Evaporation loss from farm dams in Australia is a great challenge to water security, ranging from 9% to 36% loss of total volume of water in summer. Reliable quantification and prediction of losses are complicated by numerous factors that include meteorology, dam shape, and inaccuracies in measurement. This paper explores the complexities of evaporation estimation, the limitations of current practice, and the potential for improvement through advanced modeling and abatement technologies like floating covers and windbreaks. Understanding these dynamics is essential to effectively manage water in Australia’s agricultural regions.
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Roy Hill Dam Project
Gina Rinehart’s $10 billion Roy Hill mine in Karratha WA is Australia’s largest iron ore ...
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Australia’s horrible beginning to the 2020/21 summer season seems like it will worsen, after the nation’s worst start to a summer in living memory. Australia suffered record-breaking wildfires, a debilitating extreme drought, toxic-smoke, polluted water reserves and a record breaking heatwave. Australia was the hottest country worldwide last Thursday. Heatwaves are the most lethal natural …