CSIRO
CSIRO is a research center that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.
Researchers find groundwater replenishment in Western Australia is at an 800-year low
Groundwater levels are declining across large parts of Australia, in part due to decreasing rainfall. Csiro's researchers are gathering underground data to better understand how and when water reaches beneath the Earth's surface. Understanding how groundwater recharges is essential info for sustainably managing Australia’s water resources.
CSIRO and Google accelerating AI for science
The new initiative is part of a five-year partnership and aims to equip scientists with AI tools to accelerate discovery.
CSIRO collaborates with California universities on water quality initiatives
An important water body for agriculture and natural ecosystems of the San Francisco Bay, has become a test site for the AquaWatch Australia mission.
Australia joins with UK to deliver large-scale water quality monitoring from space
A mission to develop a ‘weather service’ for water quality will be adapted for the first time outside Australia at a national scale.
Out of the blue: Australia’s waters get a health check from above
We are developing AquaWatch Australia, a nationwide monitoring and forecasting service for water quality. AquaWatch uses satellite imagery in combination with water-based sensors and data analytics. Satellites can detect water quality issues like algal blooms and sediment plumes using colour signatures visible from space.
CSIRO embarks on mission to create a ‘weather service’ for water quality
CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, launched AquaWatch Australia, a mission to deliver a world first ground-to-space water quality monitoring system for Australia and the globe. AquaWatch will provide near real-time updates and predictive forecasting – a weather service for water quality – once fully operational. Using an extensive network of Earth observation satellites and ground-based water […]
CSIRO and SmartSat launch space-based water monitoring Aquawatch
Satellites in space and a network of ground-based sensors could be used to monitor the quality of Australia’s inland waterways, reservoirs and coastal environments.
CSIRO and AgTech company Goanna Ag have announced a partnership to maximise the use of irrigation
A new partnership between Australia’s national science agency CSIRO and local agtech company Goanna Ag will see sensors and analytics combined to maximise every drop of irrigation water used to grow crops. In an Australian first, 'WaterWise' is the only water-use efficiency product for irrigated crops that measures crop water stress and predicts future water […]
Tasting groundwater reveals rich flavours for exploration
Mining companies could more accurately pinpoint reserves of valuable minerals using a new water-tasting approach developed by the national science agency, CSIRO, in research supported by the Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia (MRIWA).