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Wednesday, 3 December 2008

Young water experts win major awards

Five University of Adelaide students researching more efficient use of water in Australia have been judged the best in their field.

The students from the School of Civil, Environmental & Mining Engineering have taken out separate awards for a range of water-related projects, including better distribution systems, water quality and wetlands, and urban supply issues.

The award winners are:

• Matt Gibbs, who won the SA Branch of the Australian Water Association Postgraduate Award for his thesis on using mathematical tools to improve water distribution systems in Australia;
  
• Abby Goodman, who has taken out the Best Student Presentation Award at the Australian Society of Limnology Conference for a wetlands project in the Upper South East of South Australia;
  
• Liam Harnett, Jason Nicolson and Rebecca Tennant, final-year undergraduate students who have been awarded the SA Branch of the Australian Water Association's Hodgson Medal for their research focused on reducing costs and optimising urban water supply systems to meet environmental outcomes.

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