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Activity. 5.4.1 – for peer review
This allocation statement is a credible and authoritative source of information as it was published by the government of Western Australia under the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation.

This is a conference paper written in 2012 that discusses the effects of bauxite mining on inflows to the serpentine reservoir, which is where the Serpentine Dam is located.

This journal article contains information regarding the drastic decrease in rainfall, inflows and streamflow since the 1970s that will negatively impact southwestern Australia as a whole.

This source contains a slight modified extract from the report - Lund, M.A. and Martin, H.C. (1996) Historical association of wetlands and rivers in the Perth-Bunbury region.

This document was written to recognise and appreciate those responsible for making Perth’s First Public Water Supply Scheme happen, with information about historical background, the scope of the scheme, construction of the scheme, etc.

Week 7 Seminar 200 word draft
Bauxite Mining

Most of the dam catchments are connected to the Integrated Water Supply Scheme(IWSS) are located in the south-western area of Western Australia. Alcoa of Australia Ltd. has been mining in these catchments to obtain bauxite ore since 1963. The mining has significantly affected the Northern Jarrah forest, including the Serpentine catchment as the mining process requires clearing forests, soil stripping, etc. According to the Engineers Australia article, the lost forest area is estimated to be replaced by 2032 as they have started to replant the lost forest area throughout the years with 1300 tree stems per hectare. An article published by a hydrologist, Muhammad Shafiqul Alam, and senior engineer, Renee N.M. Dixon, both from Engineers Australia summarized a study that was conducted aiming to anticipate how it has affected streamflow in the serpentine reservoir due to both the past and future mining done by Alcoa of Australia Ltd.(effects of bauxite mining citation) Using the LUCICAT(Land Use Change Incorporated CATchment) model, the study concluded that, based on specific climate and mine plan scenarios, there was a projected 3.5% increase in annual inflow to the Serpentine Dam within 2011-2030. There will be an overall predicted 4.5% decrease in annual inflow within 2030-2050.

Answers to Module 7 Questions

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 * It is an image of the Serpentine Dam
 * Is it your own work?
 * It is not my own work, it is an original image captured using a Canon Sure Shot 35mm film cartridge compact camera by user 'aussiejeff' from https://www.flickr.com/photos/88572252@N06/19963640776/in/photolist-wq7ST3-6oy5Xn-DW9j7F-Gsg451-o73frL-FWRerQ-6fCWy3-nLUTgP-e7opRa-nLTPsb-c2Zp4N-nLU9VY-o4o4NP-nLUwUX-brp4xz-c2VJ9y-bkTx1v-o6aL9R-5FJNke-svbTY-GPjv9E-svb2M-aqJf9s-fgz8tM-2jSBtYA-5FsJtZ-o6aneT-svc28-svbBr-broYhH-svbbK-FWQxDd-o4o9mB-d9UQiV-o6apzV-GhyNu4-Gsgih9-GLoGg4-GPiNN9-GSmDYa-GJ5fd1-FWVVkt-GPjzFL-Gsgu3h-GLoovz-FWVkEn-svcbv-bc2viv-GPiVfC-Gsfwx9
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 * The file format is .jpg
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 * I have chosen CC BY-SA 2.0 as this image's license.
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 * I will add it to 'landscapes'.
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