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au.riversinfo.org was developed to facilitate public access to scientific and technical information on Australia's Rivers. Much of this material was paid for using public funds and is therefore owned by the Australian people. Environment Australia were instrumental in making available all the publications from:

• The National River Health Program
• The Ausrivas Assessment Scheme

The au.riversinfo.org Internet site was in-part supported by the Natural Heritage Trust. The Natural Heritage Trust focussed on five key environmental themes - land, vegetation, rivers, coasts and marine, and biodiversity. The programs of the Natural Heritage Trust played a role in developing sustainable agriculture and natural resource management, as well as protecting our unique biodiversity through improved management and delivery of resources.

The au.riversinfo.org Internet site was in-part supported by Sydney Airport who have co-funded a Natural Heritage Trust supported project intended to develop Internet based environmental information integration and management systems. This will assist in developing an overall perspective on the demands and uses for environmental resources

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Bryan Hall

At the time of building Riversinfo Austraila I served as a Director of the Environmental Information Association of Australia (Incorporated) and on River and Water Management Committees. This allowed me to work with a number of stakeholders in developing environmental information systems that deliver definitive environmental reference material.

I have undertaken Other project work for the Centre for Integrated Catchment Management (UWS). The project areas broadly included:

• Preparation of Environmental Management Plans;
• Construction of Environmental Internet Sites; and
• Preparation of Environmental Education Material.

I was previously employed by the CSIRO and worked on problems of pollution and waste management from mines, agriculture and urban and industrial development. The work encompassed:

• Large-scale field surveys involving hydrodynamic water tracing and chemical sampling;
• Analysis of levels of contaminants in effluents, receiving waters, sediments, soils and solid wastes;
• Evaluation of pollution control strategies using systems analysis modeling;
• Water Chemistry;
• Particle sizing for characterizing sediment present in runoff samples using laser ensemble light scattering.
• Evaluating Non-Point Source Pollution and Contaminant Fate and Transport Models in Aquatic Systems;
• Computer Cartography & Spatial Analysis.

Two major reports to which I contributed were concerned with:

• The pollution assimilating capacity of creeks in Sydney's North West Sector; and
• The role of sediments in the storage and remobilization of contaminants in the Hawkesbury Nepean River.

I have made contributions to projects in the following areas:

• Environmental Standards;
• Environmental Managements Systems; and
• Environmental Auditing projects.

Doctoral Thesis - Mathematical Generalisations of Quantum Mechanics

 Energy and Momentum Conservation in Bohm's Model for Quantum Mechanics

Master Thesis - Environmental Science - Geographical Information Systems

 Thesis Geographical Information Systems & Spatial Analsyis

Interests and Recreation Activities.

• The structure of abstract systems especially the relationships between time, asymmetry, mathematics, chemistry and biology.
• Environmentally sustainable development and the concurrent requirements to address issues of international equity.
• My hobbies include cycling, hiking and photography.