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Large scale optimisation of the numbers and locations of meters and monitoring devices

Project number: #4986, Large scale optimisation of the numbers and locations of meters and monitoring devices, South East Water, Monash University, Rehan Mendis, 2026

Focus Area: Networks & Treatment

Status: In Progress

National Research Priority: Supply Optimisation

South East Water has developed a vibration sensor device named Sotto to detect leaks within its network in order to reduce wastage...
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Microbial community changes in post fire ecosystems and its relation to soil carbon cycle and climate change

Project number: #4987, Microbial community changes in post fire ecosystems and its relation to soil carbon cycle and climate change, RMIT University | ARC Training Centre for Transformation of Australia’s Biosolids Resource, Griffith University, Parisa Zarparvar, 2027

Focus Area: Human & Environmental Health Impacts

Status: In Progress

National Research Priority: Liveability

With Australia’s annual average temperatures increasing, evidence shows that a warming-induced increase in carbon dioxide (CO2) released from soils leads to a...
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Scalable approaches for microbial treatment in manufactured water

Project number: #4553, Scalable approaches for microbial treatment in manufactured water, Melbourne Water, Monash University, Ortal Raikhlin , 2027

Focus Area: Networks & Treatment

Status: In Progress

National Research Priority: Circular Economy, Customers, Liveability, Service Delivery, Supply Optimisation

This project will conduct a critical review of scalable algal control methods within wastewater lagoons, drinking water reservoirs, and constructed water bodies...
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Bushfire Recovery for Resilience – bushfire modelling as an enabling decision support tool

Project number: #1145, Bushfire Recovery for Resilience – bushfire modelling as an enabling decision support tool, WaterNSW, Alluvium, Dr Petter Nyman, 2026

Focus Area: Source & Catchments

Status: In Progress

National Research Priority: Supply Optimisation

The 2019-20 bushfire season in Australia was unprecedented in its extent, duration, intensity and impact on the natural environment and human livelihoods...
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Assessing water quality risk in water transmission and distribution systems affected by bushfires

Project number: #4982, Assessing water quality risk in water transmission and distribution systems affected by bushfires , Barwon Water, Deakin University, Vaughan Mitchell, 2025

Focus Area: Human & Environmental Health Impacts

Status: In Progress

National Research Priority: Service Delivery

Climate change is increasing the risk of more frequent, more intense, and more widespread bushfires...
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Predict-plus-optimise strategies for water flow control

Project number: #4985, Predict-plus-optimise strategies for water flow control, South East Water, University of Melbourne , Vincent Barbosa Vaz , 2025

Focus Area: Networks & Treatment

Status: In Progress

National Research Priority: Service Delivery, Supply Optimisation

This research will investigate combining prediction and optimisation (predict-plus-optimise) to better manage peak sewage flows...
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The role of knowledge brokers in achieving research impact in the water industry

Project number: #1130, The role of knowledge brokers in achieving research impact in the water industry, Melbourne Water, N/A, Dr Slobodanka Stojkovic, 2025

Focus Area: Workforce

Status: In Progress

National Research Priority: Workforce

Water utilities invest significant resources in research, but the full impact may not be maximised if knowledge exchange between project participants and...
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Satellite remote sensing for model calibration

Project number: #1147, Satellite remote sensing for the calibration of the WaterNSW Integrated Water Quality Model, WaterNSW, UNSW Sydney, Dr Fiona Johnson, 2024

Focus Area: Source & Catchments

Status: In Progress

National Research Priority: Supply Optimisation

This project is investigating whether satellite remote sensing data can be used to calibrate the Integrated Water Quality Model, and to augment...
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Pathogen risk associated with dead animals in treated water assets/storage tanks

Project number: #1156, Pathogen risk associated with dead animals in treated water assets/storage tanks, Coliban Water, Murdoch University, Una Ryan, 2023

Focus Area: Human & Environmental Health Impacts

Status: In Progress

National Research Priority: Service Delivery

This project is being driven by the need for water utilities and regulators to have up-to-date and peer-reviewed information on the pathogen...
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Remediation techniques utilising biosolids and biochar amendments for arsenic contaminated mine waste to reduce ecotoxicity

Project number: #4981, Remediation techniques utilising biosolids and biochar amendments for arsenic contaminated mine waste to reduce ecotoxicity, Water Research Australia, RMIT, Julie Besedin, 2027

Focus Area: Circular Economy

Status: In Progress

National Research Priority: Circular Economy

Historic gold mining has left a legacy of toxic waste which has contaminated soils and water globally...
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