Dr Carlos Miraldo Ordens
Adjunct Fellow
Centre for Water in the Minerals Industry, Sustainable Minerals Institute

Journal Articles
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, 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
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
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
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
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
Conference Papers
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.
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.
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.
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
Research Reports
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.
Maurin, Cristelle, Ordens, Carlos Miraldo, Pagliero, Liliana and McIntyre, Neil (2021). Norfolk Island environmental assessment. Norfolk Island Regional Council: Monash University.
Miraldo Ordens, Carlos, Kahe, Maryam and Cote, Claire (2021). Review of the Åknes hydrogeology project report and calculations. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: UQ.
Miraldo Ordens, Carlos and Cote, Claire (2020). H2S Study and Mitigation Assessment. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
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.