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Water Quality – Contaminants and Validation
Understanding risks that impact service cost
Projects
WaterRA
Contaminants of Emerging Concern ECHIDNA – November ’21
Understanding future water quality under low and variable water level conditions.
1127 Identifying sources of emerging contaminants to Australian WWTPs.
Understanding water quality risks under low and variable water level conditions.
1110 Benthic Cyanobacteria: An aesthetic and toxic risk to be evaluated
1108 Prioritisation of emerging contaminants
2043 A risk-based assessment framework to guide cost effective environmental protection from wastewater discharges
3030 Methodology for a comprehensive analysis (triple bottom line) of alternative water supply projects compared to direct potable reuse
Other Research
HW has used the bayesian network model developed by Stuart Khan & co. to undertake a prioritisation of CECs based on land uses in our drinking water catchments.
Gaps
Next objective is to look at uptake in plant material of these contaminates as a result of irrigation with recycled water – Belinda G
Synergies with CRC CARE - PFAS and pharmaceutical uptake by plants
Adapting our networks and systems
Projects
WaterRA
Optimal water quality to minimise distribution system problems.
1004 Establishing Australian health based targets for microbial water quality
1003 Evaluation of integrated membranes for tastes and odours and algal toxin control
1002 Towards a risk management manual for drinking water and sources
1004 Establishing Australian health based targets for microbial water quality
1032 Optimum control of chloramine in water distribution systems
1035 Molecular detection and identification of microorganisms in water
1033 Optimising conventional treatment for the removal of cyanobacteria and their toxins
2008 Development of predictive tools for membrane ageing
2006 Membrane integrity testing for virus particle removal
2009 Protocol for developing chemical pre-treatment for high pressure membranes
2011 Optimisation of nutrient removal, membrane fouling and excess sludge dewatering in hybrid coagulation/submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) treatment of wastewaters
2051 Saving Nemo: Reducing animal use in toxicity assessments of wastewater
2057 Effect based monitoring
4057 Versatile, portable FIA systems for pesticide analysis
1032 Optimum control of chloramine in water distribution systems
Other research
USEPA's current review of their microbial and DBP rules. Might provide some insights into where the US might be going with respect to DBPs and microbial contaminants.
Gaps
Water Treatment Processes
Projects
WaterRA
Effects of low water levels on water quality of reservoirs – October ’22.
PFActS 2 - PFAS in Drinking Water – December ’20.
Bushfires and the risks to drinking water quality – January ’20.
Water treatment and disinfection by-product formation – May ‘12.
Treating wastewater for potable reuse: Removal of chemicals of concern using advanced oxidation processes.
Do particles in wastewater protect pathogens from disinfection.
Ecophysiology of microbes that produce taste/odour chemicals and their impact on drinking water treatability.
Removal of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in wastewater treatment.
UV leds for control of opportunistic pathogens in water.
Transformation chemistry of EDCS/PPCPS resulting from the disinfection of drinking water.
WQT CRC projects
1036 Treatment requirements for Australian source waters to meet health-based targets
1038 Nitrosamines, including N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA), and other nitrogenous disinfection by-products in Australian drinking waters
1037 Literature Review: Crypto/Giardia in catchments
1041 Characterisation of DBP formation for water quality management - Stage 1
1128 Treatment strategies to remove microplastics from whole of water supply cycle
1128 Microplastics in potable and recycled water
2063 Microplastics in wastewater
Other Reseearch
WaterVal the proposed WaterValVII plans to include chemical as well as pathogen removal and validation.
EPA Vic DWELP project completed looking at emerging contaminates in influent effluent recycled water.
Treatment technologies (beyond RO) - removal of PFAS and other contaminants of potential concern. Ozonation, activated carbon, MF, UF, NF, etc- Sergio
HW is currently undertaking a review of the regulatory landscape including (but not limited to) DBPs, PFAS, algal metabolites etc. This work will inform our distribution water quality strategy & investments in the distribution system (but maybe also in catchments & at WTPs).
Gaps
Impacts of saltwater intrusion on raw water and water/wastewater treatment
Consideration of connection between drinking water contaminants and how that relates to wastewater quality as part of the PRW or other recycling - Paul
Treatability from source water to distribution network linked to climate change impacts - what can we expect and how do we prepare?
Data and “Smart” technologies for the future
Projects
WaterRA
Remote sensing and smart monitoring for Water Quality management
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2034EDC Toolbox II – Analysing more than estrogenic activity in environmental waters
Metabolomics applications to advance pathogen detection and viability assessment in water.
Quantifying water quality characteristics of stormwater.
1066 Online monitoring of Cyanobacteria to predict coagulant doses and powdered activated carbon application in water treatment
1090 Remote sensing recommendations to water industry for water quality monitoring
2013New techniques for real time monitoring of membrane integrity for virus removal
2029 Guidance on sensors in the global water industry
2033Development of an assessment methodology to predict the effectiveness of UV disinfection of recycled water by screening Trade Waste streams causing reduction of UV transmittance
2024 Development of direct ultrafiltration integrity testing using novel fluorescent starch nanoparticles as virus surrogates
3001 Detection of cross connections in potable water distribution systems – Stage 2: Field trials of candidate detection parameters
4523Application of in situ fluorometers for monitoring algal blooms in water supply systems: potential for real time treatment validation and reactive chemical adjustment
Other Research
IoT hubs
Virtual Reality - Operations
Gaps
Sector Resilience
Projects
WaterRA
1127 Development of management system for emerging contaminants within the water industry.
Understanding wastewater treatment technologies for alternative water use: Transformation of inorganic and organic nitrogen.
Climate change (Resiliwiki)
1049 Water Footprinting in the Urban Water Sector
4519 Comprehensive molecular surveillance of Norovirus and Adenovirus in Australasia
Other Research
Gaps
Application of using effluent to augment seawater intake for desal? This may be considered and the regulation needs to be changed to allow that. -
California's potable reuse journey, which might be helpful for shaping up PRW research.
Singapore has a marina barrage to harvest stormwater as a feed water source for desal. I am keen to explore if there is any opportunity to do something similar in Qld - Joseph Tam
Community Resilience in the face of disruptive and extreme events
Projects
WaterRA
Bayesian belief modelling of pathogen health risks associated with indirect stormwater reuse.
2060, 2064, 2068, 2071, 2073, 20-80 ColoSSoS
3016Urban stormwater harvesting: A new approach - extended monitoring
3039 Potable Water Reuse: What can Australia learn from global experience?
Other research
Gaps
Effective process to respond to findings and updates that emerge from ECHIDNA