Melbourne's Water Catchments: Perspectives on a World-Class Water Supply

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This book charts the history of the water catchmentsand water supply for the city of Melbourne, whichhas many unique aspects that are a critical part of thehistory of Melbourne, Victoria and Australia. Much ofthe development of the water supply system was manydecades ahead of its time and helped buffer the city ofMelbourne from major diseases, droughts and watershortages.

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James Viggers, a civil engineer with the Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works, Australia, worked in Melbournes water catchments for 25 years and has researched the history of these areas for 50 years. He was responsible for the management of the catchments and the harvest, storage and distribution of water to Melbourne.

Haylee Weaver is a parasitologist and has written extensively on the biology and ecology of parasites of Australian rodents.

David Lindenmayer is an ecologist who has worked in the wet forests of Victoria, Australia for three decades. Part of his long-term work has entailed extensive field empirical projects in the Maroondah, Watts Creek, Armstrong Creek, Upper Yarra, OShannassy and Thomson catchments.