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Identifying Sources of Emerging Contaminants to Australian WWTPs

PROJECT DETAILS

Project No 4551
Project Name Identifying Sources of Emerging Contaminants to Australian WWTPs
Lead Organisation Melbourne Water
Research Lead University of Melbourne
Main Researcher Madara Weerasooriyagedara

Status: In Progress

Focus Area: Source & Catchments

National Research Priority: Customers, Liveability

Topics: contaminants, contaminants of emerging concern, environmental impacts, treatment plant, wastewater

Project Description

This project will investigate the the fate and the sources of a range of priority emerging contaminants to CECs Australian wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs), that will allow water and environmental authorities better diagnostic tool for proactively managing the release of emerging contaminants into treatment plants.

PhD Thesis underway by Madara Weerasooriyagedara.

Source & Catchments