Assisting the Chinese government to improve its management of water resources in large irrigation systems is the motivation behind a visit to Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Wagga Wagga by a delegation from China. The nine officials from China’s Ministry of Water Resources, the Yellow River Commission and Irrigation Department and Research Institutes will meet with representatives from CSU’s International Centre of WATER for Food Security (IC WATER) in Wagga Wagga on Friday 19 September. The Australia-China Environment Development Program (ACEDP) is a five year, $25 million Australian Government, AusAID initiative. Managing large irrigation systems using remote sensing is one of 11 approved projects under the ACEDP initiative. IC WATER is working with Chinese agencies to improve water use efficiency in the People Victory Channel Irrigation System in China. While at CSU, the delegates will learn about the novel remote sensing application for irrigation water management, while the delegation will also travel to Coleambally in southern NSW on Saturday 20 September. “The visit demonstrates how state-of-the-art remote sensing based hydrological assessment tools could be used for efficient water management in data sparse environment,” said the new Director of IC WATER, Associate Professor Mohsin Hafeez. Read more about Professor Hafeez here.