Predicting the effects of landuse change on water and salt balance—a case study of a catchment affected by dryland salinity in NSW, Australia

An integrated and comprehensive framework for the assessment of water and salt balance for large catchments is presented. The framework is applied to the Mandagery Creek catchment (1688 km 2), located in the south-eastern part of Australia. The catchment is affected by dryland salinity and the effec...

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Published inJournal of hydrology (Amsterdam) Vol. 283; no. 1; pp. 67 - 90
Main Authors Tuteja, Narendra Kumar, Beale, Geoffrey, Dawes, Warrick, Vaze, Jai, Murphy, Brian, Barnett, Paul, Rancic, Aleksandra, Evans, Ray, Geeves, Guy, Rassam, Daud W., Miller, Michelle
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 10.12.2003
Elsevier Science
Subjects
Australia, New South Wales
CATSALT
Dryland salinity
Earth sciences
Earth, ocean, space
Exact sciences and technology
FLOWTUBE
Hydrogeology
Hydrology
Hydrology. Hydrogeology
HYDRUS-2D
Landuse change
Topographic indices
Water resources
Australia
New South Wales
Topographic indices
Dryland salinity
HYDRUS-2D
CATSALT
FLOWTUBE
Landuse change
impact statements
Australasia
ground water
vegetation
case studies
human activity
drainage basins
land use
balance
two-dimensional models
soils
salinity
salt
topography
runoff
water balance
climate
chemically precipitated rocks
evaporites
sedimentary rocks
water quality
water resource management
strategy
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Summary:An integrated and comprehensive framework for the assessment of water and salt balance for large catchments is presented. The framework is applied to the Mandagery Creek catchment (1688 km 2), located in the south-eastern part of Australia. The catchment is affected by dryland salinity and the effects of landuse, climate, topography, soils and geology on water and salt balance are examined. Landuse change scenarios designed to: (a) increase the perennial content of the pastures and crop rotations and (b) increase the current remnant native woody vegetation with additional tree cover are investigated to determine the level of intervention required to develop ameliorative strategies. Likely downstream impacts of the reduction in water flow and salt export are also estimated.
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ISSN:0022-1694
1879-2707
DOI:10.1016/S0022-1694(03)00236-1