed to assess the impact of land management practices on water, sediment and agricultural chemical yields with varying soils, land use and management conditions. Two monitoring stations namely MTSP1 and MTSP2 were established along Mtakuja River. A set of SWAT model inputs representative of the water conditions was collected from the established monitoring stations. The model was calibrated and validated for the prediction of flow and nitrogen compounds (NO3-N and NH4-N) transport, against a set of measured mean monthly monitoring data. Sensitive model parameters were adjusted within their feasible ranges during calibration to minimize model prediction errors. At the gauging station MTSP2, the calibration results showed that the model predicted mean monthly flow within 18% of the measured mean monthly flow with the r2 coefficient and Nash-Sutcliffe (NSE) were 0.84 and 0.82, respectively. At the water quality monitoring station MTSP2, the calibration results showed the model predicted nitrogen compounds (NO3-N and NH4-N) loadings within 21% and 23% of their respective measured mean monthly loadings. The mean monthly comparisons of r 2 values for nitrogen compounds ranged from 0.77 to 0.81 while the Nash-Sutcliffe Efficiency (NSE) values were between 0.72 and 0.73. The model results and field measurements demonstrated that about 70% of the annual nitrogen compounds loadings which would otherwise reach Lake Victoria are retained in the wetland. The Mtakuja river model can therefore be used for prediction of nitrogen compounds (NO3-N and NH4-N) transformation processes in the Geita wetland.
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White, R. E., B. P. Christy, A. M. Ridley, A. E. Okom, S. R. Murphy, W. H. Johnston, D. L. Michalk, et al. "SGS Water Theme: influence of soil, pasture type and management on water use in grazing systems across the high rainfall zone of southern Australia." Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 43, no. 8 (2003): 907. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/ea02239.
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Eleven experimental sites in the Sustainable Grazing Systems (SGS) national experiment were established in the high rainfall zone (HRZ, >600 mm/year) of Western Australia, Victoria and New South Wales to measure components of the water balance, and pathways of water movement, for a range of pastures from 1997 to 2001. The effect of widely spaced river red gums (Eucalyptus camaldulensis) in pasture, and of belts of plantation blue gums (E. globulus), was studied at 2 of the sites. The soil types tested ranged from Kurosols, Chromosols and Sodosols, with different subsoil permeabilities, to Hydrosols and Tenosols. The pasture types tested were kikuyu (Pennisetum clandestinum), phalaris (Phalaris aquatica), redgrass (Bothriochloa macra) and annual ryegrass (Lolium rigidum), with subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum) included. Management variables were set stocking v. rotational grazing, adjustable stocking rates, and level of fertiliser input. Soil, pasture and animal measurements were used to set parameters for the biophysical SGS pasture model, which simulated the long-term effects of soil, pasture type, grazing method and management on water use and movement, using as inputs daily weather data for 31 years from selected sites representing a range of climates. Measurements of mean maximum soil water deficit Sm were used to estimate the probability of surplus water occurring in winter, and the average amount of this surplus, which was highest (97–201 mm/year) for pastures in the cooler, winter-rainfall dominant regions of north-east and western Victoria and lowest (3–11 mm/year) in the warmer, lower rainfall regions of the eastern Riverina and Esperance, Western Australia. Kikuyu in Western Australia achieved the largest increase in Sm compared with annual pasture (55–71 mm), while increases due to phalaris were 18–45 mm, and those of native perennials were small and variable. Long-term model simulations suggested rooting depth was crucial in decreasing deep drainage, to about 50 mm/year for kikuyu rooting to 2.5 m, compared with 70–200 mm/year for annuals rooting to only 0.8 m. Plantation blue gums dried the soil profile to 5.25 m by an average of 400 mm more than kikuyu pasture, reducing the probability of winter surplus water to zero, and eliminating drainage below the root zone. Widely spaced river red gums had a much smaller effect on water use, and would need to number at least 14 trees per hectare to achieve extra soil drying of about 50 mm over a catchment. Soil type affected water use primarily through controlling the rooting depth of the vegetation, but it also changed the partitioning of surplus water between runoff and deep drainage. Strongly duplex soils such as Sodosols shed 50% or more surplus water as runoff, which is important for flushing streams, provided the water is of good quality. Grazing method and pasture management had only a marginal effect in increasing water use, but could have a positive effect on farm profitability through increased livestock production per hectare and improved persistence of perennial species.
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Amirthanathan, Gnanathikkam Emmanuel, Mohammed Abdul Bari, Fitsum Markos Woldemeskel, Narendra Kumar Tuteja, and Paul Martinus Feikema. "Regional significance of historical trends and step changes in Australian streamflow." Hydrology and Earth System Sciences 27, no. 1 (January 11, 2023): 229–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/hess-27-229-2023.
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Abstract. The Hydrologic Reference Stations is a network of 467 high-quality streamflow gauging stations across Australia that is developed and maintained by the Bureau of Meteorology as part of an ongoing responsibility under the Water Act 2007. The main objectives of the service are to observe and detect climate-driven changes in observed streamflow and to provide a quality-controlled dataset for research. We investigate trends and step changes in streamflow across Australia in data from all 467 streamflow gauging stations. Data from 30 to 69 years in duration ending in February 2019 were examined. We analysed data in terms of water-year totals and for the four seasons. The commencement of the water year varies across the country – mainly from February–March in the south to September–October in the north. We summarized our findings for each of the 12 drainage divisions defined by Australian Hydrological Geospatial Fabric (Geofabric) and for continental Australia as a whole. We used statistical tests to detect and analyse linear and step changes in seasonal and annual streamflow. Monotonic trends were detected using modified Mann–Kendall (MK) tests, including a variance correction approach (MK3), a block bootstrap approach (MK3bs) and a long-term persistence approach (MK4). A nonparametric Pettitt test was used for step-change detection and identification. The regional significance of these changes at the drainage division scale was analysed and synthesized using a Walker test. The Murray–Darling Basin, home to Australia's largest river system, showed statistically significant decreasing trends for the region with respect to the annual total and all four seasons. Drainage divisions in New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania showed significant annual and seasonal decreasing trends. Similar results were found in south-western Western Australia, South Australia and north-eastern Queensland. There was no significant spatial pattern observed in central nor mid-west Western Australia, with one possible explanation for this being the sparse density of streamflow stations and/or the length of the datasets available. Only the Tanami–Timor Sea Coast drainage division in northern Australia showed increasing trends and step changes in annual and seasonal streamflow that were regionally significant. Most of the step changes occurred during 1970–1999. In the south-eastern part of Australia, the majority of the step changes occurred in the 1990s, before the onset of the “Millennium Drought”. Long-term monotonic trends in observed streamflow and its regional significance are consistent with observed changes in climate experienced across Australia. The findings of this study will assist water managers with long-term infrastructure planning and management of water resources under climate variability and change across Australia.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Water quality management Victoria La Trobe River"
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Das, S. K. "Management of Agricultural Non-point Source Pollution: A Case Study on Yarra River." Thesis, 2016. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/33599/.
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The development and use of any specific model depend on the availability of data
and the hydrological settings of a country. Because of data limitations (especially water
quality and land management data), the water quality models developed for Australian
catchments are lumped/semi-distributed conceptual models. Even within these modelling
frameworks, water quality component is empirical or generation rates-based. In this
context, developing an effective water quality management plan in the data-poor
conditions of Australia still remains as a major challenge for water catchment managers,
despite huge investment on river health improvement programs.
Physics-based distributed water quality models such as SWAT are most suitable
for agricultural non-point source pollution studies. However, because of high data
requirement and processing, the applications of these models are limited in many datapoor
catchments. In this study, relevant input data sources and analysis techniques were
addressed especially for sparsely available water quality data to assemble, and to
rigorously calibrate and validate the SWAT based Middle Yarra Water Quality Model
(MYWQM) for the case study area - Middle Yarra Catchment (MYC) of Victoria,
Australia. The regression based model LOADEST was used for estimating sediment, and
nutrient observed loads from monthly water quality grab sample data. The MYWQM was
then used to develop a water quality management plan for agricultural non-point source
pollution in the MYC.
In general, the MYWQM was found capable of predicting streamflow, sediment
and nutrient loads in the MYC. The model was also found effective for simulating
individual and integrated effects of several Best Management Practices (BMPs) in the
MYC. Moreover, the model showed that the in-stream processes if not considered can
result in incorrect estimates when simulating BMPs in the model. Overall, the
performance of the MYWQM on evaluating the BMPs in the MYC demonstrated that
data-intensive physics-based models can be applied in the data-poor conditions of
Australia.
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Huang, Guangyan. "Semantics orientated spatial temporal data mining for water resource decision support." Thesis, 2011. https://vuir.vu.edu.au/18971/.
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Water resource management is becoming more complex and relies heavily on computer
software processing to help data queries for common and rare patterns for analyzing critical
water events. For example, it is vital for decision makers to know if certain types of
water quality problems are isolated (e.g. rare) or ubiquitous (e.g. common) and whether
the conditions are changing spatially or temporally for a proper management plan. This thesis aims to automatically detect spatiotemporal common and rare patterns by
significantly addressing the uncertainty and heterogeneity in water quality data, in order to
enhance the accuracy and efficiency of common and rare pattern mining models underpinning
many of the water resource management strategies and planning decisions. Therefore,
we propose two novel semantics-oriented mining methods: the Correcting Imprecise
Readings and Compressing Excrescent Points (CIRCE) method and the Exceptional Object
Analysis for Finding Rare Environmental Events (EOAFREE) method. The CIRCE method
resolves uncertainty problems in retrieving common patterns based on spatiotemporal semantic
points, such as inflexions. The EOAFREE method tackles the heterogeneity problem
by summarizing raw water data into a water quality index, that is, water semantics, in discovering
rare patterns. We demonstrate the efficiency and effectiveness of the two methods by
using simulation and real world datasets, and then implement them in a Semantics-Oriented
Mining Application for Detecting Water Quality Events (SOMAwater) prototype system,
which is used to query spatiotemporal common and rare patterns for a real world water quality
dataset of 93 sites in 10 river basins in Victoria, Australia from 1975 to 2010.
Book chapters on the topic "Water quality management Victoria La Trobe River"
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Twesigye, Charles K. "Application of Remote Sensing Technologies and Geographical Information Systems in Monitoring Environmental Degradation in the Lake Victoria Watershed, East Africa." In Green Technologies, 653–77. IGI Global, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-472-1.ch405.
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Accurate information on the state of water resources in the Lake Victoria watershed is crucial for planning and sustainable development in the East African region. This region largely depends on its natural resource-base for economic development, and therefore comprehensive information on its resources dynamics is key in implementing poverty alleviation strategies, improving human condition and preserving the biological systems upon which the region‘s population depends. This chapter focuses on key issues, which have emerged as a result of population growth and development in the region. The research on which this chapter is based aims to address the concerns on land use and settlement trends in the study sites, vulnerability of the communities to water stress and sustainability of the livelihood systems in the watersheds of Nzoia River Basin (Kenya), Nakivubo Wetland (Uganda) and Simiyu River Basin (Tanzania). These communities engage in unique land use practices that have intensified environmental degradation in recent times. The research adopts a multi-disciplinary approach in bringing to the fore the various processes affecting watershed resources use and management in the selected wetlands of the Lake Victoria Drainage Basin (LVDB). The data presented covers trends in vegetation cover loss, pesticide pollution and general water quality parameters. Geographic information systems (GIS) and remote sensing techniques were employed to unveil land use patterns that have resulted in the degradation of the watershed. Wetland degradation levels have been characterized using secondary data generated by analytical techniques. New emerging challenges of environmental degradation caused by industrial, domestic and agricultural activities are presented and discussed. The potential of the new science of hydroinformatics in integrated watershed management through mathematical modeling, geographic information systems analysis and water supply management is highlighted.