Joanne Vanderzalm
Dr Joanne Vanderzalm
- Joanne is a geochemist in the Groundwater Management group
- Primary Emailjoanne.vanderzalm@csiro.au
Biography
Dr Joanne Vanderzalm is a Senior Research Scientist in the Groundwater Systems team and Groundwater Management group of CSIRO’s Environment business unit.
Installing groundwater monitoring bores on Norfolk Island. Credit: Andrew Taylor, CSIRO.
Her primary research activities include managed aquifer recharge (MAR) or ‘water banking’ to increase the resilience of agricultural and urban water supplies to drought, water reuse, water quality and assessment of biogeochemical reaction processes that can improve or degrade the quality of water resources. She has a strong interest in developing the understanding of water quality changes, including natural treatment processes, from complex field-scale data.
Joanne has a background in chemistry with over 20 years of experience in CSIRO, largely focused on addressing the feasibility of managed aquifer recharge as a water resource management tool. During this time, she has contributed to cutting-edge science which underpins the risk-based Australian MAR Guidelines.
Her recent projects focus on the feasibility of managed aquifer recharge in northern Australia to support agriculture, including in the Upper King River, NT. She also contributed to an evaluation of cost-effective strategies to manage clogging, undertaken to address uncertainty regarding the greatest operational risk impeding managed aquifer recharge schemes, and an assessment of water resources for sustainable hydrogen development.
Currently, Joanne is leading the Norfolk Island Water Resource Assessment (NIWRA) to inform decisions on water resource management strategies to increase water security and improve water quality for protection of coral reef health. This program established comprehensive water quality monitoring in fresh and marine surface water and groundwater and recommended water quality guidelines values for Norfolk Marine Park.
Joanne is an author of >150 publications including journal papers, conference papers and client/technical reports with >2900 citations (Google Scholar, h-index 29). Joanne is also an Associate Editor for Environmental Earth Sciences.
ORCID, ResearcherID F-2339-2011, Google Scholar