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LATEST PAPERS

Identifying alternative treatment options for removal of bushfire-related contaminants
A Mohiuddin, Y Wang, C Gabus, P Lingat
Sydney’s Warragamba catchment was severely burnt by bushfires during a period of extreme drought in 2019. Sydney Water carried out extensive water quality analysis and...

Biofiltration’s effect on removing pollutants in stormwater
B Dalrymple, M Wicks, W Jones, B Allingham
Over recent decades, the implementation of stormwater control measures (SCMs) to achieve a more water sensitive urban environment and reduce the hydrologic and water quality impacts of urban development has...

Evaluating and Comparing Circular Economy options in Yarra Valley Water’s 2030 Strategy
L Ehrenfried, J Bricout, T Grant, F Pamminger
This paper describes the development and application of a circular economy analysis framework created especially for water utilities, to inform strategy development and...
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Smooth optimisation of demand patterns in water distribution system hydraulic model
S Hossain, G Hewa, C Chow, D Cook
This study proposes a new approach to obtain smooth demand patterns while calibrating water distribution system (WDS) hydraulic models using an automatic...
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New Guidance Values for Chlorine in Marine Waters
I Wallis, S Chidgey
Chlorinated seawater is discharged from coastal power plants, desalination plants and ship engines. A water quality limit for chlorine is required to ensure these discharges do not adversely impact the...
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Testing secondary clarifiers to understand installed and theoretical capacity
C Cole
Full scale testing of secondary clarifiers was completed using the WERF Protocol for Evaluating Secondary Clarifier Performance (WERF/CTRC (2001)). The project purpose was to understand...
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