Assoc Prof Richard Faulkner
Convenor, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, School of Environmental and Rural Sciences
Contact
| Email: | rfaulkne@une.edu.au |
| Room: | W21 |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3392 (or +61 2 6773 3392 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3084 |
| Homepage: | http://www.une.edu.au/env/rf.html |
Qualifications
1968 BSc(Eng) with honours, Civil Engineering (Southampton)
1971 MSc Water Resources Technology (Birmingham)
1991 PhD Irrigation Water Requirements & Water Lifting Technology (Loughborough)
Introduction
I have interests in:
- Irrigation
- Hydrology
- Hydraulics
- Water resources management
- Appropriate technology
- Water and sanitation for resource poor communities
Affiliations
- Member of Institution of Civil Engineers (MICE)
- Member of the Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (MCIWEM)
- Fellow of Institution of Engineers, Australia (FIEAust) (and member of civil college).
- Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng)
- Member of Irrigation Association of Australia
- Member of Australian Water Association
Areas of Teaching
- ENVE 352 Principles of Hydrology
- ENVE 421 Water Resources Management
- ENVE 433/533 Pollution Management (with Rex Glencross-Grant)
- ENVE 434 Irrigation Engineering
- ENVE 237 Environmental Engineering (module on water supply and treatment)
Research interests
- Irrigation - the hydrology/water balance of surface irrigation and the operational and management techniques to achieve most efficient use of water. The estimation of crop water requirements and irrigation scheduling
- Hydrology - urban drainage systems. The estimation of environmental flows. Floodplain management.
- The development of human and animal powered pumps.
- The effect of land treatment and management regimes on residual soil carbon.
- The management of water supply dams, with special reference to algae problems.
- The influence of irrigated agriculture on water quality in river systems.
- The impact of land-use on hydrology and health of estuarine systems.
Student Supervision
Doctorates (all recent or current):
- Ms Janelle Montgomery. The Hydrology of Surface Irrigated Cotton.
- Mr Robert Woods. The Management of a Provincial Water Supply Dam
- Mr John Hornbuckle. Drainage Strategies for Salinity Management in Irrigation.
- Mr Michael Evans. Interfacing Public Participation with Technical Expertise.
- Ms Nelly Blair. The Influence of Land Management on Residual Carbon
Masters:
- Cairns R (2000) Evaluation of Water Quality Response to Best Management Practice
- Tucker C. (2000) The Rehabilitation of the Dee Why Creek
- Waki J. (2000) The Performance of Slow Sand Filters
- Ca Va Diep (1999) The Atlantis System for Surface Drainage
- McKleod K. (1999) Water Quality Monitoring in the MacIntre Basin.
- Hill W (1999) Modelling Dryland Salinity in Victoria
- Sujhato H (1999) The Influence of Ozone on Blue-Green Algae
- Dethrasavong C (1998) The Water Resources Management in Lao PDR
- Harold T (1994) The Development of the Human Powered Treadle Pump.
Diploma and Honours:
- Gato S (2000) Trends in Water Quality -Yarra Catchment
- Miller E (2000) Environmental Flows in the Namoi Valley
- Bills D (1999) Runoff Coefficients in Mine Waste Dump Water Management Planning
- Maiden D (1999) The Evaluation of Slow Sand Filtration, with and without Qzonation
- The Development of a Human-Powered Coil Pump for Irrigation in sub Sarahan Africa
- Hardy E (1998) The Design of a Cost Effective Flow Measuring Device for Application in Furrow Irrigation
Awards
Winner of the 1992 Better Environment Award, presented by the Royal Society for the Arts Commerce and Manufacture. This was for the development of the rope-washer pump, and was presented by HRH Duke of Edinburgh.Publications
Sample Publications:
(total list of over 100 papers in refereed journals, contributions to books and conference papers.)
*Hornbuckle J., Christensen E., Faulkner R. Controlled Watertable Management as a strategy for reducing salt loads from subsurface drainage under perennial agriculture in semi-arid Australia. ILRI 9th International Drainage Workshop, Utrecht, The Netherlands. 10-13 September 2003
Hornbuckle J, Faulkner R D., Christensen E. Improving the Efficiency and Performance of Furrow Irrigation using Simulation Modelling in southeastern Australia. ICID World Congress, 18-19 September 2003, Montpellier France.
Hornbuckle J, Faulkner R D. Improving the Efficiency and Performance of Furrow Irrigation. Journal of Irrigation Research and Extension, 184, June 2000, pp13-16
*Faulkner R D, Douglas J, MacLeod D. The Hydrology of Surface Irrigation for Cotton. Proceedings of National IAA Conference “Water is Gold”. Brisbane, May 1998, pp373-381. ISBN 0 7242 7281 X.
*Faulkner R D & Patterson R. Monitoring the Quantity and Quality of Irrigation Effluent. Proceedings of Production and Environmental Monitoring Workshop. Armidale, December 1997, pp155-162. ISBN 1863894659
*Faulkner R D. Making Better Use of the Resources We Already Have. Proceedings of Workshop “Dam and be Damned”. Brisbane, November 1996, pp 10-18
Faulkner R D. Fossil Water or Renewable Resource: The case for one Arabian Aquifer. Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers, Water Maritime and Energy, 1994, December, pp 325 - 332.
Faulkner R D. Field Determination of Crop Evapotranspiration for the Energy Balance. Transactions of the Zimbabwe Scientific Association, 1992, 66, pp 18-24.
*Faulkner R D, Lambert R. The Effect of Irrigation on Dambo Hydrology: A Case Study. Journal of Hydrology, February 1991, 123, pp 147 -161.
Faulkner R D. Manual Recovery of Shallow Groundwater for Irrigation by African Farmers. Proceedings of Institution of Civil Engineers, Part 1, 90, October 1991, pp 1011 - 1020.
Recent Projects:
Cooperative Research Centre “Sustainable Cotton production”. Member of UNE team which is core partner in this CRC, investigating the water balance of irrigated cotton and the effect of irrigation on the water quality in the Gwydir River. 1995-2001
Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation. The Ecosystem Function of Trees in Managed pastures. 1993-1996. $609,000. (With Dr N Reid of UNE, Ecosystem Management Department).
Armidale City Council. An investigation of the nutrient load of Malpas water supply dam and the operation of the destratification system. 1995. $37,500.
Development of a Management Plan for a Provincial Water Supply. Partner-Armidale City Council. 1996-2001, $90,000.
A survey of Best Management Practice in the cotton industry. Joint funding by the Environment Protection Authority and the Australian Cotton Foundation. July - October, 1996. $24,960.
Water Quality in the Gwydir Valley. Joint funding by the Natural Heritage Trust and the Gwydir Valley Irrigators Association. 1998-2004, $450,000.
Cooperative Research Centre for Sustainable Cotton. Summer Scholarship for Irrigated Soil Salinity Studies. Dec 1998-March 1999, $4,000.
Armidale City Council. Studies of Ozonation as Treatment for Algae. Jan-June 1999, $15,000.
Guyra Shire Council & Environmental Protection Agency. Use of Atlantis Infiltration System for Urban Drainage. November 1999- November 2001, $200,000.
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Scholarship to carry out tests on breakdown of carbon irrigated soils. February, 2000, $5,500.
Department of Land and Water Conservation. Environmental Flows-Hydrology and Impact of Low Flows on Ecosystem. May 2000-April 2003, $41,000.
Land and Water Resources Research and Development Corporation, National Program for Irrigation and Drainage. Improving Water Quality from Sub-Surface Drainage Systems in Irrigated Agriculture. January 2000-January 2003, $67,000.
Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering. Scholarship to carry out an investigation of "The impact of residue returns with varying breakdown rates on soil carbon fraction, carbon sequestration and the fertility of soils". February 2001, $15,400.
Extra-mural Activities:
1997-2001 Member of northwest region committee of the Irrigation Association of Australia
1996-2001 Committee member of northern group, Newcastle division, of IEAust
1998-2001 Editorial panel member for the international journal Agricultural Water Management
1990-2001 Editorial panel member for the Journal of Engineering for International Development
1992-2001 Refereed papers for the Australian Journal of Experimental Agricultural Research, Australian Journal of Agricultural Engineering Research, and Irrigation Science.