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New research awarded on Assigning Pathogen Log Reduction Values in MBRs

Kathryn Nicholas — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 03:32:40 +0000

The Water Research Australia project team have selected the University of Wollongong to deliver research project that will review performance data from a broad range of operating Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) facilities in Australia to understand the pathogen Log Reduction Value (LRV) performance in relation to operating conditions and monitoring parameters.

A range of membrane age and performance will be targeted. Project partners include NSW Health, South East Water, Sydney Water, Permeate Partners, Ballina Shire Council, Gippsland Water, Hunter Water, Dupont, and Suez. Data analytics will be an important feature of this project, and incorporate signs of loss of integrity into the data set. This will allow researchers to better understand indicators of integrity and better predict when membranes may begin to decrease in performance.

The research contract is currently being finalised and a kick off meeting has been planned for later this year.

For further information, please contact Marlene Hsu, WaterRA Research Manager.

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Funding secured for Project 1136

Mark Andersson — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 00:13:40 +0000

We are pleased to announce Water Research Australia Project 1136 Application of sustainable hydrogen economy based AOP for removal of emerging contaminants has secured funding through an ARC Linkage grant.

The project, part of our Whole Water program of research, will be working closely with national water utility companies South East Water, Melbourne Water, Yarra Valley Water and Water Corporation, through WaterRA.

Researchers, Professor Xiwang Zhang (Chemical Engineering Professor and Director of the ARC Research Hub for Energy-efficient Separation), Professor Huanting Wang and Dr Yinlong Zhu (Department of Chemical Engineering, Monash University) will be delivering the project.

To find out more visit the project page.

Further news coverage regarding this project is available from the links below:

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WaterRA supporting excellence in research

Kathryn Nicholas — Tue, 29 Mar 2022 04:57:15 +0000

As leaders in collaborative water research, Water Research Australia supports innovation in the sector through long-term sponsorship of both the national and state-based Research and Development Excellence Awards offered by the Australian Water Association.

WaterRA would like to congratulate South East Water, Greater Western Water and Intelligent Water Networks on thier Australian-first technology – The Next Step in Biosolids Innovation Transforming Local Circular Economies – that recently won the R&D Excellence Award at the Victorian Water Awards.

WaterRA’s sponsorship of the R&D Excellence Award will continue for the next three years, recognising research and development that has made a significant contribution to the water sector.

WaterRA would like to recognise all the R&D Excellence Award winners from around the country, and look forward to awarding of the national R&D Excellence Award at the Ozwater’22 conference in Brisbane.

“Research is the core of what we do and the foundation for innovation and growth in the sector,” WaterRA CEO Karen Rouse said. “We are delighted to be able to recognise the outstanding research that will take place across Australia now and into the future.”

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Collaborative research project celebrates success

Kathryn Nicholas — Thu, 03 Mar 2022 23:44:40 +0000

Water Research Australia would like to congratulate Huan Liu, whose research won the NSW Student Water Prize at this year’s NSW Heads of Water Gala Dinner & Awards.

Huan is a PhD student from University of Technology Sydney (UTS). Her project “A closed loop technology benefits wastewater treatment plants through sludge treatment” is working to develop a technology for improving antibiotic resistance genes and pathogen removal, enhancing anaerobic sludge digestion and boosting dewaterability of digested sludge.

The prize-winning project is part of collaborative research projects sponsored by Water Research Australia and the Australia Research Council, and will bring economic and environmental benefits to the water industry. WaterRA is supporting this research work via Project 2058 Understanding and Reducing the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance in Anaerobic Sludge Digestion supported by industry-partner South East Water.

“I am delighted Huan’s work has been recognised by the water industry and I would like to acknowledge the strong support from WaterRA and South East Water,” said Huan’s PhD supervisor, Professor Qilin Wang from the Centre for Technology in Water and Wastewater at UTS.

Image: WaterRA CEO Karen Rouse with Huan Liu.

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