Welcome to The Urban Water Resources Group
The Urban Water Resources Group (UWRG) specializes in quantity and quality issues associated with research into collection, treatment, storage, retrieval and use of urban water resources. The Group participates in various teaching activities and provides supervision of postgraduate research students for Master and PhD degrees.
UWRG has pursued this mission with vigour and, today, is recognised as the nation's leading research/consulting agency in stormwater management (quantity, quality and harvesting issues). In addition, the Group has made significant contributions in the field of domestic wastewater treatment/re-use and industrial water use/re-use efficiency and has provided strong support for municipal agencies across Australia through its hydraulic modelling facilities ad expertise.
The following projects involve particularly high achievements in water technology and improvements to the water environment: - Parfitt Square, St Elizabeth's Carpark, Figtree Place, Newcastle NSW, Intelligent Home, Adelaide, Portland Smelter, Victoria, and the ROCLA 'Cleans All' gross pollution collector.
The Group has also made a significant contribution to instruction in water technology at levels ranging from community awareness-raising through to education of local and international postgraduate students.
The Group's aim is to contribute to the mission of the University through research and consultancy which advances, disseminates and applies knowledge with a major focus on the water environment. The Group plays a major role in postgraduate and public education on matters relating to stormwater and wastewater and wastewater management, and urban water use and conservation. The Group's capability in terms of hydraulic testing and water chemistry is identical to that of the Civil Engineering Discipline in the School of Engineering, which has one of the best equipped Water Engineering Laboratories in the nation. The Group also has strong links with other units within the University of South Australia, including the Water Research Laboratory (School of Chemical Technology) and Schools of Geoinformatics, Planning and Building, and Environmental and Recreational Management
If you have any other enquiries, please contact to Prof John Argue at: john.argue@unisa.edu.au