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The future: A hydrological SWOT analysis

Abstract This paper examines how prepared we are to face the future from the narrow perspective of hydrology as it is currently practiced in Australia. The discussion is structured loosely around some selected strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats related to technical, institutional and generational issues. The discussion considers the strengths arising from the established partnership between industry and research, and the weakness in our public sector skills base to facilitate more effective definition and delivery of required national outcomes. It examines the opportunities afforded by the range of federal and state-funded initiatives for investment in the water industry, and considers the threats related to the destruction and degradation of freshwater ecosystems and climate change, and the difficulties of developing and nurturing a workforce that is willing to tackle these problems in a sustained and meaningful fashion. The sustainable management of water resources is a pressing social issue of global concern, and it is argued that we must face the future fully aware of the vital importance of solving the complex problems involved.