MNG92100 Strategic Asset Management: Annotated Bibliography - Water

This annotated bibliography focuses on strategic asset management within the Australian water industry, referencing articles that discuss water issues, challenges in growing cities, and industry 4.0 solutions. The bibliography covers topics such as water scarcity, water reform, the impact of population growth, technological disruptions for water resource monitoring, and the need for skilled professionals in the water sector. The articles examine water management strategies, including demand management, water restrictions, storm water harvesting, and desalination projects. The document is a student submission and is available on Desklib, a platform providing study tools and resources for students.

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Reference Article 1: Grigg, N. 2019. Water issues in Australia. Water flows, water in cities,
water reform. Frank Fenner Foundation. (Natsoc.org.au). Available at:
http://www.natsoc.org.au/our-projects/biosensitivefutures/part-4-facts-and-principles/
ecological-issues/water-issues-in-australia [Accessed: 24th March 2019]
Introduction
This article discusses the importance of the Water Industry in Australia. Water, is one of
the most important resources in Australia that have had its impact on the social and political
history of the country. The article highlights that the structure of the drainage system of Australia
alternated over the ages. The author informs that water have been the foundational element of
various nation building projects in the country also. In this context Grigg (2019), highlights the
massive Hydroelectric Scheme of the Snowy Mountains of Australia, the Irrigation Scheme of
Ord River, Water scheme of Coolgardie Goldfields and other similar projects. As (), highlights, a
healthy ecosystem is needed for uninterrupted water supply in the country. However there are
several factors that have been significantly impacting the ecosystem. As highlighted by Furlong,
Gan and De Silva (2016), the growing population is the major challenge to adequate water
supply in Australia. This is in fact the backdrop of the Water Reform that took place in Australia.
Discussion
As identified in this article, the framework of drainage in Australia has been alternated
because of which the adequacy of water supply have been at stake. In this context, it deserves
mention that widespread land clearing, diversion of water bodies and development of dams have
been accountable for change in the drainage pattern of the country. In fact researchers like
Rogers, Lawson and Kelly (2017), perceives that in the upcoming 50 years or so, floodplain

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plants and few of the fish species would be lost permanently. Analyzing, the issues highlighted
in the article, it can be understood that even six or seven decades ago, there was ready
availability of drinking water, which is scarce now. In fact, influenced from the findings of
Quezada, Walton and Sharma (2016), it can also be commented that drinking water from the
natural sources need high level of treatment before they are delivered to the people’s houses. As
Scarsbrook and Melland (2015), observes, the problem of water scarcity have been casually
taken by many of the local authorities of Australia. However Harvey Handley and Taylor (2016),
states that in reality diversion of rivers have largely affected the water resources of Australia and
many capital cities and emerging towns are approaching the limits of water supply. In fact it is
evident in the article itself. Demand management has been launched in many modern cities of
Australia to reduce domestic water consumption and active enforcement of water restriction has
also been launched in many Australian towns and cities. However, as analyzed by Turner et al.
(2016), restrictions like creation of awareness for conscientious reduction of direct usage of
water, creating caution towards indirect water use and practices like this should have been
undertaken at least 20 years ago in Australia.
However, one appreciable depiction in this article is that of indirect water wastage, for evidence
in agricultural production. The water wasted in such utilization is desalinated water that could be
used for consumption after RO purification easily.
Conclusion
This paper highlights that water important in one carton of milk is typically 700 which is the
amount required for growing pasture for dairy cattle for 2 months. In fact this amount of water is
given greater than that required to wash clothes worth 10 loads of laundry.

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Article 2: Wright, I. 2017. This is what Australia’s growing cities need to do to avoid
running dry. The Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/this-is-what-
australias-growing-cities-need-to-do-to-avoid-running-dry-86301 [Accessed on: 24th
March 2019]
Introduction
This paper discusses the findings off the Smart water Summit held in the year 2018 in South
Australia where exponential masters of the water industry all around the World met to discuss
the contemporary water related issues.
It is evident that the problem of water wastage and water shortage is becoming a Grave problem
for Australia. However, it also needs mention that South Australia antigen and exemplary state to
prevent water shortage and in the Summit of 2018 the model of South Australia is being revised
for future implementation.
In this context it requires mention that the water industry Alliance who is holding the seminar is
a Association of 150 water related organizations.
Discussions
Important Asian countries like Singapore also face water related challenges like Australia is
facing today. That is why the model of water reinvestment that was done by South Australia
which is one of the driest States on earth has become a global model for water treatment.
This paper discusses the pilot project for storm water harvesting that was developed for China
under the program for sponge City where the experts of the water industry of South Australia

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was involved. As highlighted by Bettini and Head (2018), the project was worth $400 million
Australian dollars.
However Wright (2017), discusses that South Australia has taken many significant steps in the
form of projects like storm water scheme installed at the Adelaide airport. The aquifer recharge
scheme of the Greenfield wetlands can also be mentioned in this context. However it can be
argued that in places where water scarcity is more, there should be substitute remedies for
drinking water. In this context, this article could have spoken about the sea water purification
project that has been taken in many parts of Australia to provide the people with safe packaged
drinking water (Branch et al. 2016). Another aspect that could have been incorporated in this
article as well as a valuable topic for discussion in the Summit could have been the De-
commercialization of such projects so that the common people could enjoy the advantages also.
it is high time that these pilot projects be transformed into real time implementation.
Conclusion
This article in detail regarding the what are industrial Summit that took place in Adelaide
regarding the new inventions of South Australia that can help to reduce water crisis in the dry
and arid areas. The entire Summit has been successful in spreading the idea about this concept
projects launched by South Australia. However, it can be argued that none of the Australian
cities has launched such projects on a commercial basis for the local people. Hence this project
first Indian pilot face while the issue of water crisis keeps aggravating.
Article 3: Dodd, A. 2018. International water industry to learn from South Australian
expertise. (Theleadsouthaustralia.com.au). Available at:

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http://theleadsouthaustralia.com.au/environment/2018-smart-water-summit-held-in-
adelaide-south-australia/ [Accessed on: 24th March 2019]
Introduction
This article deals with the various challenges that’s the water industry of Australia have been
facing. The significant steps taken by industry 4.0 in relation to solving these water problems
have also been highlighted in the article. The major problems that have been highlighted in this
article for excessive population growth in the urban locations, suppliers of water, aging
infrastructure of the water supply networks climate change and so on. The industries 4.0 have
been significantly addressing these problems.
However the industry should also address from other potential issues like environmental risk,
infrastructure security, community relations as well as emergency response actions regarding
water shortages in various locations of Australia that is gradually becoming a Grave problem for
the country.
Discussion
The technological disruption that has been suggested by the industry 4.0 regarding monitoring
water resources is incredible. The internet of things can be used to communicate the real time
condition of water resources through data analysis, Cloud Computing admission planning to the
real-time water users. This solution becomes more relevant with an eye on the aging equipment
as well as software used for monitoring water assets and collecting data about water resources
(Wright 2017).

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The technological solution provided above will help the water industry to implement automated
processes for supply, infrastructure maintenance as well as treatment of water so that preventive
maintenance of deliverable water as well as water resources can be done easily.
The water resources of Australia are also utilized for volatility of energy price by producing
Hydel water electricity. In this context, the industry 4.0 suggests that use of renewable energy
can help in solving the problem and utilization of water resources for solving the energy needs of
Australia can be easily avoided. For this purpose, industry pledges for the intervention of the
powering Australian renewable fund for development of approximately 4000 megawatt worth of
renewable energy generation stations (Coward 2019).
The third challenge discussed in this regard is that of high rising population. The statistics
provided by the Australian Bureau of statistics show that the population of the country is
supposed to reach 38 million by the year 2051 (Furlong, Gan and De Silva 2016). In this context
the only available solution for mitigating the issue of shortage of water supply is desalination of
available seawater. However, at present it also needs to be considered whether Australia has the
significant budget for installation of Technology for running desalination projects all over the
country or not. This factor should have been considered in this article also.
However, interestingly the industry provides two different set of solutions for rural and urban
Ventures. In case of urban areas demand management systems can play an integral role in
creating data sets of external information for ensuring that water resources and monitor,
forecasted and consistently available with the users in the real time.
On the reports of the Australian industry standards the use of drones as well as remote
monitoring has been suggested for improvement of the rural water services. One significant

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aspect of this strategy is that this rural solution is a part of intelligent water metering strategy that
can be maintained at lower cost and emphasized with easy IOT Technology.
Another major challenge for industries to manage is the sewer blockages as well as subsequent
spills as well as tracking the sources of the Spillages which can help in creating Public Health as
well as environmental awareness and also diminish the cost of the cleaning up efforts (Rogers,
Lawson and Kelly 2017).
The last challenge that the water industry is facing is that of skill shortage and relatively aging
work force.
On one hand the article discusses about destructive IoT Technology to be rolled out across the
sector and on the other hand the Australian water industry involves 36% employees who have
approached the retiring age (Dodd 2018). Hence, there is a strong need for employment of
members with specialist skills of data analysis, high-order critical thinking and problem solving
along with conception about the water industry standards of Australia.
This paper significantly highlights the lack of digital literacy skills in the current working
members of the industry. The discussion also makes the lack of upskilled domain specialist
predominant in the article.
Conclusion
In conclusion it can be stated that the article special emphasizes on the use of internet technology
to make people aware of the water crisis that Australia is facing and also about the situation that
the country will face if this problem is not solved immediately. This article does not involve
recommendations about installing alternative water projects for solving the water crisis problem.

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Rather, this article argues that it is also necessary to interpret the water wastage and the water
usage patterns of the rural and urban users. Uses of various disruptive Technologies have been
suggested for conducting the same. Nevertheless, this article also highlights that it is really
necessary to communicate the industry reports to the public in general. For this purpose also, the
industry, as suggested in this article demands the use of IoT Technology.
Article 4: Coward, S. 2019. 5 water industry challenges, and how industry 4.0 solves them.
Sage Automation. Available at: https://www.sageautomation.com/blog/5-water-industry-
challenges-and-how-industry-4.0-solves-them [Accessed on: 24th March 2019]
Introduction
This article highlights the factors that can drive water security in Australia successful. Is
highlighted in this article, the water leaders around The World are trying to adapt with a new
normal of accommodating climate change with rise in public scrutiny of water supply. However,
it also needs to be discussed that in order to do so a strong level of leadership as well as political
certainty will be required.
Discussion
This article strongly emphasizes the need for integrated planning to consider all the prospects of
water Management in Australia. For delivering best water management solution, wastewater
management, storm water management as well as reclaimed management has become
commonplace techniques (Coward 2019).
This article argues that a more integrated approach to water management is needed to be
developed and for that there is any of the community needs to be insured where multiple

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stakeholders involving the community politicians, end users as well as the regulator will be
playing a crucial role.
Strategies like systemic changes in policy as well as regulations for ensuring wider collaboration
with the communities as well as other agencies are necessary. Scientific and integrated planning
in this context will involve land use planning, City planning and inclusion of water business for
integrated planning.
The prospect of security for preventing the deterioration of the water acids have also been
considered in this article. However, as this article highlights government and capitalist and not
the only stakeholders who can consider all aspects of water management. As Scarsbrook and
Melland (2015), informs, it is the small industrial operators, regular domestic waste generated as
well as exponents of the animal industry who should be considering the effluent deposition that
plays a significant role in water management.
Conclusion
Main argument in this article is that alone with replenishment of the aging infrastructure and
development of Technology; utility systems also need to be developed as a part of integrated
water management.

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Reference List
Bettini, Y. and Head, B.W., 2018. Exploring Capacity for Strategic Policy Work: Water Policy
in Australia. In Policy Capacity and Governance (pp. 289-312). Palgrave Macmillan, Cham.
Branch, A., Leslie, G.L., Trinh, T. and Le-Clech, P., 2016. Improved water recycling industry
practice through informed hazard management. Chemeca 2016: Chemical Engineering-
Regeneration, Recovery and Reinvention, p.496.
Coward, S. 2019. 5 water industry challenges, and how industry 4.0 solves them. Sage
Automation. Available at: https://www.sageautomation.com/blog/5-water-industry-challenges-
and-how-industry-4.0-solves-them [Accessed on: 24th March 2019]
Dodd, A. 2018. International water industry to learn from South Australian expertise.
(Theleadsouthaustralia.com.au). Available at:
http://theleadsouthaustralia.com.au/environment/2018-smart-water-summit-held-in-adelaide-
south-australia/ [Accessed on: 24th March 2019]
Furlong, C., Gan, K. and De Silva, S., 2016. Governance of integrated urban water management
in Melbourne, Australia. Utilities Policy, 43, pp.48-58.
Grigg, N. 2019. Water issues in Australia. Water flows, water in cities, water reform. Frank
Fenner Foundation. (Natsoc.org.au). Available at:
http://www.natsoc.org.au/our-projects/biosensitivefutures/part-4-facts-and-principles/ecological-
issues/water-issues-in-australia [Accessed: 24th March 2019]

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Harvey, P.J., Handley, H.K. and Taylor, M.P., 2016. Widespread copper and lead contamination
of household drinking water, New South Wales, Australia. Environmental research, 151, pp.275-
285.
Quezada, G., Walton, A. and Sharma, A., 2016. Risks and tensions in water industry innovation:
understanding adoption of decentralised water systems from a socio-technical transitions
perspective. Journal of Cleaner Production, 113, pp.263-273.
Rogers, M.J., Lawson, A. and Kelly, K., 2017. Forage Options for Dairy Farms with Reduced
Water Availability in the Southern Murray Darling Basin of Australia. Sustainability, 9(12),
p.2369.
Scarsbrook, M.R. and Melland, A.R., 2015. Dairying and water-quality issues in Australia and
New Zealand. Animal Production Science, 55(7), pp.856-868.
Turner, A., Mukheibir, P., Mitchell, C., Chong, J., Retamal, M., Murta, J., Carrard, N. and
Delaney, C., 2016. Recycled water–lessons from Australia on dealing with risk and uncertainty.
Water Practice and Technology, 11(1), pp.127-138.
Wright, I. 2017. This is what Australia’s growing cities need to do to avoid running dry. The
Conversation. Available at: https://theconversation.com/this-is-what-australias-growing-cities-
need-to-do-to-avoid-running-dry-86301 [Accessed on: 24th March 2019]