EXECUTIVE SUMMARIES

2020

Vol 5 - Issue 1   Vol 5 - Issue 2   Vol 5 - Issue 3   Vol 5 - Issue 4

2019

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

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 5 – ISSUE 4

  Water quality monitoring
 HYBRID MACHINE LEARNING PROCESS IMPROVES OPERATIONS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIAN TRIAL
Ten water treatment plants are the site for a modelling and data management approach to improve decision making and water quality
K Braun, J Klaric, J Ireland
TRILITY has undertaken a multi-year first principles approach to re-align operations data management, operations technology architecture and processes.
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  Aquifer
 MONITORING CYANOBACTERIA IN GRAHAMSTOWN DAM
Evaluating Hunter Water’s actions to ensure drinking water remains safe
V Shah, D Turner, C Hancock, P O’Donoghue, A Sneddon, J Stanmore, A Morrow, A Lundmark, J Bates, A Hanson
This paper looks at the presence of elevated levels of geosmin in Grahamstown raw water during June – August 2018 which led to the onset of the largest cyanobacteria bloom in Grahamstown Dam on record...
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  Aquifer
 PFAS IN BIOSOLIDS: A REVIEW OF INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS
Insights into global PFAS management and the Australian context
H Hall, D Moodie, C Vero
The purpose of this paper is to summarise the latest developments in international PFAS limits in biosolids and compare them with Australian limits ...
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  Aquifer
 SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ACCURATELY DIRECTS WATER-LOSS REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS
Identifying and implementing efficiency improvements in water networks
E Johnson
The paper illustrates how the interrelationship between components of the water balance influences the derivation of water-loss performance indicators and directs the selection of loss ...
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  Aquifer
 AUSTRALIAN EXEMPLARS OF SUSTAINABLE AND ECONOMIC MANAGED AQUIFER RECHARGE
Ensuring water security and resilience for the future
J Vanderzalm, B Naumann, S Higginson, D Page, A Jones, V Moscovis, S Hamilton, D Gonzalez, G Dandy, K Barry, P Dillon, H Prommer, M Donn
Managed aquifer recharge (MAR) can improve water security by using aquifers to store water when it is abundant until required for future use and can increase the use of urban stormwater ...
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  Water demand management
 WORKING WITH COMMUNITY AND COUNCIL: THE KIRIRRI STORY
Trialling water demand management strategies in the Torres Straits
C Beal, B Dorante, P Pearson, S Aldirawi, N Abdallah
This paper focusses on community-based water demand management in the inner Torres Straits community of Kirirri. The aims and methods are outlined, along with a discussion of the findings ...  
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  Water quality monitoring
 EFFECTIVE MONITORING OF TRIHALOMETHANES IN WATER SUPPLY SYSTEMS
Ensuring chemical and microbiological safety of chlorinated water
A A Sathasivan, G Kastl, I Fisher
Water utilities are ensuring microbiological safety of water, but there is considerable variation in monitoring and reporting trihalomethane (THM) levels across Australia, for the obvious reasons of cost ...
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  Data-driven water quality prediction
 DATA-DRIVEN WATER QUALITY PREDICTION IN CHLORAMINATED SYSTEMS
Optimising disinfection in the Woronora delivery system using data-driven methods
A Peters, B Liang, H Tian, Z Li, C Doolan, D Vitanage, H Norris, K Simpson, Y Wang, F Chen
This paper proposes a data-driven method that provides water quality prediction within the entire Woronora delivery system in Sydney. Specifically, the key factors relating to water quality are identified ...
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