Water Management

University of Queensland partners with industry to tackle water supply concerns in Chile

Published on: 16 November 2020

The Sustainable Minerals Institute’s International Centre of Excellence in Chile (SMI-ICE-Chile) is partnering with Mitsubishi Corporation subsidiary M.C. Inversiones Limitada (MCI) to provide Chilean industries and society with sustainable water supply system planning tools.

New Environment Centre Directors to drive innovative research, industry engagement and education

Published on: 11 May 2020

Innovative research, industry engagement and education are all on the agenda for the new Directors of the Sustainable Minerals Institute’s Environment Centres.

Norfolk Island Hydrological Assessment

The project “Norfolk Island Hydrological Assessment” is a component of the larger “Norfolk Island Environmental Assessment” project led by The University of Newcastle. The Norfolk Island Regional Council (NIRC) has identified the need to undertake an assessment of the Island’s environmental capacity to provide scientific background on land use, hydrology, biodiversity and available technologies for further discussion of long-term population targets.

New agreement will advance desalination supply system in Chile

Published on: 13 August 2019

An agreement between UQ’s Sustainable Minerals Institute Centre of Excellence in Chile (SMI-ICE-Chile) and TRENDS Industrial paves the way for collaboration on an integrated multi-user desalination supply system in Chile’s Atacama region.

UQ Water Atlas: unravelling groundwater mysteries

Water presents a multifaceted set of issues that can rapidly become the touchstone for community acceptance or otherwise of resource developments. Not only are issues of water availability and quality important but water also presents an intrinsic set of values that are often interwoven into people’s perceptions of the issues. This elevates the importance of “getting water right” as an imperative in obtaining social licence to operate.

Strategic challenges for mining in the water scarce regions of Chile

Chile has a mature and developed mining industry that has played an important role in the development of the country for over a century and has been at the heart of the national economy for decades.

SMI contribute to The Nature Conservancy’s Global Water Program SNAPP project

SMI contributes to The Nature Conservancy’s Global Water Program SNAPP project

Published on: 12 June 2018

Professor Neil McIntyre is part of a scientific working group that met for three days last week at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) in Santa Barbara, California.