Source waters contain a class of chemical compounds collectively known as ‘bromides’…
Every day, Australians produce ~5 billion litres of wastewater, which contains a cocktail of chemicals…
Wastewater, including sewage, must be treated to remove chemical pollutants prior to its release into the environment…
Several cyanobacteria species are well known for their potential to produce cyanotoxins…
Before wastewater, (which includes sewage), can be recycled or released to the environment, it must be treated to remove harmful microorganisms and pollutants…
Significance of the environment as a reservoir for antimicrobial resistance from agricultural origin
Microscopic organisms such as fungi, bacteria and viruses can cause disease and infection, but most can be treated with pharmaceutical drugs…
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…
People excrete antibiotics and many types of bacteria, and this mixture can become concentrated in wastewater treatment plants…
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…