As part of his visit to Australia hosted by Charles Sturt University’s (CSU) International Centre of Water for Food Security (IC WATER), a renowned Dutch hydrologist will present his ambitious plan to develop a model that displays the status of water on or under every hectare of the earth’s surface. Professor Nick van de Giesen, Chair of Water Resources Management at the Technical University of Delft (TUD) in the Netherlands, will discuss his ideas at a seminar at CSU at Wagga Wagga on Friday 24 July. Professor van de Giesen said the computational power needed to present the data at 15 minute intervals is relatively modest and although much scientific research is needed to make such a model a reality, prototypes already exist. IC WATER director Associate Professor Mohsin Hafeez said the long-term partnership between CSU and TUD will focus on establishing joint projects and building expertise in irrigation water management, water accounting and saving, climate change impact on water availability, land use and land cover change.