Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0560743

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0560743

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Surface-ground water interactions and increasing salinity in the upper Hunter River. Australia's first salinity trading scheme, to limit impacts of industrial saline wastewater discharges, operates in the Hunter Region, NSW. Despite it, a recent audit suggests stream salinity levels will continue to rise over the next century. No assessment tools are available to identify causes of salinity increases in sub-catchments of the Hunter. This severely limits rehabilitation strategies aimed at addressing river salinity. Current rehabilitation focuses on revegetation of recharge and discharge areas, with limited understanding of the primary local drivers for salinity, and without assessment of whether rehabilitation is addressing or exacerbating problems. This project aims to supply that understanding.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 21-06-2005

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $380,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | Groundwater Hydrology | Surfacewater Hydrology

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Land and water management | Land and water management |

Other Keywords

Geochemistry Not Elsewhere Classified | Groundwater Hydrology | Land and water management | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | Surfacewater Hydrology

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