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Water e-Journal 2025


Water monitoring

Advanced monitoring of chemicals in water systems: Insights from an Australian pesticide case study


P Serasinghe, H T. K. Nguyen, S Buddhadasa, D Nugegoda, V Pettigrove

This study presents an integrated framework combining chemical prioritisation, passive sampling technologies, and high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) to address ...

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A sustainable Brine and Salt Management Strategy

A sustainable Brine and Salt Management Strategy: An Enabler for Climate Resilient Water Supplies For Our Community


B Dagg, B Atkinson

Fast-growing population, decreased rainfall runoff and emerging industries requiring high-quality water are each leading to increased competition for sustainable water sources in Australia ...

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Silicon carbide membranes: Piloting a cost-effective solution for future upgrades at Mount Pleasant WTP


E Quarrell, C Dickson

SA Water’s Mount Pleasant Water Treatment Plant piloted silicon carbide membranes to assess flux rates and product water quality under various source water challenge scenarios ...

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Evaluation of electrochemical disinfection in drinking water networks: A case study on eBooster™ technology


S Ferro, DVallelonga, D Romeo, B Mondello, G Gus, P Caruso, T Amoricon

This paper examines the technical, operational, and economic aspects of the eBooster™ system, focusing on its implementation at Dalby Hospital ...

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A Brine Management Framework for inland desalination & PRW: Methodology, case studies and lessons learnt


M Brannock, D Visser, D Reynolds, K Mitchell

This paper presents tools to facilitate the development of an effective and sustainable brine management strategy ...

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A national review of hydrogen sulphide exposure, limits and controls in the water industry


D Gibbs, D L Gray, P Sears, A Shammay and J Goode

Australia will adopt revised Workplace Exposure Limits (WEL) for airborne contaminants from the 1st of December 2026 following a 2021 review of over 700 chemicals ...

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Seagrass

Cost-effective monitoring of impacts on seagrass


I Wallis, N Goodwin, S Chidgey

A new method using drone photographs to determine seagrass cover and extent is presented in this paper, with an example from Corio Bay. The drone method offers a cost-effective procedure for long-term monitoring of seagrass ...

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Measuring progress to achieve safe drinking water for First Nations people


I Fisher, G Kastl, A Sathasivan

The “safe drinking water” target (Target 9b)for the National Agreement on Closing the Gap needs a suitable robust indicator for reporting progress towards its achievement ...

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A multi-facet data-driven technique for proactive management of wastewater main blockage


C I Ossai, M Singh, K Goraya

A novel approach combining XGBoost, WAFT, and ARM models for wastewater main blockage risk assessment predicts blockage with 95.16% accuracy, offering ...

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Wastewater network performance benefits from rolling out derived flow at Hunter Water


C Farragher, D Livingston

Hunter Water has rolled out a flow measurement methodology for all its wastewater pump stations that derives the flow from existing instrumentation, giving a measure of pump  ...

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Flood and spills

Optimising asset solutions in a capital constrained environment


W Gielewski, J Forss, M Alvarenga

The Youell Street catchment in Melbourne has challenges with spills and flood events during intense rainfall events. Greater Western Water looked to use optimisation techniques  ...

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Biodiversity

Nature Positive – Opportunities for Utilities (Part 2)


K Naylor, D Wright, S Bekessy, S Panda, F Pamminger, K Hamilton, A Cole, M Selinske

Yarra Valley Water have embarked on a journey to understand their own nature-related impacts, dependencies and opportunities, and how they could respond to these ...

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