Karen Barry

	Technical Officer
	CSIRO Land and Water Private Bag No. 2 Glen Osmond SA 5064 Ph: +61-8-8303 8725 Fax: +61-8-8303 8750 Email: Karen Barry

Karen Barry is a Technical Officer in the Water Use and Reuse research group of the Urban and Industrial Water research program.

Research Interests

• Water quality & clogging issues arising from aquifer recharge
• Measurement of membrane filtration index as an indicator of clogging potential
• Design and implementation of systems in laboratory and the field to monitor stormwater and recycled water recharge and reuse
• Impacts of Urban development on groundwater resources

Current Research Projects

• Bolivar Reclaimed Water ASR Research Project (Jul 97- Jun 05)
• Patawolonga CWMB – Domestic scale rainwater ASR (Jul 03-Jun 06)
• AWWARF Project 2974 - Water Quality Changes during Aquifer Storage and Recovery (Jan 05 - Dec 07)
• Water Reuse Foundation / Carollo Water Quality Changes during ASR with Reclaimed Water (Jan 04 - Dec 05)
• Smart Water Fund – Development of ASR in Melbourne (Jul 04 - Jun 07)
• ACIAR Enhancing groundwater resources by sustainable use of shallow groundwater (Jul 04 – Dec 07)
• Power Water Corp –Alice Springs Soil Aquifer Treatment (Jul 03 – Jun 06)
• Environmental Impacts of Reclaimed Water irrigation in Horticulture: NAP study (Jan 03 – Dec 05)

Recent Professional Experience

• July 1998 - present Technical Officer, CSIRO
• 1994 - 1998 Technical Assistant, CSIRO
• 1991 - 1993 Technical Officer, University of Adelaide, Department of Crop Protection, Insect Pathology Laboratory
• 1990 – 1991 Technical Assistant, University of Adelaide, Department of Soil Science
• 1989 Technical Assistant (casual), CSIRO

Qualifications

• Grad.Dip.Natural Resources Management, University of Adelaide, 1996.
• B.Sc (Microbiology/Ecology), Flinders University of S.A., 1987

Publications

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