Alternative Water Sources
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Program Information
This program uses a multidisciplinary approach to research involving water sources. Conventional water sources such as dams and bulk water supply have failed to provide a safe quantity of water to Australian towns and cities. Australia relies, almost solely, on surface water for its urban and rural water sources. Smart Water Research Centre will be a leader in the quest for developing, improving and validating water sources other than surface water. This program is multidisciplinary and will require a team of chemists, biologists, engineers, social scientists, planners and legal experts to enable planning and delivering projects.
Research Opportunities
- Capture
- Rainwater tanks
- Dam alterations/improvements and new dams
- Novel capture technology
- Recycling
- Wastewater
- Stormwater
- Greywater
- Manufactured water
- Desalination
- Condensate from industrial
- Coal seam water
- Novel technology
Current Research
- Purified Recycled Water (GU)
- Life Cycle Analysis and Integrated Modelling (GU)
- Water Loss (GU)
Research Directions
Research Projects
- Purified Recycled Water
- Stormwater & Aquifers
Core Team
Dr. Mohammad Katouli (USC)
Dr. Peter Brooks (USC)
Dr. Peter Daniels (GU)
Dr. Mohammed Rasul (CQU)
Assoc. Prof. Charles Lemckert (GU)
Prof. Rodger Tomlinson (GU)
Dr. Fiona Burnell (USC)
Ben Matthews (GU)
Assoc. Prof. Peter Teasdale (GU)
Assoc. Prof. Heather Chapman (GU)
Capabilities
The Alternative Water Programme is comprised of a multidisciplinary team both from within the programme and across all other programmes. For water quality measurements and improving methods we employ conventional and molecular biology techniques (culturing microorganisms) and an array of genetic technologies. Advanced analytical techniques such as GC/MS, MALDI-TOF and HPLC-MC are routinely used in our research.
Bioanalytical tools for ecotoxicology research in alternative water sources are also routinely used and being further developed and validated. The members of this programme also bring expertise in Environmental and ecological economics and policy, urban and household metabolism, a broad range of environmental monitoring techniques and fluid dynamics.
