The main activity of the CRC for Catchment Hydrology is cooperative research.

With
this cooperation taking place between all of its industry and research parties, the CRC is
well placed to produce outcomes from its core research projects that meet industry needs
and lead to improved catchment and land management. For its major projects, the
strategy is to create new knowledge in priority research areas, and use the interaction
between industry and research available in the CRC to facilitate its adoption.
"Hydrological Recipes" is an example of another kind of cooperative activity encouraged
by the CRC structure. It has involved both industry and research staff in identifying the
needs of industry that could be met (primarily) from existing knowledge. Here we are
talking about procedures that were not well known, were in a form that wasn't easy to
understand, or simply had been developed but not documented. Doubtless, there are
plenty of other recipes to add to this initial batch, so an update or sequel is contemplated.
Many people have contributed to this first edition of "Hydrologic Recipes"; without their
knowledge, ideas, enthusiasm, and energy, we couldn't have made the concept a reality.
The goal of putting ideas in a form useful to the profession and sharing them is one
which has been a feature of the short history of modern hydrology; the production of
"Recipes" shows that we plan to continue this practice in the CRC for Catchment
Hydrology.

John Langford
Chairman