The Connected Waters Initiative is a multidisciplinary initiative between UNSW Faculties of Science, Law, Arts and Social Sciences and Engineering, supporting staff from the Schools of Civil & Environmental Engineering, School of Minerals and Energy Resources Engineering, School of Biological Earth & Environmental Sciences, School of Law, School of Humanities and Languages and Environmental Humanities Program.
We undertake world-leading research that advances knowledge of groundwater processes to create solutions which provide effective water supply management for communities, agriculture and mining in the Asian Pacific region and internationally while improving social equity and sustainable environmental outcomes. Our work focuses on novel fundamental and applied groundwater research, based on scientifically validated evidence, to provide the best advice to government, industry and the community.
With our partners, we continue to train the next generation of expert researchers and groundwater professionals. We hold a diverse portfolio of well-instrumented field sites and state-of-art laboratory and field equipment which attracts national and international research involvement.
We support a range of groundwater research projects funded by the Australian Research Council, State Governments and the Cotton RDC, and was has a long history in groundwater research collaborations, including via the Australian Research Council and National Water Commission co-funded Centre for Excellence for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT).
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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).
Groundwater levels and aquifer storage
There are two common mistakes often made when calculating how much groundwater storage levels have changed.
