Research and consultancy
The SA Water Centre for Water Management & Reuse will focus on these areas of research:
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Desalination, Membrane and Nanotechnology
- Membrane technologies for brackish and seawater desalination
- Low energy desalination processes including electrosorption
- Advanced oxidation processes and nanotechnology enhanced adsorption processes to remove
salts and trace organic pollutants for non-potable water reuse and for aquifer recharge-
Securing Water Supplies - The Australian Irrigation Technology Centre
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Treatment for fit for purpose reuse
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Water Recycling Systems Design
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Permeable pavement treatment and reuse systems
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Siphonic harvesting systems for commercial and industrial buildings
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Vegetated stormwater and greywater treatment systems, including systems for enhancement of biodiversity and habitat connectivity
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Urban Water Resource Group
- Developing resilient fit-for-purpose water supplies by judiciously utilising water in the
landscape
- Sustainable Irrigation Management
- Recycled Water Reuse for Irrigation and Salinity Management
- Climate and rainfall modelling
- Water balance modelling
- Water quality modelling
- Demand and end user modelling
- Catchment Management, including high, low and environmental flow modelling
- Developing innovative treatment processes for water reuse
- Changes in water quality associated with climate change
- Water and wastewater treatment optimisation
- Coagulation modelling and development of fit-for-purpose coagulants
- Testing and application of engineered soils
- Water Sensitive Urban Design
- Stormwater management for ASR and ASTR
- Wastewater reuse
- Hydraulics
- Storm water management and the 'source control' philosophy
- Wastewater management problems and the wastewater treatment and re-use philosophy
- Water quality and quantity monitoring for environment projects