The Collaboration on Sewage Surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 (ColoSSoS) project combined the expertise of more than 50 Australian organisations in R&D activities that have enabled health departments across the country to integrate quantitative measurements of SARS-CoV-2 virus detected in sewage with human clinical PCR test data for COVID-19…
One reason catchment water is treated to make drinking water is because it contains unwanted microscopic organisms…
The environmental conditions which cause blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) blooms vary according to location, the climate, and other attributes of aquatic ecosystems…
The aim of Project 1127 was to help the water industry better manage and understand contaminants of emerging concern (CEC), through…
Satellite earth observation technologies have developed rapidly, with strong potential emerging for satellite remote sensing to offer new insights and opportunities to water utilities and agencies…
Cyanobacterial blooms are a global water quality concern that affects drinking water, recreational areas, and irrigation systems…
Wastewater must be treated to remove four classes of pollutants to levels that regulators consider safe for discharge to the environment: these are nutrients, micropollutants, total suspended solids and pathogens..
As an alternative water resource, stormwater has a great potential to be reused for various purposes, including for the augmentation of drinking water supplies, but the reason stormwater run-off has not been widely used is because it contains unknown and variable amounts of chemical contaminants and microscopic organisms, some of which can cause illness and disease…
The prevalence and spread of antibiotic resistance genes (ARGs) and antibiotic resistant bacteria (ARB) have been significantly accelerated by the widespread use of antibiotics in sectors such as healthcare, agriculture, and more…
The water industry needed a clear and consistent approach to assess the efficacy and performance of the many technologies for managing algal blooms in waterbodies…
