Ted Gardner is a part-time Senior Research Fellow at Central Queensland University where he works on a broad range of water issues. He recently retired as a Principal Scientist from DERM (Qld. Department Environment & Resource Management) and CSIRO where he led research into the urban water cycle, focusing especially on alternative water sources. He has published extensively in the area of decentralised water & wastewater systems. Ted was awarded the Australia Day Public Service Medal in 2005 for his work on urban water recycling.
