Water Use Systems

Research topic "Water Use Systems" is further divided into following sections:

• irrigated use
• urban use
• use by crops and vegetation
• nutrient cycling

Involved research staff

• 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
• Keith Weier - Faculty of Science / Institute for Sustainable Resources
  telephone: 07 5478 6336 mobile: 0428 193 256 e-mail: kg.weier@bigpond.com

Related research projects

• Understanding the Ultimate fate of pollutants from effluent irrigation
  - QUT Strategic Collaborative Grant for early career researchers
  project time frame: 2005-2005
  project participants: Les Dawes
   
• Analysing the determinants of grey-water use in South East Queensland: science vs. community perception
  - ISR Research Platform Fund
  project participants: Megan Hargreaves
   

Publications

• Weier, K.; Doran, J.W.; Mosier, A.R.; Power, J.F.; Peterson, T.A.: Potential for bio-remediation of high nitrate irrigation water via denitrification - Journal of Environmental Quality 23, 105-110, 1994
• 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
• Qian, J.H.; Doran, J.W.; Weier, K.; Mosier, A.R.; Peterson, T.A.; Power, J.F.: Soil denitrification and nitrous oxide losses under corn irrigated with high-nitrate groundwater - Journal of Environmental Quality 26, 348-360, 1997
• Dawes, L.; Goonetilleke, A.: Using multivariate analysis to predict the behaviour of soils under effluent irrigation - Water Air and Soil Pollution, 172: 109-127, 2006
• Dawes, L.; Goonetilleke, A.: Using undisturbed columns to predict long term behaviour of effluent irrigated soils under field conditions - Australian Journal of Soil Research, 44(7): In Press, 2006
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