Carlos joined UQ after a 2-year period as a Senior Teaching Fellow in water resources management at University College London Australia. Carlos completed a PhD in Hydrogeology in 2014 at Flinders University, as part of the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training (NCGRT). Following that, Carlos completed a Graduate Certificate in Project Management at the Queensland University of Technology. Prior to that, Carlos obtained a BSc in Geology (2003) and a MSc in Environmental Geology (2008) from the University of Coimbra (Portugal). Carlos worked as a research assistant in hydrogeology for the University of Aveiro (Portugal) and the Portuguese Geological Survey in his early career.
Carlos and colleagues were awarded with the “Orlando Leitao” Prize for the best work presented to the Portuguese Society of Neurology in 2017, which was on interdisciplinary research on impacts of groundwater contamination in human health.
Carlos is a member of the International Association of Hydrogeologists.
Carlos research interests include groundwater recharge, groundwater contamination and groundwater management. He's interested in groundwater interdisciplinary research on aspects such as effects on human health, social dimensions of groundwater management and groundwater economics. Carlos is also interested in the application of project management principles and tools to research projects.
Journal Article: Spatio‐temporal distribution of atmospheric chloride deposition over a small island
Teixeira, Paula Campos, Ordens, Carlos M., McIntyre, Neil, Pagliero, Liliana and Crosbie, Russell (2023). Spatio‐temporal distribution of atmospheric chloride deposition over a small island. Hydrological Processes, 37 (12) e15052. doi: 10.1002/hyp.15052
Penny, Jessica, Ordens, Carlos M., Barnett, Steve, Djordjević, Slobodan and Chen, Albert S. (2023). Vineyards, vegetables or business-as-usual? Stakeholder-informed land use change modelling to predict the future of a groundwater-dependent prime-wine region under climate change. Agricultural Water Management, 287 108417. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108417
Journal Article: An approach for prioritising environmental, social and governance (ESG) water-related risks for the mining industry: The case of Chile
Garcia-Zavala, Consuelo, Ordens, Carlos M., Pagliero, Liliana, Lèbre, Éléonore, Aitken, Douglas and Stringer, Martin (2023). An approach for prioritising environmental, social and governance (ESG) water-related risks for the mining industry: The case of Chile. The Extractive Industries and Society, 14 101259, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2023.101259
(2020–2021) Flinders University
Design and construction of future scenarios for the management of dams, tailings and water resources
(2019–2020) SMI International Centre of Excellence in Chile (SMI-ICE-Chile)
(2019–2020) Monash University
Chloride deposition variability on a small island and implications for groundwater recharge estimation: A case study of Norfolk Island
Doctor Philosophy
Estimating groundwater extraction for stock and domestic use in a semi-arid cattle grazing region
(2023) Doctor Philosophy
Spatio‐temporal distribution of atmospheric chloride deposition over a small island
Teixeira, Paula Campos, Ordens, Carlos M., McIntyre, Neil, Pagliero, Liliana and Crosbie, Russell (2023). Spatio‐temporal distribution of atmospheric chloride deposition over a small island. Hydrological Processes, 37 (12) e15052. doi: 10.1002/hyp.15052
Penny, Jessica, Ordens, Carlos M., Barnett, Steve, Djordjević, Slobodan and Chen, Albert S. (2023). Vineyards, vegetables or business-as-usual? Stakeholder-informed land use change modelling to predict the future of a groundwater-dependent prime-wine region under climate change. Agricultural Water Management, 287 108417. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108417
Garcia-Zavala, Consuelo, Ordens, Carlos M., Pagliero, Liliana, Lèbre, Éléonore, Aitken, Douglas and Stringer, Martin (2023). An approach for prioritising environmental, social and governance (ESG) water-related risks for the mining industry: The case of Chile. The Extractive Industries and Society, 14 101259, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2023.101259
Rochford, L. M., Bulovic, N., Ordens, C. M. and McIntyre, N. (2023). What makes them pump? Factors influencing groundwater extraction for cattle grazing in a semi-arid region. Agricultural Water Management, 279 108158, 1-15. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108158
Penny, Jessica, Ordens, Carlos M., Barnett, Steve, Djordjević, Slobodan and Chen, Albert S. (2023). Small-scale land use change modelling using transient groundwater levels and salinities as driving factors – An example from a sub-catchment of Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin. Agricultural Water Management, 278 108174. doi: 10.1016/j.agwat.2023.108174
Cabral-Pinto, Marina Ms, Saha, Narottam, Ordens, C. M., Pitta-Grós, Denise, Carlos, Gelson, Dinis, Pedro, Marques, Rosa, Prudêncio, Isabel, Rocha, Fernando and Ferreira da Silva, Eduardo A (2023). Integrated geochemical and mineralogical investigation of soil from the volcanic Fogo Island (Cape Verde): implications for ecological and probabilistic human health risks. Exposure and Health, 15 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s12403-022-00472-6
Voluntary metering of rural groundwater extractions: understanding and resolving the challenges
Rochford, Louisa M., Ordens, Carlos M., Bulovic, Nevenka and McIntyre, Neil (2022). Voluntary metering of rural groundwater extractions: understanding and resolving the challenges. Hydrogeology Journal, 30 (8), 2251-2266. doi: 10.1007/s10040-022-02548-8
Coming together: insights from an Australian example of collective action to co-manage groundwater
Shalsi, Sarah, Ordens, Carlos M., Curtis, Allan and Simmons, Craig T. (2022). Coming together: insights from an Australian example of collective action to co-manage groundwater. Journal of Hydrology, 608 127658, 127658. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2022.127658
Preface: Advances in hydrogeologic understanding of Australia's Great Artesian Basin
Ordens, Carlos Miraldo, McIntyre, Neil, Underschultz, Jim R., Ransley, Tim, Moore, Catherine and Mallants, Dirk (2020). Preface: Advances in hydrogeologic understanding of Australia's Great Artesian Basin. Hydrogeology Journal, 28 (1), 1-11. doi: 10.1007/s10040-019-02107-8
Jamieson, Michael, Elson, Mabbie, Carruthers, Ross and Ordens, Carlos Miraldo (2019). The contribution of citizen science in managing and monitoring groundwater systems impacted by coal seam gas production: an example from the Surat Basin in Australia's Great Artesian Basin. Hydrogeology Journal, 28 (1), 439-459. doi: 10.1007/s10040-019-02050-8
A sustainable future for mining by 2030? Insights from an expert focus group
Littleboy, Anna, Keenan, Julia, Ordens, Carlos M., Shaw, Andrea, Tang, Roger H., Verrier, Brunilde, Vivoda, Vlado, Yahyaei, Mohsen and Hodge, R. Anthony (2019). A sustainable future for mining by 2030? Insights from an expert focus group. The Extractive Industries and Society, 6 (4), 1086-1090. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2019.11.005
Shalsi, Sarah, Ordens, Carlos M., Curtis, Allan and Simmons, Craig T. (2019). Can collective action address the “tragedy of the commons” in groundwater management? Insights from an Australian case study. Hydrogeology Journal, 27 (7), 2471-2483. doi: 10.1007/s10040-019-01986-1
Cabral Pinto, Marina M. S., Ordens, Carlos M., Condesso de Melo, M. Teresa, Inácio, Manuela, Almeida, Agostinho, Pinto, Edgar and Ferreira da Silva, Eduardo A. (2019). An inter-disciplinary approach to evaluate human health risks due to long-term exposure to contaminated groundwater near a chemical complex. Exposure and Health, 12 (2), 199-214. doi: 10.1007/s12403-019-00305-z
Brouwer, Roy, Ordens, Carlos Miraldo, Pinto, Rute and Teresa Condesso de Melo, M. (2018). Economic valuation of groundwater protection using a groundwater quality ladder based on chemical threshold levels. Ecological Indicators, 88, 292-304. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2018.01.041
Cabral Pinto, Marina M. S., Marinho-Reis, A. Paula, Almeida, Agostinho, Ordens, Carlos M., Silva, Maria M. V. G., Freitas, Sandra, Simões, Mário R., Moreira, Paula I., Dinis, Pedro A., Diniz, M. Luísa, Ferreira da Silva, Eduardo A. and Condesso de Melo, M. Teresa (2017). Human predisposition to cognitive impairment and its relation with environmental exposure to potentially toxic elements. Environmental Geochemistry and Health, 40 (5), 1767-1784. doi: 10.1007/s10653-017-9928-3
Bresciani, E., Ordens, C. M., Werner, A. D., Batelaan, O., Guan, H. and Post, V. E. A. (2014). Spatial variability of chloride deposition in a vegetated coastal area: Implications for groundwater recharge estimation. Journal of Hydrology, 519 (Part A ), 1177-1191. doi: 10.1016/j.jhydrol.2014.08.050
Ordens, Carlos M., Post, Vincent E. A., Werner, Adrian D. and Hutson, John L. (2014). Influence of model conceptualisation on one-dimensional recharge quantification: Uley South, South Australia. Hydrogeology Journal, 22 (4), 795-805. doi: 10.1007/s10040-014-1100-x
Ordens, Carlos M., Werner, Adrian D., Post, Vincent E. A., Hutson, John L., Simmons, Craig T. and Irvine, Benjamin M. (2012). Groundwater recharge to a sedimentary aquifer in the topographically closed Uley South Basin, South Australia. Hydrogeology Journal, 20 (1), 61-72. doi: 10.1007/s10040-011-0794-2
Werner, Adrian D., Alcoe, Darren W., Ordens, Carlos M., Hutson, John L., Ward, James D. and Simmons, Craig T. (2011). Current practice and future challenges in coastal aquifer management: flux-based and trigger-level approaches with application to an Australian case study. Water Resources Management, 25 (7), 1831-1853. doi: 10.1007/s11269-011-9777-2
Sustainable integration of seawater into regional water supply networks
Pagliero, Liliana, McIntyre, Neil, Aitken, Douglas, Bolz, Pascal, Ordens, Carlos Miraldo, Campos, Levi, Garcia, Giovana, Jamett, Nathalie, Leon, Sebastian Herrera and Cisternas, Luis (2022). Sustainable integration of seawater into regional water supply networks. Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 30 November-2 December 2022. Engineers Australia.
Results from a program of stock and domestic bore metering in the Surat Basin, Queensland
Rochford, L. M., Ordens, C. M., Bulovic, N., McIntyre, N., Keir, G. and Hayes, P. (2022). Results from a program of stock and domestic bore metering in the Surat Basin, Queensland. Australasian Groundwater Conference, Perth, WA, Australia, 21-23 November 2022.
Campos Teixeira, Paula, Ordens, Carlos M., Mcintyre, Neil, Pagliero, Liliana and Crosbie, Russell (2022). Spatial distribution of atmospheric chloride deposition in a small island - the case of South Pacific's Norfolk Island. Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium 2022 (HWRS 2022), Virtual, 30 November - 2 December 2022. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Engineers Australia.
How economically feasible are integrated smart water supply systems in the Chilean context?
Aitken, Douglas, McIntyre, Neil, Pagliero, Liliana, Rivero, Francisca, Campos, Levi, Garcia, Giovana, Miraldo Ordens, Carlos, Rivera, Diego and Wiertz, Jacques (2021). How economically feasible are integrated smart water supply systems in the Chilean context?. Water Congress 2021, Santiago, Chile, 7-9 July 2021.
Planning of smart water supply networks in arid regions: tool development
Pagliero, Liliana, Asmussen, Pascal, Campos, Levi, Garcia, Giovana, McIntyre, Neil, Mulligan, David, Rivera, Diego, Miraldo Ordens, Carlos and Aitken, Douglas (2021). Planning of smart water supply networks in arid regions: tool development. Water Congress, Santiago, Chile, 7-9 July 2021.
Ordens, Carlos Miraldo, McIntyre, Neil, Undershultz, Jim and Hayes, Phil (2021). A comprehensive, up-to-date evidence base to inform public, planning and policy for Australia’s Great Artesian Basin. Congress on Geoethics and Groundwater Management, Porto, Portugal, 18-22 May 2020. Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-59320-9_85
Metered groundwater extractions for stock and domestic use in the Surat Basin, Queensland
Rochford, L. M., Bulovic, N., Keir, G., Ordens, C. M., Lockington, D. and McIntyre, N. (2019). Metered groundwater extractions for stock and domestic use in the Surat Basin, Queensland. Australasian Groundwater Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 24-27 November 2019.
Resetting our understanding of the Surat Part of the Great Artesian Basin
Miraldo Ordens, Carlos, McIntyre, Neil and Hayes, Phil (2021). Resetting our understanding of the Surat Part of the Great Artesian Basin. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Cook, P.G., Black, S., Cote, C., Kahe, M.S., Linge, K., Oldham, C., Ordens, C., McIntyre, N., Simmons, C. and Wallis, I. (2021). Hydrological and geochemical processes and closure options for below water table open pit mines: Final report Project 3.3. Adelaide, Australia: CRC TiME.
Norfolk Island environmental assessment
Maurin, Cristelle, Ordens, Carlos Miraldo, Pagliero, Liliana and McIntyre, Neil (2021). Norfolk Island environmental assessment. Norfolk Island Regional Council: Monash University.
Review of the Åknes hydrogeology project report and calculations
Miraldo Ordens, Carlos, Kahe, Maryam and Cote, Claire (2021). Review of the Åknes hydrogeology project report and calculations. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: UQ.
H2S Study and Mitigation Assessment
Miraldo Ordens, Carlos and Cote, Claire (2020). H2S Study and Mitigation Assessment. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
Agua y relaves una mirada de futuro estrategia de gestión hídrica y de relaves det 2050
Bourke, Pam, Corder, Glen, Cote, Claire, Edraki, Mansour, Littleboy, Anna, Mackenzie, Sarah, McIntyre, Neil, Miraldo Ordens, Carlos, Pagliero, Liliana and Vink, Sue (2020). Agua y relaves una mirada de futuro estrategia de gestión hídrica y de relaves det 2050. Santiago, Chile: SMI ICE Chile.
(2020–2021) Flinders University
Design and construction of future scenarios for the management of dams, tailings and water resources
(2019–2020) SMI International Centre of Excellence in Chile (SMI-ICE-Chile)
(2019–2020) Monash University
Chloride deposition variability on a small island and implications for groundwater recharge estimation: A case study of Norfolk Island
Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors:
Estimating groundwater extraction for stock and domestic use in a semi-arid cattle grazing region
(2023) Doctor Philosophy — Associate Advisor
Other advisors: