Understanding floodplain ecosystems

CSIRO is undertaking research to better understand and predict the response of floodplain ecosystems to environmental changes.

Dr Luk Peeters: groundwater modeller

Dr Luk Peeters uses groundwater models to improve the understanding of regional groundwater flow systems and to assess the uncertainty associated with groundwater flow predictions.

Ms Tanya Doody: investigating vegetation health and water use

Ms Doody’s research uses modelling to predict water management options for floodplain vegetation health.

Improving water quality in the Great Barrier Reef

CSIRO, through the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, is undertaking research to underpin the effective management of water quality in the Great Barrier Reef.

Water Information Research and Development Alliance

Improving the management of Australia’s water resources through the delivery of value-added water information products.

Reports on Water in the Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Division

On this page you will find all the reports from the Gulf of Carpentaria Drainage Division for the Northern Australia Sustainable Yields Project.

Darwin: Berrimah, NT (Darwin laboratory)

The CSIRO Darwin laboratory provides a focus for ecological and socioeconomic research underpinning sustainable land management in northern Australia. It is also home to a CSIRO Science Education Centre.

Water Information Research and Development Alliance: Achievements

This brochure describes the key achievements of the Water Information Research and Development Alliance in its first four years (8 pages).

Industrial and Urban Groundwater Contaminants stream

Understanding the behaviour and impact of contaminants in industrial and urban groundwater environments and developing advanced techniques for contaminant monitoring and remediation.

Great Artesian Basin Water Resource Assessment

CSIRO is reappraising the water resources of the Great Artesian Basin, which underlies about one-fifth of the Australian continent.

Dr Bruce Mapstone: Chief, CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research

Dr Bruce Mapstone believes outstanding science is essential to underpin Australia’s stewardship of the world’s third largest marine estate and Australian responses to changing climate. 

Water for a Healthy Country

Addressing the sustainable management of Australia's water resources.

Dr Marcus Barber: working with Australian Indigenous people on environmental knowledge and natural resource management

Anthropologist, Dr Marcus Barber, assists Indigenous communities with natural and cultural resource management, particularly relating to water and the marine environment.

Protecting the future of Aussie aquaculture farming through new sensor technology

Working together with the University of Tasmania our researchers have developed new bio-sensors that can measure environmental and biological data including the heartbeat of an oyster.

Brisbane: Pullenvale, Qld (Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies)

The Queensland Centre for Advanced Technologies (QCAT) is a joint venture between CSIRO and the Queensland Government. It is a multi-divisional research site where innovative solutions for the mining, manufacturing and energy sectors are produced.

River Murray floodplain inundation model

A research and decision support tool for environmental flow management in the River Murray.

One-second SRTM digital elevation model

The One-second SRTM Digital Elevation Model project is part of the water information research and development alliance between CSIRO's Water for a Healthy Country Flagship and the Bureau of Meteorology.

Understanding ecological responses to altered flow regimes

The Ecological Responses to Altered Flow Regimes Collaboration Cluster is undertaking research to support sustainable management of the Murray-Darling Basin's aquatic ecosystems.

Integrated land and water planning in the Mallee

The Lower Murray Futures project is addressing environmental, economic and social issues in the Mallee region of south-eastern Australia. The outcome will be security of irrigation development while protecting the environment.

Desalination in Australia report

This report provides up to date information about the status of desalination in Australia at a national scale. (26 pages)

Dr Bill Young: improving our understanding of the Murray-Darling Basin

Dr Bill Young is Director of the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship.

Advancing Agricultural Productivity and Environmental Health

Sustainable Agriculture Flagship researchers are working to achieve innovative yet practical solutions for more reliable systems for food supply with increasingly limited resources.

Dr James Hunt: improving water use efficiency in mixed broadacre farming

Dr James Hunt studies aspects of water use efficiency in mixed broadacre farming systems through field experiments and investigations using farming system models.

Dr Ian Prosser: Science Director, Water for a Healthy Country Flagship

Dr Ian Prosser provides direction across a range of the Water for a Healthy Country Flagship's initiatives.

The Murray-Darling Basin

CSIRO has released a series of seven fact sheets to discuss the science it has undertaken in the Murray-Darling Basin which has played a role in supporting the development of water reforms.