by Andrew Kelly | Jun 4, 2024 | Articles
I am absolutely privileged to have a humble shack at the end of a dirt track on an island in Bass Strait. The island is a naturally contained natural ecosystem with inputs and outputs, and it is a social ecosystem or series of ecosystems with flows in and out. The...
by Andrew Kelly | Jun 4, 2024 | Articles
Purposes of The Waterways Network (TWN) Yarra/Birrarung river Purposes Here are the purposes of The Waterways Network from our articles of association. I like them. Well, I wrote them with the excellent help of Christopher Bamford, one of the great editors. We put a...
by Andrew Kelly | Jun 4, 2024 | Articles
What’s it all about Well what are these articles going to be about as part of these new and artfully updated website (thanks Cam). Water Well, they are about water. They’re about water AND the environment. And the way water makes the environment possible. It...
by Andrew Kelly | May 24, 2024 | Articles
The Community Vision for the Birrarung/Yarra that came out of the Yarra/Birrarung Act said, ‘What is good for the Yarra is good for all.’ I interpret that to mean from one viewing that if we can’t do better with the Yarra then we are unlikely to do any better for any...
by Andrew Kelly | May 24, 2024 | Articles
The Colorado River Compact The Colorado River Compact[1], while impressive in intent, has been hobbled by a differing patchwork of states water rights, many based on systems of senior and junior rights, and a commitment to states’ rights that limits the effectiveness...
