Novel tracers of humanity’s impacts on Earth’s largest freshwater resource. This project aims to reveal new insights about contamination of groundwater, Earth’s largest freshwater resource, using a no

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Novel tracers of humanity’s impacts on Earth’s largest freshwater resource. This project aims to reveal new insights about contamination of groundwater, Earth’s largest freshwater resource, using a novel set of environmental indicators (tracers), including trace organic micro-pollutants, radio-isotopes and environmental DNA. The project expects to generate new knowledge about the sources and behaviour of contaminants in water from high-value aquifers and connected springs, across gradients of pollution impact. Expected outcomes include a new framework to guide the forensic identification of groundwater contaminant sources using these tracers. This should provide major benefits for practitioners and policymakers, by enabling more targeted monitoring, early detection and resolution of emerging contamination problems.. Scheme: ARC Future Fellowships. Field: 3707 - Hydrology. Lead: Prof Matthew Currell