Water warrior's team leaves rivals high and dry
Rosslyn Beeby

His students at Charles Sturt University proudly call him the world water warrior.

Shahbaz Khan has made the lower Murrumbidgee the United Nation's world benchmark for successful river catchment management, developed new techniques for managing saline soils in Pakistan, improved water management in the Philippines and earned accolades for making China's irrigation systems more efficient.

Last night in Sydney, the Wagga Wagga-based CSIRO irrigation hydrologist and United Nations World Water Forum leader added a new honour to his impressive resume the 2007 Land and Water Australia Eureka science prize for water research and innovation.

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