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Emeritus Professor in the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Ian Acworth was the Gary Johnston Professor of Water Management, a joint Chair between the in the Faculty of Engineering and the School of Biology, Earth and Environmental Sciences in the Faculty of Science.

He is the past Director (2006 - 2012) of the Connected Waters Initiative Research Centre at UNSW and the Project Director for the DIISRTE Groundwater EIF project. He is also a CI for the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training.

His research interests include:

• Investigation of groundwater dynamics and hydrochemical processes in the coastal zone.
• Development of field instrumentation and analysis methods in groundwater studies.
• Electrical methods in the investigation of groundwater and salinity.
• Relationship between Palaeoclimate and dryland salinity.

Since retiring in 2015 I have been busy publishing, writing a major text book for Groundwater Investigation and taking an active part in community service. 

I have carried out extensive geological/hydrogeological investigation into aquifers beneath the Liverpool Plains. This research finally led to the NSW Government buying back the mining license from Shenhua and stopping the proposed Breeza open-cut coal mine.