Research stories
27 Feb 2024
From Iran’s farmlands to Australia's irrigation automation: Dr. Fateme Zare's journey
Meet IWF researcher Dr Fateme Zare.
15 Jan 2024
Australians willing to pay for everyone to access good drinking water
Australian households are willing to pay more than is needed to deliver safe drinking water to every Australian, according to new research from ANU.
7 Dec 2023
Pivotal moment for humanity as tipping point threats and opportunities accelerate
ANU researchers supported the the Global Tipping Points Report, recently launched at COP28.
11 Oct 2023
Underground movement: IWF and Managed Aquifer Recharge
This video explores some of our work on Aquifer recharge, including these MAR scenarios and a scoping project around Griffith NSW in collaboration with Murrumbidgee Irrigation.
11 Apr 2023
Futures thinking for water professionals – What, how, and why?
IWF Director Lorrae van Kerkhoff lays out the what, why and how of water futures as she sees it.
22 Mar 2023
Murky Waters: Drinking Water Challenges in Regional and Remote Australia
This World Water Day, we shine a light on researchers at the IWF who are spearheading critical work to improve drinking water quality in regional and remote Australia.
13 Jan 2023
New Report: Global Warming is changing the water cycle
The third La Niña year in a row intensified existing droughts in the Americas, while causing floods in parts of Asia and Oceania, according to a first-of-its-kind report released today by the Global Water Monitor Consortium, led by researchers at ANU.
1 Jul 2022
Aussies living remotely lack access to quality drinking water
IWF researchers find that Australians in more than 400 remote or regional communities lack access to good-quality drinking water, while about eight per cent of Australia’s population is not included in reporting on access to clean water, according to a recent study.
Acknowledgement of Country
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