Research Capacity

The Water Research Cluster coordinates water research across the University of Adelaide. The University has a strong and proud research history and culture. It is a part of the Group of Eight leading Universities in Australia and attracts the highest research income per capita in Australia.

The Water Research Cluster has a strong culture of collaboration and support of teams, and has a particular focus on supporting early career researchers. It operates within a University that is large enough to be a dominant force nationally in research across a wide range of discipline strengths, but is small enough to enable all researchers to know and interact with each other across disciplines. The University of Adelaide provides strong support in terms of research management and information technology and funds a Coordinator to assist the Cluster in its activities.

Fields of research

The Water Research Cluster has specific strengths in the following fields of research:

Fields of Research
Groundwater Processes, Hydrology, Fluid Dynamics
Health Implications of Water Management
Integrated Regional Water Management
Management of Ecosystems through Improved Understanding, Allocation and Use of Water
Marine and Coastal Ecosystem Science and Modelling
Optimised Efficiency of Water Delivery, Use, Treatment and Re-Use
Social and Institutional Processes and Reform
Soil Water Interactions for Sustainable Ecosystems
Urban Water and Wastewater Management
Water Sensitive Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Artificial Wetland Design

Post Graduate Researchers

The Water Research Cluster has many postgraduate students (PhD or Masters) undertaking research on water related topics. These projects are summarised through the links below: 

Postgraduate research
Current projects
Completed projects

 
Parafield wetlands, part of the stormwater recycling project by the City of Salisbury, 
are being studied by Young-Kil Kim, a current Water Research Cluster postgraduate
Photo: Anne Jensen