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Thailand, and in highly developed enviro nments such as Western Europe . The breadth of its application m eans that the model is considered to be a fund amental tool in the management of surface water bodies . T he model has been used for stu dies of Lake Kinneret (also known at the Sea of Galilee, the Lake of Gennesaret or the Sea ofTiberias) , the 1998 Cryp tosporidh11¡11 alert at Warragamba D am, NSW and the environmental problems in Lake Maracaibo , Venezuela. le is also currently used as a teaching tool at The Uni versity of Western .c Australia, Stanford University (USA) and Penn State University (USA). The success of DYRESM is due to the sound scientific and engineering principles on w hich it is developed. The model is very rob ust, giving excellent res ults in a va riety of appli cations and enviro nm ents. Importantly, DYRESM has continu ed to evolve over the past 20 years and is currently being developed by an international network of 25 research partners in 16 countri es. One of the strengths of this development strategy is that for free access to the model source code, these research partners provide two key services. Firstly, they act as beta- testers, reviewing the performance of new releases of the software, assisting in finding and fixing bugs in the code and making suggestions for the codes improve ment. Secondly, each research partner has been chosen on the basis of th eir scientific research abili ty and their potential co contribute to the development of new algorithms for the model. T hese research partners use the CWR models in their research of new ideas in wa ter quality i'ssues and the results of their work are used in the further development of those models. These key partners are firmly focussed on scientific research ensuring that th e development of the suite of CWR models remains at the forefront of available technology .
Recognition In recognition of its importance to th e water ind ustry, DYRESM has been included in a new Land and Water Australia database that lists top innovations in science and industry over the past 10 yea rs. T he Innovations D atabase is a web-based facility with a powerful search capability covering a range of innovation types: advances in major Natural Reso urce Managem ent (NRM) issues, new technologies, science breakthrou ghs, new NRM concepts, best practice guidelines, managem ent tools and so on. The extension ofDYRESM to include water qu ality was the reason for Land and Water Australia's involvement in the development of the model.
The Authors Dr Jason Antenucci is an Environmental Engineer and Limnologist at the Centre for Water R esearch with a PhD in environmental fluid dynamics. H e manages the ongoing development of the model DYRESM. Telephone: +61 8 9380 2048; e-mail : ancenucc@cwr. uwa. edu. au. Dr David Horn is a C ivil Engineer w ith a PhD in Environmental Fluid Dynamics. H e is the Manager of the Contract Research Group and responsible for co mmercial proj ects both within Australia and overseas. Telephone: +6 1 8 9380 1684; e-mail: horn@cwr.uwa. edu .a u. For more information abo ut DYRESM and other models under development at CWR, visit the Centre's website at http: // www.cwr.uwa.edu.au / services