Climate change is increasing the risk of more frequent, more intense, and more widespread bushfires…
Waterborne pathogens cause millions of people to be sick each year globally, putting a burden on hospitals and having financial implications.
Unexpected taste and odour (T&O) in drinking water is an emerging issue for the Australian water industry as it undermines customers’ trust in drinking water suppliers…
The Australian water industry is currently focused on two VOCs, namely geosmin and MIB, which release an earthy-musty smell…
One reason catchment water is treated to make drinking water is because it contains unwanted microscopic organisms…
The aim of Project 1127 was to help the water industry better manage and understand contaminants of emerging concern (CEC), through…
N-nitrosodiumdimethylamine (NDMA) in drinking water is one of many factors – such as a persons’ genes – that cause cancer…
The Australian water industry uses a variety of membrane processes to remove unwanted pathogens or compounds, such as salt, from source waters…
Approximately 11% of Australians use rainwater as their main source of potable water but this poses a potential health risk caused by chemical contaminants or microbial pathogens from birds or mammals being washed off the roof…
This project developed analytical methods sensitive enough to detect the very low levels of compounds that leach out of old coal tar enamel-lined pipes, then catalogued the chemicals and the levels they were found at in a problematic pipeline…