Posted 15 October 2010
UNSW experts hold a range of views and expertise on water issues in the Basin. WRL will continue to provide specialist analysis of basin water resources including both groundwater and surface water to industry groups and government agencies. WRL water specialists are engaged in review of best practice for connectivity flows of surface water and groundwater in the Basin, identifying data gaps, and targeting research that will help reduce uncertainty in sustainable diversion limits.
For more information on the ups and downs of groundwater in the Basin click here.
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Professor Andy Baker features in American Water Resources Association ‘Water Resources Impact’, September 2020 edition.
The Connected Waters Initiative (CWI) is pleased to welcome Taylor Coyne to its network as a postgraduate researcher. If you’re engaged in research at a postgraduate level, and you’re interested in joining the CWI network, get in touch! The CWI network includes multidisciplinary researchers across the Schools of Engineering, Sciences, Humanities and Languages and Law.
The Grand Challenge on Rapid Urbanisation will establish Think Deep Australia, led by Dr Marilu Melo Zurita, to explore how we can use our urban underground spaces for community benefit.
On the 21 August 2020, CWI researchers made a submission to the National Water Reform Inquiry, identifying priority areas and making a number of recommendations as to how to achieve a sustainable groundwater future for Australia.
Results published from a research project between the Land Development Department (LDD) Thailand and UNSW has demonstrated how 2-dimensional mapping can be used to understand soil salinity adjacent to a earthen canal in north east Thailand (Khongnawang et al. 2020).
