Water e-Journal

Water e-Journal is the premier online hub for water, science and technical paper publication in Australia.

All technical papers that are submitted will be considered for publication in Water e-Journal, with one-page Executive Summaries also considered for publication in Current magazine.

Each paper goes through a rigorous quality control and peer-review evaluation process before being published.

The papers are peer-reviewed, with reviewers suggesting amendments if necessary. Once amendments are made by the author, the paper is edited, designed and published online in Water e-Journal. Executive Summaries are also published online, with links through to the full papers.

Technical papers should be submitted along with a 500-word Executive Summary, the relevant data and high-resolution graphics or images via Scholastica.

Anyone can submit a paper - you do not need to be a member of the Australian Water Association. Please see the Editorial Guidelines for details on word count, style and other requirements, or email journal@awa.asn.au for more information. Submissions are open all year around - please download the Editorial Calendar for further details. 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES

2018

2017

Vol 2 - Issue 1   Vol 2 - Issue 2   Vol 2 - Issue 3   Vol 2 - Issue 4 

2016

Vol 1 - Issue 1   Vol 1 - Issue 2   Vol 1 - Issue 3   Vol 1 - Issue 4

VOLUME 3 – ISSUE 3

MORE THAN SEWAGE TREATMENT SERVICES Adding Value to The Maleny Community R Kulkarni, A Mills, K Crouch, S Lowe Being mindful of community interests, population growth, and environmentally sound locations in sensitive areas, water security zones and water supply sources to the SEQ region, Unitywater – a water retailer... READ MORE

DEVELOPMENT OF AN INVESTMENT OPTIMISATION AND PRIORITISATION MODEL Incorporating customer, regulator and business preferences S Hyland, T Kaur, E Sullivan, D Lynch, B Morris TasWater was formed from three predecessor water businesses in 2013 to deliver substantial improvement in customer service and regulatory performance across all its activity streams, both infrastructure ... READ MORE

WATER SUPPLY PEAKING FACTOR STOCHASTIC A study into the probability of occurrence of water supply demand peaking factors L Donaldson Water supply codes generally do not recognise the stochastic nature of water supply demands and there is little published information about the exceedance probabilities, or return intervals of peaking ... READ MORE

ENERGISING SYDNEY THROUGH CO-DIGESTION FOODWASTE Sydney Water’s Waste to Energy Program B Galway, P Denyer, M Kelly, P Woods, H Bustamante Sydney Water’s Food Waste to Energy 2020 Plan established the vision that by 2020 Sydney Water will provide a sustainable food organics disposal service to our business customers. To achieve this ... READ MORE

A NEW APPROACH TO ASSESSING WATER QUALITY RISK A visual tool combining best practice operations and health based targets S Westgate, M Robertson Water quality risk management has historically been based on a retrospective review of sampling results. Simply monitoring E.coli in the distribution network cannot prevent a water quality event from ... READ MORE

ASSESSMENT OF EMERGENT CONTAMINANTS IN BIOSOLIDS Recommended PFOS and PFOA levels in biosolids for land application P Darvodelsky, K Hopewell The water industry monitors potential risks from new compounds to ensure biosolids can be used sustainably. PFOS and PFOA (perfluorooctane sulphonate and perfluorooctanoic acid) have known ... READ MORE

IMPLEMENTING RESEARCH INTO THE MANAGEMENT OF CRITICAL WATER MAINS Renewal of large diameter water pipes based on failure prediction D Vitanage, C Crawley, D Zhang, J Rajalingam, S Rathnayaka, J Kodikara Many major urban water utilities in Australia have significant numbers of cast iron critical water mains (CWM) that have been installed a long time ago and are in a state of reaching the end of their ... READ MORE

WATER SUPPLY RISK ASSESSMENTS USING STOCHASTIC PEAKING FACTORS A method for sizing back-up provisions to match probable water supply failures L Donaldson In Australia the national water supply design guidelines, Water Supply Code of Australia, recommend that risk assessments are undertaken as part of the process of sizing reservoirs and pump stations ... READ MORE