Water Properties and Conditions

Research topic "Water Properties and Conditions" is further divided into following sections:

• water quality
• hydrochemistry
• isotope studies
• assessment of water resources vulnerability
• microbes and molecular analysis

Involved research staff

• Godwin Ayoko - Faculty of Science / Physical and Chemical Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 1206 fax: 07 3138 1804 e-mail: g.ayoko@qut.edu.au
• Malcolm Cox - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 1649 fax: 07 3138 1535 e-mail: m.cox@qut.edu.au
• Les Dawes - Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering / Urban Development
  telephone: 07 3138 2776 fax: 07 3138 1170 e-mail: l.dawes@qut.edu.au
• Ashantha Goonetilleke - Faculty of Built Environment and Engineering / Urban Development
  telephone: 07 3138 1539 fax: 07 3138 1170 e-mail: a.goonetilleke@qut.edu.au
• Peter Grace - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 2610 mobile: 0434 609 099 fax: 3138 2330 e-mail: pr.grace@qut.edu.au
• Louise Hafner - Faculty of Science / Life Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 1305 fax: 07 3138 1534 e-mail: l.hafner@qut.edu.au
• Andrew Hammond - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 4185 fax: 07 3138 1535 e-mail: ap.hammond@qut.edu.au
• Megan Hargreaves - Faculty of Science / Life Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 2244 mobile: 0409 069 963 fax: 07 3138 8388 e-mail: m.hargreaves@qut.edu.au
• Flavia Huygens - Faculty of Science / Life Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 2576 mobile: 0403 481 612 fax: 07 3138 1534 e-mail: f.huygens@qut.edu.au
• James J Smith - Faculty of Science / School of Life Sciences
  telephone: 61 7 3138 4238 fax: 61 7 3138 1534 e-mail: jj.smith@qut.edu.au
• Gregory Webb - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 2804 fax: 07 3138 1535 e-mail: ge.webb@qut.edu.au
• Habib Yezdani - Faculty of Science / Natural Resource Sciences
  telephone: 07 3138 4880 mobile: 0401 657 179 fax: 07 3138 4878 e-mail: h.yezdani@qut.edu.au

Related research projects

• Pumicestone Consortium Coastal Groundwater Discharge
  - Groundwater testing and monitoring network in coastal areas of southern Pumicestone Passage. Collaborative investigations with local government and industry.
  project time frame: 2004-2006
  project budget: $61 500
  project participants: Malcolm Cox, Andrew Hammond
   
• Survey and analysis of the presence of atypical Mycobacteria in water and aerosols in domestic environments. Establishing a possible link with clinical cases of Mycobacterial disease
  - The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation Grant and Gallipoli Foundation grant
  project participants: Megan Hargreaves
   
• Environmental controls over Fe availability and transport in a forested coastal catchment
  - ARC Linkage project with Forest Plantations Queensland
  project time frame: 2006-2008
  project budget: $253,000 (ARC) $114,294 (FPQ)
  project participants: Malcolm Cox, Peter Grace, Andrew Hammond, James J Smith
   

Publications

• McNeil V; Cox, M.; Preda, M: Assessment of chemical water types and their spatial variation using multi-stage cluster analysis, Queensland, Australia - Journal of Hydrology, 310, 181-200, 2005
• Liaghati T.; Cox, M.; Preda, M.: Distribution of Fe in waters and bottom sediments of a small estuarine catchment, Pumicestone Region, southeast Queensland, Australia - Science of the Total Environment, 336, 243-254, 2004
• Kamber, B.S.; Bolhar, R; Webb, G.: Geochemistry of late Archaean stromatolites from Zimbabwe: Evidence for microbial life in restricted epicontinental seas - Precambrian Research, v. 132, p. 379-399, 2004
• Liaghati T.; Preda, M.; Cox, M.: Heavy metal distribution and controlling factors within coastal plain sediments, Bells Creek catchment, southeast Queensland, Australia - Environment International, 29, 935-948, 2003
• Harbison J; Cox, M.: Hydrological characteristics of groundwater in a subtropical coastal plain with large variations in salinity: Pimpama, Queensland, Australia - Hydrological Sciences Journal, 47, 4, 651-665, 2002
• Herngren, L; Goonetilleke, A.; Ayoko, G.: Investigation of urban water quality using artificial rainfall - Proceedings of WEF Watershed 2004 Conference in Dearborn, Michigan USA, 14 July 2004, 16pp, 2004
• McNeil N.H.; Cox, M.: Relationship between conductivity and analysed composition in a large set of natural water samples, Queensland, Australia - Environmental Geology, 39, 12, 1325-1333, 2000
• Forsyth A.; Bubb K.; Cox, M.: Runoff, sediment loss and water quality from forest roads in a southeast Queensland coastal plain Pinus plantation - Forest Ecology and Management, 2006, 221, 194-206
• Preda, M.; Cox, M.: Sediment-water interaction, acidity and other water quality parameters in a subtropical setting, Pimpama River, southeast Queensland - Environmental Geology, 39, 3-4, 319-329, 2000
• Locsey K.L.; Cox, M.: Statistical and hydrochemical methods to compare basalt and basement rock-hosted groundwaters: Atherton Tablelands, north-eastern Australia - Environmental Geology, 43, 698-713, 2003
• Preda, M.; Cox, M.: Temporal variations of mineral character of acid-producing pyritic coastal sediments, Southeast Queensland - Science of the Total Environment, 326, 257-269, 2004
• Liaghati Tania; Preda, M.; Cox, M.: The influence of mineralogy and geological setting on trace metal concentration within subtropical weathered profiles, Bells Creek catchment, Queensland, Australia - Journal of Pacific Science, 59, 3, 421-438, 2005
• Cox, M.; Preda, M.: Trace metal distribution within marine and estuarine sediments of western Moreton Bay - Geographical Research: Journal of the Institute of Australian Geographers, 43, 2, 173-193, 2005
• Preda, M.; Cox, M.: Trace metal occurrence and distribution in sediments and mangroves, Pumicestone region, southeast Queensland, Australia - Environment International, 28, 433-449, 2002
• Preda, M.; Cox, M.: Trace metals in acid sediments and waters, Pimpama River, southeast Queensland - Environmental Geology, 40, 6, 755-768, 2001
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