Hydrologist Dr Tony Minns has been appointed as the first Director of the $50 million Goyder Institute for Water Research.

 

Dr Minns is a graduate of the University of South Australia who has pursued a career in water in Europe since 1985.

 

After leaving the University of South Australia, he completed a PhD at the University of Delft in hydrology and has since worked for several Dutch water research and consultancy organisations in countries including the Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Singapore, the U.S. and South America.

 

He returns to South Australlia from after leaving the Dutch water consulting firm, Deltares, where he worked as the Scientific Director of Hydrological Engineering, playing a senior role in managing a 50 Million Euro per annum research and development program for the Dutch Government.

 

The Goyder Institute, established in July last year, is a water research entity that brings together scientists and researchers from across Australia to provide expert and independent scientific advice on South Australia’s water system.

 

It is currently working on initial research projects valued at $14 million.

 

Major projects underway include researching a set of climate projections to support water resource planning and management, looking at how to most efficiently use environmental flows to improve the health of the River Murray and finding new outback groundwater resources.

 

The Goyder Institute for Water Research is a collaboration between the State Government, the CSIRO and South Australia’s three universities.

 

More information is at http://goyderinstitute.org/