Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP210100430

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP210100430

Funding Status
Active

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Funded Activity Summary

Sustaining intensive agriculture through droughts and floods. This project aims to develop state-of-the-art conceptual and numerical models of river-soil-groundwater interactions to address complex and persistent questions on water sustainability in the Lower Burdekin Delta, Queensland, where groundwater pumping to irrigate sugarcane has been supplemented by artificial recharge for over 50 years. This project expects to deliver new knowledge of critical aquifer processes to inform the scheme operation, the largest in the country. Expected outcomes include ground-breaking management plans for the aquifer-replenishment scheme. Anticipated benefits involve balancing the needs of agriculture and the protection of pristine environments, including groundwater discharge to the Great Barrier Reef.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-07-2021

End Date: 30-06-2024

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $897,337.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Surfacewater Hydrology | Hydrogeology | Environmental Management | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity |

Other Keywords

Ecosystem Assessment and Management of Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Environmental Management | Farmland, Arable Cropland and Permanent Cropland Flora, Fauna and Biodiversity | Hydrogeology | Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water in Coastal and Estuarine Environments | Surfacewater Hydrology

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