Water Resource Management

Our water resources research is founded on recognition of the interaction between groundwater and surface water resources, and the effects of water use on the respective environments.

 

The research comprises adaptive management for multi-stakeholder groups and the development of mathematical groundwater models suitable for rapid computation within water-use decision-making scenarios.

 

List of Projects:

 

- Sustainable groundwater allocation

- FarmSim water user model

- Eigenvalue approach to groundwater models

 

Publications:


Painter, B.D.M., and Bright, J.C. (2006) Adaptive management of groundwater allocation: a New Zealand case study, Proceedings of “Adaptive Management of Water Resources: AWRA Summer Specialty Conference”, AWRA, June 26-28, 2006, Missoula, Montana, TPS-06-02, CD-ROM, ISBN 1-882132-71-8.

 

Bidwell, V.J., and Morgan, M.J. (2002) The eigenvalue approach to groundwater modelling for resource evaluation at regional scale.  Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Calibration and Reliability in Groundwater Modelling, Prague, 17-20 June 2002: 92-95.

 

Bidwell, V.J. (2003) Groundwater Management Tools: Analytical Procedure and Case Studies.  MAF Technical Paper No: 2003/6).

 

Bidwell, V.J. (2005) Realistic forecasting of groundwater level, based on the eigenstructure of aquifer dynamics.  Mathematics and Computers in Simulation 69:12-20.