UWSRA Newsletter
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Issue 4

 

March 2011

 
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Don Begbie

A message from the Director

The recent flooding in parts of Queensland has had an enormous impact on the people and infrastructure of the state, and UWSRA's research projects have not been immune from the disaster.

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Project in focus:
Study illuminates end use of water

Households with younger people appear to use less water than those with older people; water wise initiatives are significantly reducing water use; and irrigation for watering gardens and lawns contributes less to demand than previously thought, while taps and leaky toilets contribute more.

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Collective response necessary for conservation

You get the best water saving outcomes when everyone in the house is committed to water conservation, according to UWSRA project leader Dr Kelly Fielding.

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Change depends on integrating knowledge

There is a need to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and its uptake into policy in order to secure sustainable and integrated water management in SEQ, according to CSIRO research scientist Dr Tabatha Wallington.

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IN THIS EDITION:

 

MEET THE RESEARCHER

Dr Maria Jose Farre

Dr Maria José Farré is an environmental and aquatic chemist originally from Spain and now working at the Advanced Water Management Centre at UQ. Her scientific interests are related to the formation and fate of disinfection by-products (DBPs) during the production and transportation of both drinking and purified recycled water (PRW).

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Queensland Government, CSIRO, Griffith University, The University of Queensland
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