Creating resilient water utilities with data-driven decision-making

Leon van der Linden

Senior Research Program Manager | SA WATER

Climate Change

PARIS

Attributable warming 1951–2010. GHG, greenhouse gases OA, other anthropogenic forcings, NAT, natural forcings, ANT, combined anthropogenic forcings. IPCC 2013 AR5.

Objectives • Understand utility

requirements for climate data

• Develop a framework to assist decision-making

• Nationally consistent approach to climate adaptation

Project Activities • M1 & M2. Survey of practice at participating utilities

• 28 key findings • M3. Global review of good adaptation practice

• ~100 page report • M4. The “Adaptation Pathfinder” • M5. Identifying future directions • M6 & M7. Capacity development syllabus • M8. Communication • Building a knowledge portal ‘ResiliWiki’

• Confluence site that hosts outputs from the following

Survey Key Findings • Some utilities still using old data /

projections • Adaptation activity driven by regulators /

boards • We need greater expertise in this area (high

level survey) • Strong activity in water security, less so

assets and people a workplace.

Good practice review – Key Findings • Some methods that focus on decision-making and

systems thinking are under utilised • Selecting the right planning tool is critical • New data sources are becoming available

NEXT THINKING: Critical capability or capacity needs • Our Syllabus • Water industry professionals

need to understand concepts, projections, techniques

• Decision-makers need to be equipped to consume assessments

Thank you

Organisations Barwon Water (BW) Coliban Water (CW) CSIRO City West Water (SWW) Melbourne Water (MW) SA Water (SAW) Water Corporation (WC) Sydney Water (SW) Yarra Valley Water (YVW) Hunter Water (HW) SE Water (SEW) University of Adelaide (UA) University of NSW (UNSW) University Technology Sydney (UTS) Robert Humphries Consulting (RHC) Seed Consulting Services (SCS) Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) Victorian Department of Environment Water, Land Protection (DEWLP)

Aleksy Bogusiak (CW) Cynthia Mitchell (UTS) Francis Chiew (CSIRO) Holger Maier (UA) Jason Evans (UNSW) Justin Brookes (UA) Katrina Sharpe (BW) KS Tan (MW) Bruce Rhodes (MW) Lu Zhang (CSIRO) Mark Siebentritt (SCS) Mark Stafford-Smith (CSIRO)

Michael Di Matteo (UA) Robert Humphries (RHC) Norman Goh (SAW) Karen Riddette (WC) Sean Hanrahan (CWW) Nicola Nelson (SW) Christine Turner (SW) Ray Beaton (YVW) Stuart Kahn (UNSW) Simon Groves (HW) Kate Tanner (SEW) Claire McInnes (WaterRA)

Pierre Mukheibir (UTS) Eleanor McKeough (DEWLP) Julia Stanley (Coliban) Marie Ekstrom (CSIRO) Li Gao (SEW) Katherine Cochrane (WC) Phil Heckley (WC) Jill Fagan (DEWLP) Ian Overton (WaterRA)

WaterRA Project Site https://www.waterra.com.au/project-details/211

Jeffrey Newman (UA/SAW)