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Posts classified under: blue green algae

Water Research Australia   →  Projects   →  blue green algae
Networks & Treatment

Monitoring organic matter in drinking water systems using fluorescence: improved early warning devices, process optimisation and distribution water quality

Raw source water contains parts of plants, blue-green algae and their toxins, and many other types of organic matter…

Source & Catchments

Implications for enumeration, toxicity and bloom formation: ‘Are there more toxin genes than toxic cyanobacteria’?

Blue-green algae reduce water quality, especially when they produce toxins…

Source & Catchments

Developing guidance for assessment and evaluation of harmful algal blooms, and implementation of control strategies in source water

The environmental conditions which cause blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) blooms vary according to location, the climate, and other attributes of aquatic ecosystems…

Source & Catchments

Global Water Research Coalition International Guidance Manual for the Management of Toxic Cyanobacteria

Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) can bloom in marine and freshwater and cause additional problems for water utilities when they produce toxins and taste and odour compounds…

Source & Catchments

Benthic Cyanobacteria: An aesthetic and toxic risk to be evaluated

Cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) which float in reservoirs have been studied for decades because when they bloom, the very high cell numbers cause a problem for water treatment plant (WTP) operators, who have to remove the cells, toxins, and taste and odour compounds they produce…

Networks & Treatment

Remote sensing recommendations to water industry for water quality monitoring

A survey of water utilities identified the top five challenges faced in daily operations, and technical, economic and literature reviews identified remote sensing strategies and technologies to address these five operational issues…

Networks & Treatment

Development of tools for the assessment and management of aesthetic and health risks associated with cyanobacteria

The management of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), and the toxins and taste and odour compounds they produce, have been the focus of more than 30 years of research, but there is still a need for a suite of user-friendly tools to assess and manage aesthetic and toxin risks…

Networks & Treatment

Management of treatment sludge impacted by cyanobacteria

Water treatment plants (WTP) take in source waters then remove 95-99% of blue-green algae (cyanobacteria) cells and the toxins they produce…

Human & Environmental Health Impacts

Development of a Bayesian risk assessment tool to predict and manage the water quality impacts of extreme events in both metropolitan and smaller remote areas

The ADWG has methods for predicting risks to water quality, but these were not developed for managing extreme climate-change driven weather events such as bushfires or floods…

Networks & Treatment

On-line monitoring of Cyanobacteria to predict coagulant doses and powdered activated carbon application in water treatment

Water treatment plant operators remove cyanobacteria and the toxins they produce from source waters but calculating the amount of treatment needed for effective removal is difficult, particularly in bloom conditions when cyanobacterial cell numbers and toxins change quickly…

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