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Posts classified under: toxicity

Water Research Australia   →  Projects   →  toxicity
Human & Environmental Health Impacts

Guidance for integration of gene testing in cyanobacterial management

Cyanobacterial blooms are a global water quality concern that affects drinking water, recreational areas, and irrigation systems…

Source & Catchments

Saving Nemo: Reducing animal use in toxicity assessments of wastewater

Every day, Australians produce ~5 billion litres of wastewater, which contains a cocktail of chemicals…

Networks & Treatment

Occurrence and management of NDMA and other nitrogenous disinfection by-products in Australian drinking and recycled waters

N-nitrosodiumdimethylamine (NDMA) in drinking water is one of many factors – such as a persons’ genes – that cause cancer…

Source & Catchments

PFAS exposure modelling and trigger points for investigation in recycled water irrigation applications

‘PFAS’ are a large class of chemical compounds, some of which can bioaccumulate or be toxic to humans and animals…

Human & Environmental Health Impacts

Micropollutants, mixtures and transformation products in recycled water: How much do we really know?

Recycled water usually contains extremely low levels of many different chemicals…

Human & Environmental Health Impacts

Ecotoxicity toolbox to evaluate water quality for recycling

Wastewater must be treated to remove harmful pathogens and chemicals before it can be released to the environment, but the cost of proving that all pollutants have been removed is prohibitive because potentially thousands of separate chemicals would have to be measured…

Human & Environmental Health Impacts

A national approach to risk assessment, risk communication and management of chemical hazards from recycled water

Wastewater (WW) contains harmful chemicals, including pesticides, that can disrupt normal gene function or hormone activity…

Human & Environmental Health Impacts

Update the Good Practice Guide to the Operation of Drinking Water Supply Systems for the Management of Microbial Risk (GPG)

The ADWG explains policies but does not provide the specific steps and actions needed to apply risk management principles within a water treatment plant (WTP)…

Human & Environmental Health Impacts

The occurrence of burkholderia pseudomallei in water treatment plants of the Cairns region

Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bacteria that is widespread in SE Asia and northern Australia, where there are an average of 16 cases per 100,000 people…

Human & Environmental Health Impacts

National Carp Control Program: Risks, costs and water industry response

European carp have decimated native fish species in the Murray-Darling River…

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