Cyanobacterial blooms are a concern for water utilities due to the potential production of cyanotoxins and taste and odours…
This project will explore the applicability of molecular approaches for taxonomic studies and rapid identification of invertebrates in a variety of freshwater habitats. This project delivered proof of concept for using DNA barcoding to fill taxonomic knowledge gaps and identify cryptic species and has also successfully discovered new populations of the critically endangered Mt Donna Buang Wingless stonefly.
PhD Thesis underway by Edward Tsyrlin.
Detection of Algal and Cyanobacterial blooms have increased in lakes, rivers and reservoirs over the last two decades…
Increasing water demand due to a growing population and improved lifestyles is exerting greater pressure on existing water resources…
This project developed novel sampling tools to allow time integrated passive sampling of existing and emerging chemicals pollutants…
Lake hydrodynamic models are used by water utilities to provide an estimation of the conditions within a water storage…
Catchment health metrics are physical, chemical, biological, and socioeconomic indicators that collectively provide a holistic measure of a catchment’s state and functional capacity…
Source water protection underpins the safety and affordability of drinking water supplies where the prevention of water contamination provides greater surety than removal of contaminants…
The Stormwater Industry Association of Australia (SIA) formulated a draft Stormwater Quality Improvement Device Evaluation Protocol (SQIDEP) proposed for use in validation of stormwater treatment devices…