Floodplain Low-lying land adjacent to a river or stream with unique ecosystems dependent on – inundation from flood events. Hazard a potential or contained threat. – Incidents happen when a desired outcome is not achieved because of climate change. It occurs – when an event leads to a consequence, e.g. a flood event becomes an incident when it destroys valuable crops that were ready for harvest. IPCC Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. – Intelligent Water Network. IWN – IWM Integrated Water Management. – Likelihood is the probability that a climate change-related event or incident might happen, e.g. – heatwaves will be more common (likely) because of climate change. LTWRA Long-Term Water Resource Assessment. – MDBA Murray Darlin Basin Authority. – MLDRIN Murray Darling River Indigenous Nations. – NPV net present value. – RCS Regional Catchment Strategies. – Resilience the capacity of a community, business, or natural environment to prevent, withstand, – respond to, and recover from disruption. Risk The chance of something happening that will have an impact on an objective, system, – sector, asset, activity or community. A risk is often discussed in terms of the event (for example, a weather event or climatic change), the consequence of the event (positive or negative), and the likelihood it will happen. Residual risk is the remaining chance of something happening after action has been taken to reduce the risk. Runoff The amount of rainfall that drains into the surface drainage network to become stream – flow; also as rainfall excess. Sewerage the network of pipes, pumps and equipment that transfers all our wastewater from – our homes and businesses to a treatment plant. Recycled water wastewater that has been collected and treated to a higher standard so that it – can be used for a variety of purposes. Stormwater Runoff from areas. There is a net increase in runoff from urban development – due to water not being able to seep into the ground because of impervious surfaces, such as roofs and roads. SWS Sustainable Water Strategy. – a hazard in a state that it is harmful to people, infrastructure or the environment. Threat – UWS Urban Water Strategy. – VDP Victorian Desalination – VEWH Victorian Environmental Water Holder. – VFMS Victorian Floodplain Management Strategy. –
Floodplain – Low-lying land adjacent to a river or stream with unique ecosystems dependent on inundation from flood events. Hazard – a potential or contained threat. Incidents – happen when a desired outcome is not achieved because of climate change. It occurs when an event leads to a consequence, e.g. a flood event becomes an incident when it destroys valuable crops that were ready for harvest. IPCC – Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IWN – Intelligent Water Network. IWM – Integrated Water Management. Likelihood – is the probability that a climate change-related event or incident might happen, e.g. heatwaves will be more common (likely) because of climate change. LTWRA – Long-Term Water Resource Assessment. MDBA – Murray Darlin Basin Authority. MLDRIN – Murray Darling River Indigenous Nations. NPV – net present value. RCS – Regional Catchment Strategies. Resilience – the capacity of a community, business, or natural environment to prevent, withstand, respond to, and recover from disruption. Risk – The chance of something happening that will have an impact on an objective, system, sector, asset, activity or community. A risk is often discussed in terms of the event (for example, a weather event or climatic change), the consequence of the event (positive or negative), and the likelihood it will happen. Residual risk is the remaining chance of something happening after action has been taken to reduce the risk. Runoff – The amount of rainfall that drains into the surface drainage network to become stream flow; also as rainfall excess. Sewerage – the network of pipes, pumps and equipment that transfers all our wastewater from our homes and businesses to a treatment plant. Recycled water – wastewater that has been collected and treated to a higher standard so that it can be used for a variety of purposes. Stormwater – Runoff from areas. There is a net increase in runoff from urban development due to water not being able to seep into the ground because of impervious surfaces, such as roofs and roads. SWS – Sustainable Water Strategy. Threat – a hazard in a state that it is harmful to people, infrastructure or the environment. UWS – Urban Water Strategy. VDP – Victorian Desalination VEWH – Victorian Environmental Water Holder. VFMS – Victorian Floodplain Management Strategy.
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