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Kath Bowmer

Professor Kath Bowmer has qualifications in agricultural sciences and soil chemistry from the University of Nottingham (BSc (Hons) Ph D). She is a Member of the Royal Australian Chemical Institute (MRACI); Fellow of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (FAICD); and in 1995 received the prestigious Pol Eureka Prize for Environmental Science.

She is currently Professor of Water Policy at Charles Sturt University (part time); Research Fellow of CSU's Institute for Land Water and Society; a Director of State Water Corporation; Research Fellow, Griffith University Law School; and Honorary Research Fellow, CSIRO Land and Water. She is a consultant  tor government agencies and industry (recently including DEWHA, NSW Natural Resources Commission, NSW Natural Resources Advisory Council,  NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure, Ord Irrigation Cooperative, and  Lachlan Catchment Management Authority).

Previously she was Deputy Chief and Business Director CSIRO Land and Water; Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic and Research ) Charles Sturt University; Assistant Chief CSIRO Division of Water Resources;  leader of the River and Wetlands programme, CSIRO Division of Irrigation Research;  chair of the Murrumbidgee River Management Committee , and Chair of the Australian Research Council Earth Sciences Panel .
Interests and expertise includes water planning, public participation, water governance, river operations, science communication, water quality and aquatic plant management.

Publications and reports relevant to the National Water Planning Project

Refereed journals:

-   Bowmer, Kathleen H.  (2008). Water and Gender. Guest Editorial. Rural Society: 18 (3) 147-149.

Consultancy reports:

-   Tan, Poh-Ling, Whelan J., Baldwin, Claudia. Bowmer, Kathleen H., Jackson, Sue, Mackenzie, J., White, I., George, D., and Mooney, Carla. (2009). Water Planning Tools. Draft National Water Planning Guidelines. Milestone 2 Report to National Water Commission, April 2009, 24pp.

-   Tan, Poh-Ling , Whelan J., Mackenzie, J.,  Bowmer Kathleen H.,  Baldwin, Claudia; Jackson, Sue;  Mooney, Carla; White, I., and Ayre, Margaret. (2009). Water Planning Tools. Initial Fit for Purpose Framework. Milestone 2 Report to National Water Commission, April 2009, 27pp.

-   Watts, R.J., Allan, C., Bowmer, Kathleen H., Page, K.J., Ryder, D.S., and Wilson, A.L. (2009) Pulsed Flows: a review of environmental costs and benefits and best practice, Waterlines Report, National Water Commission, Canberra.

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-   Fishburn, G., Hillman, T., Bowmer, Kathleen H., Stuart, I. and Parmenter, M. (2008). Lake Brewster Water Efficiency Project. Independent Review.  Prepared for the Lachlan Catchment Management Authority. Parsons Brinkerhoff: Sydney.

-   Bowmer, Kathleen H., Bennett, J., Hillman, T. and Flett, D. W. (2006). Peer review of the NSW Macro Water Sharing Planning Approach, Report to the NSW Department of Natural Resources, 14 August 2006, 54pp.

Refereed conference proceedings:

-   Bowmer, Kathleen H. (2007) Water and conflict resolution: from smoke-filled rooms to public participation.  In Wilson, A. L., Dehaan, R. L., Watts, R. J., Page, K. J., Bowmer, Kathleen H., and Curtis, A. (Eds). Australian Rivers: making a difference.  Proceedings of the 5^th Australian Stream Management Conference 21-25 May 2007, Thurgoona, New South Wales, pp.25-30.        [http://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/news/events/5asm/docs/proceedings/Bowmer_Kathleen_25.pdf]

-    Bowmer, Kathleen H., Eberbach, P. E., Murphy ,T. and Harris, E. (2007) Science to support water sharing planning in New South Wales,   In Wilson, A. L., Dehaan, R. L, Watts, R. J., Page, K. J., Bowmer, Kathleen H., and Curtis, A. (Eds). Australian Rivers: making a difference.  Proceedings of the 5^th Australian Stream Management Conference 21-25 May 2007, Thurgoona, New South Wales, pp.31-36.

[http://www.csu.edu.au/research/ilws/news/events/5asm/docs/proceedi  ngs/Bowmer_Kathleen_31.pdf]

-   Bowmer, Kathleen H. (2003) Look after the land and the rivers: Reflections on water sharing. 28^th International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, 10 - 14 Nov 2003, Wollongong.  The Institution of Engineers, Australia, Keynote Papers, pp 26 - 33.

-   Bowmer, Kathleen H. (2003) Learning from existing practice. Reflections on developing a water sharing plan.  In Wilson, B. P. and Curtis, A. (Eds), Agriculture for the Australian Environment.  Proceedings of the 2002 Fenner Conference. Johnstone Centre, Charles Sturt University, Albury, pp 201 - 222.

 

Books and book chapters:

-   Gardner, A. and Bowmer, Kathleen H. (2007) Environmental water allocations and their governance. Chapter 4. In (Hussey, K. and Dovers, S. Eds.) Managing Water in Australia: The Social and Institutional Challenges. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing pp. 43-57.

-   Bowmer, Kathleen H. (2004).(Ed). Water Innovation: A New Era for Australia. Sydney: CL Creations.

-   Bowmer, Kathleen H. and Davis, R. (2004) Managing Australian water for the future. In Water Innovation: A New Era for Australia. Sydney: CL Creations, chapter 1, pp 12 -43.

-   Williams, J., Bowmer, Kathleen H. and Gascoigne, H.  (2004). Healthy rivers and catchments. In Water Innovation: A New Era for Australia. Sydney: CL Creations, chapter 3, pp 80 - 103.

-   Meyer, W. S .and Bowmer, Kathleen H. (2004). Sustainable irrigation.  In Water Innovation: A New Era for Australia, Sydney: CL Creations, chapter 4, pp 104 - 125.

-    Bowmer, Kathleen H. (1999). Water: quantity and quality. Chapter 3. In Pratley J E and Robertson A I (Eds), Agriculture and the Environmental Imperative. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.  pp 36 - 39.

Policy and strategy:

-   Bowmer, Kathleen H. (2005). Invited response to a position paper ‘Sustainable Options for an Urban Water Supply' by Professor Nancy Millis for the Joint National  Academies' Internet Forum on  Sustainability Assessment  (September 2005), 7pp.

-   Murrumbidgee River Management Committee (2002) Draft Water Sharing Plan for the Murrumbidgee Regulated Water Source.  Minister for Fair Trading and Minister for Land and Water Conservation New South Wales, 64pp +App.

-   Chartres, C., Bowmer, Kathleen H., and Stewart, B.  (2004). Science advice on natural resource management:  A report to the Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, CSIRO and Bureau of Meteorology. 66 pp.