The ADWG has methods for predicting risks to water quality, but these were not developed for managing extreme climate-change driven weather events such as bushfires or floods…
Water treatment plant operators remove cyanobacteria and the toxins they produce from source waters but calculating the amount of treatment needed for effective removal is difficult, particularly in bloom conditions when cyanobacterial cell numbers and toxins change quickly…
‘Microbial source tracking’ (MST) is a technique that aims to identify the animal that excreted faeces and polluted water…
Cryptosporidium, a microscopic single-cell parasite, forms an “oocyst” with a resistant outer layer analogous to an eggshell…
The ADWG 2011 lacked objective, quantifiable criteria for measuring pathogen removal from source waters…
Cyanobacterial blooms in surface waters are a source of cells, taste and odour compounds, and a range of toxins…
Pathogenic microscopic organisms in source waters pose a risk to public health if water treatment plants do not remove them…