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Our work

Assessing MAR opportunities

We're providing the scientific expertise to assess opportunities for Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR) at a regional catchment scale, including northern Australia.

Assessing MAR risks

CSIRO scientists are undertaking risk-based assessments of the feasibility of Managed Aquifer Recharge

Clean groundwater

Our physically-based risk assessment models inform government and industry about potential chemical risks to groundwater from industry, agriculture and urban developments.

Data fusion

Using model-data fusion techniques delivers more credible predictions around potential groundwater impacts. This strengthens Australia’s capacity to make decisions in relation to investment, resource development and management across the mining, energy, and agricultural sectors.

Groundwater development for regions

We bring together the best scientists to investigate, map and quantify groundwater opportunities across Australia

Adaptive management

We are developing methods and applying tools for optimal and cost-effective monitoring of groundwater and the resources that depend on it. This encourages sustainable use, helps identify and manage adverse impacts, and ensures that adverse impacts are not irreversible.

Groundwater and environment

Environmental protection is critical for sustainable groundwater management.

Island aquifers

We work with island communities to help improve the understanding and management of their water resources.

Our work

Australia's groundwater resources support communities, industries and the environment across the country.

Noble Gas and ATTA Facilities

We use advanced technologies to measure and trace the histories of water systems. We partner across scientific disciplines and institutions.

Empowering social engagement

The Groundwater Commons Game represents a big step forward in merging socioeconomic variables with physical models for improved groundwater management.

Water in the resources sector

We work towards sustainable groundwater resources management by extractive energy and mineral resources sectors. Our research leads to manageable environmental impacts and greater socio-economic benefits.

Basin-scale groundwater

We are characterising potential groundwater resources and facilitating sound water resources management practices at a regional scale.

Characterising aquifers and their hydrogeological properties

We are developing novel and cost-effective methods for hydrogeological characterisation, showing the geometry and 3-D internal architecture of aquifers and aquitards and their properties.

Environmental tracers

Like footprints in the sand reveal the passage of animals, environmental tracers characterise the speed at which water moves underground.

Adaptive water management

A water dashboard developed as part of the Sense-T program in Tasmania delivers real-time data to Tasmanian farmers to support irrigation and environmental sustainability.

Isotope analysis

At the Environmental Tracer and Noble Gas Laboratory (former IAS, Isotope Analysis Service) we provide an extensive range of tracer analyses to study the terrestrial water cycle: aquifer and aquitard systems, groundwater - surface water interaction, infiltration conditions and flow velocities.