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Annual Report 2010

©UNSW Water Research CentreUNSW Sydney NSW 2052AUSTRALIA

Water Research CentreThe University of New South WalesSydney NSW 2052AustraliaT: +61 (2) 9385 5017 F: +61 (2) 9313 8624E: [email protected]

Water Research Laboratory110 King StManly Vale NSW 2093AustraliaT: +61 (2) 8071 9800F: +61 (2) 9949 4188E: [email protected]

Project Coordinator: Bela Carvosso

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Vision StatementAustralia’s water future will require synthetic understanding coupled with innovative approaches to all aspects of the water cycle; water use and reuse; aquatic environments; flooding; estuaries and the coast.

Our vision for the UNSW Water Research Centre is to continue UNSW’s 61 year history of leading water research within a holistic perspective of water from catchment to ocean.


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Contents1) Directors Report ................................................. 062) Industry Advisory Committee ............................ 083) About the Water Research Centre .................... 11 3.1 Our Structure ....................................................11 3.2 Program Areas...................................................124) Year in Review ...................................................... 13 4.1 Awards & Honours ..........................................13 4.3 Research Initiatives .........................................15 4.3 Staff Focus .........................................................23 4.4 Young Water Professional Conference ...245) Research Grants for 2010 ................................... 266) Our People ....................................................... 30 6.1 WRC Staff ............................................................30 6.2 Visitors ................................................................30 6.3 PhD Graduates .................................................31 6.4 ME Graduates ...................................................31 6.5 Continuing Research Students ..................31 6.6 UNSW Summer scholarship students ...327) Publications ....................................................... 338) Financial Report .................................................. 409) With Thanks ....................................................... 42


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8) Financial Report 9) With Thanks ....................................................... 42

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1) Directors Report

2010 proved to be another exciting and challenging year, which saw the continued growth of the centre as measured by its grants success, increased applied research with industry, publication impacts, and outreach activities.

The WRC has continued to be an active participant in the international water community by hosting of the 5th IWA International Young Water Professionals (YWP) conference at UNSW. This was truly an international conference with over 140 YWPs from 27 different countries. The conference was a resounding success both academically and socially for future water leaders of the world.

Research Initiatives

2010 was another very productive year for the WRC in terms of success in obtaining competitive ARC Discovery and Linkages grants and papers accepted for publication in prestigious international journals. We published 103 peer reviewed research papers during the year.

Research publication productivity was matched by success in applications for competitive grants. The centre had several new ARC projects commence in 2010 and was successful in securing new ARC Discovery and Linkages grants for 2011.

Some of the new projects for 2010 include:

1. Interdisciplinary Greenhouse Gas Assessment – Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Marine Wastewater Disposal, lead by Dr Bill Pierson

2. Olfactory Characterisation of Odours for Optimising Impact Assessment, lead by Prof Richard Stuetz

3. Optimisation of Nutrient Removal, Membrane Fouling and excess Sludge Dewatering in Hybrid Coagulation/Submerged Membrane Bioreactor (SMBR) Treatment of Wastewaters, lead by Prof David Waite

4. Synthesis of Activated Carbon Supported Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles and Application to Contaminant Degradation in Benthic Sediments, lead by Prof David Waite


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Dr Stuart Khan, Dr Chris Blenkinsopp, A/Professor Ian Turner, and Dr Bill Peirson have also secured future funding from the ARC during 2010 that will see four new projects commence in 2011. These projects are:

• Source - Receptor Analysis of Lignin and Lipid Macromolecules in Karst to Quantify Stalagmite Biomarker Proxies of Vegetation and Temperature Change

• Bed Shear Stress on Beach Sediment and Coastal Structures under Wave Run-up

• Australian Coastal observation Network; Monitoring and Forecasting Coastal Erosion in a Changing Climate

• Erosion of Embankment Dams and Dam Spillways

Our People

During 2010, the WRC also welcomed two new committee members to its Industry Advisory Committee (IAC); Neil Lawson, Operations Manager, South-East Asia & New Zealand, Discipline Leader, Coastal, Ocean & Environment, CARDNO, and Keith Craig, Technical Director, Veolia Water Australia. The WRC is most grateful for the continued strategic and technical support by the IAC members.

The year also saw Dr. Rita Henderson receive the IWA Young Water Professional Award at the biennial

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IWA World Water Congress (WWC) in Montreal. This award is presented biennially to recognise young professionals under the age of 35 who are either water sector practitioners or from research/academia. Rita was also award an ARC Post-doctoral fellowship Industry as part of her Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage grant on optimising dissolve air flotation.

Dr. Kate Murphy also commenced an ARC Postdoctoral fellowship under a discovery grant that aims to optimise the characterization of odorous emissions using chemometric analysis. One of our honours students, Louise Gates, was awarded the Sydney Water Gold Medal for 2010.

During 2010 it has been a pleasure to welcome new staff to the WRC - Dr Yuan Wang, Melissa Mole, and Jamie Ruprecht. In the November graduation ceremony WRC had several PhD graduates - Nanda Altavilla, Fiona Johnson, Bradley Morris, Gavin Parcsi and Tom Shand.

Next year in July 2011, we look forward to hosting the 7th IWA specialist conference on Assessment and Control of Micropollutants /Hazardous Substances in Water.

We thank all of our stakeholders for their continued interest and support during 2010.

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2) Industry Advisory Committee

The UNSW Water Research Centre (WRC) is a large multidisciplinary water research group and plays a major role in the training of Australia’s future water engineers. The water industry in Australia underpins the entire Australian economy. The WRC derives approximately 60% of its total research funding directly from industry and 20% of its revenues from industry partnership.

Consequently, the WRC is advised by senior water industry leaders who advise the Co-Directors regarding strategies to ensure the ongoing relevance of the centre and its ability to address and anticipate contemporary Australian water issues. Our present industry advisory committee members are as follows:

Angus GordonChair

Completing a Civil Engineering degree in 1969 Angus commenced work on water and coastal projects in 1970 at WRL. In 1973 he obtained a Master of Engineering Science and in 1973 took up positions at the NSW government’s Manly Hydraulic Laboratory and then in the Coastal Branch of Public Works

NSW. For 40 years he has been involved in coastal engineering, coastal zone management, and planning projects in all states of Australia and in Brunei, Dubai, Kuwait, Indonesia and Hong Kong. He has also been engaged by the UN as an international expert.

In 1976 he established the NSW Governments Beach Improvement Program and led the team that, in 1978producedNSW’sfirstcomprehensivecostalinvestigation and management report “Byron Bay – Hastings Point Erosion Study”. As a direct result of that study Angus then became involved in the drafting and implementation of the 1979 NSW Coastal Protection Act. Angus has 45 technical papers published nationally and internationally on coastal engineering and coastal zone management.

Angusfirstbecameinvolvedintheissueofclimatechange in 1976 when he was seconded to the Antarctic Division of the Department of Science for a 12 month period. In 1987 he published a paper in the CSIRO’s book “Greenhouse 87”; the paper linked sea level rise to coastal erosion at 32 locations in NSW where his team had undertaken studies over the preceding decade. He has published a number of

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papers on climate change and was the lead author of the Engineers Australia 1991 guidelines for adaption to climate change in the coastal zone.

Douglas Rhodes B.Rur.Sc. Office of Hawkesbury-Nepean, Manager Community Relations

Doug’s career has included semi-arid land management, erosion and mining rehabilitation in the Western NSW and Northern Tablelands of NSW, catchment management and a long-term involvement in water resource planning within the Sydney Basin. Interaction with the communities and the natural resource managers was a critical component in delivering a sustainable outcome within all these areas.

Colin NicholsonSydney Water

Colin has a BSc and honours degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Sydney plus post-graduatequalificationsinpublichealthengineeringfrom UNSW.

He is currently the General Manager of Operations Division for Sydney Water Corporation. He manages the operation of Sydney Water’s systems and processes including treatment plants, networks, telemetry and control systems and monitoring services. He also has teams providing specialist technical advice and managing energy supply, emergency management, security and the operational interface with regulators.

Bruce Coates Principle Data Specialist (Coastal) Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water.

Bruce has over 25 years experience in coastal and estuarine processes, coastal policy development, and coastal zone management. He has worked in a range ofscientificandmanagementrolesinvariousNSWgovernment agencies and held an adjunct position at the University of Sydney. He has a degree in marine science from the University of Sydney.

Bruce has previously been on the advisory board for the Centre for Research on Ecological Impacts of Coastal Cities, and is currently on the NSW Council of the Australian Marine Science Association.

Will StrachanBE (Hons), F.I.E. Aust., CPEngNSW Dept of Commerce

Will Strachan is a civil engineering graduate from the University of NSW (1972). Will leads NSW Water Solutions, a government business, which delivers expert services and solutions to the water, environmental and infrastructure sectors. NSW Water Solutions is a multi-disciplinary team of around 250 personnel of engineers, scientists, economists, technical and administrative personnel. This team of people undertakes in the order of 1000 projects per year; which involve the investigation and design of dams, water supply and wastewater schemes, and natural resources infrastructure. The Manly Hydraulics Laboratory is also part of NSW Water Solutions.

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Ian TannerGeneral Manager, Water Supply DivisionSydney Catchment AuthorityB.Sc (Eng.)

Since graduating in 1980 from UNSW Ian has had 37 years of experience and achievements in the Water Industry.Heisanexperiencedpractitionerinthefieldsof: water and waste water systems investigations and design; construction management (including Project, Program and Contract management); operational management of catchments, dams, water supply systems,waterfiltrationplantsandsewagetreatmentplants; management of Engineering Services consultancy business; and a Leader and Change agent.

Neil LawsonOperations Manager, South-East Asia & New Zealand, Discipline Leader, Coastal, Ocean & Environment, CARDNOB.E (Hons), M Eng Sc, University of NSWFellow Engineers Australia & Member National Committee Coastal & Ocean Engineering

Neil’sskillsandproficiencyinocean,estuarineandthe marine environment are sought after worldwide. Neil has more than 30 years of industry experience and has provided professional services in project management of major coastal and ocean data acquisition systems, data analysis, mathematical modelling and environmental design criteria.

Hehashighlevelknowledgeinfloodandfloodplainmanagementandprovidedadviceonfloodingaspects of development, on-site detention, water resource management and water quality. His services

have also been required in an expert witness capacity. During his career Neil has provided ship simulation systems and project management – leading to safer andmoreefficientpracticesatportsworldwide.

Neil has also designed and implemented real time data acquisition systems in marine and ocean environments across the globe. Neil’s love of the ocean and marine environment is also a passion outside work. He is the proud owner of a 1975 classic 36ft timber cruiser and is regularly seen on Sydney Harbour.

Keith CraigTechnical Director Veolia Water AustraliaBachelor of Engineering (Hons), University of Newcastle, 1976.Master of Engineering (Sc), University of Newcastle, 1978.

Keith has been involved in the water industry for over 30 years and has been at the leading edge of technology developments in Australia. He has worked in both the public and private sector and served on a number of key committees and advisory groups. His current role includes activities in the areas of water operations, research and development and projects.

Professor Graham DaviesBSc, PhD, DSc, CEng, FIET, FInstP, FIOM3, FREng

Graham Davies is the Dean of Engineering at the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He has held senior posts in academia at the University of Birmingham and corporately as director in charge of British Telecom’s Corporate Research.

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3.1 Our Structure

Operating out of two locations – Kensington campus (established in 1987) and the Water Research Laboratory, at Manly Vale (established in 1959), the UNSW Water Research Centre (WRC) is at the forefront of multidisciplinary research in water resources, engineering, management and the development of tools for environmental management and sustainability for improving the aquatic and atmospheric environments. The two Co-directors for the WRC are Prof Richard Stuetz and Dr Bill Peirson.

As an externally funded research centre within the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the WRC interacts and collaborates with industry, both State and Federal governments, and research groups in other universities in Australia and overseas. It maintains the largest postgraduate and undergraduate teaching programmes in water engineering in Australia, and currently supports 55 research scientist and engineers and 40 PhD researchers, with an external income of $7.4M in 2010.

The Centre is active in fundamental water research in Australia,particularlyinthefieldsof:

Surface and groundwater hydrology - ongoing Australian leadership of the quantifying of rainfall, runoffandgroundwaterflowsatcatchmentscales.

Public health and water treatment - fundamental investigations of the chemistry and microbiology of water for urban use - providing multidisciplinary research in water & wastewater engineering and the development of tools for environmental management & sustainability for improving the aquatic and atmospheric environments.

Civil and environmental hydraulics - undertaking practical project-based and theoretical hydraulics research. This research is undertaken using the unique large-scale facilities of the Water Research Laboratory at Manly Vale.

3) About the Water Research Centre

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Executive Committee

The following Executive Committee undertakes management of the Water Research Centre (WRC):

Professor Richard Stuetz Co-Director, WRC

Dr Bill Peirson Co-Director, WRC

Prof David Waite Head, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Assoc Prof Ian Turner Deputy-Director (Research), Water Research Laboratory

Prof Ashish Sharma School of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Mr Brett Miller Business Manager, Manly Vale

Mr Robert Steel Business Manager, Kensington

This committee meets on a quarterly basis to discuss strategy, performance and research opportunities within WRC.

Centre Management Committee

As required for all UNSW Centres, a Management Committee for WRC was established by the Vice-Chancellor, on advice from the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) and the Dean of Engineering. This Management Committee is responsible to the Vice-Chancellor for ensuring the objectives of the Centre are pursued and the terms of reference of the Centre are implemented. During 2010, the Management Committee for WRC was made up of the following members:

Prof Graham Davies Dean, Faculty of Engineering (Chair)

Prof David Waite Head, School of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Prof Richard Stuetz Co-Director, WRC

Dr Bill Peirson Co-Director, WRC

Prof Jason Middleton Department of Aviation, Faculty of Science

Prof Staffan Kjelleberg School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, Faculty of Science

Associate Prof Laura Poole-WarrenAssociate Dean (Research), Faculty of Engineering

3.2 Program Areas

WRC has 12 core program areas of research and applied research activities, supported by academic and researchers from the centre and PhD students from the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering: The 12 core program areas area:

• Civil and Environmental Hydraulics• Coastal Engineering• Biogeochemical Processes• Waste Management• Hydroclimatology• Risk Assessment• Sustainability Assessment• Groundwater• Trace Organics• Water and Wastewater Treatment• Atmospheric Emissions and Odours• Estuarine Engineering


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4.1 Awards & Honours

Each year WRC staffs receive distinguished awards withintheirfield.In2010RitaHendersonandKateMurphy were bestowed two such awards.

IWA Young Water Professionals Award

Rita Henderson was the recipient of the IWA Young Water Professional Award at the biennial IWA World Water Congress (WWC) in Montreal, in September2010.

This award is presented biennially to recognise young professionals under the age of 35 who are either water sector practitioners or from research/academia. Awardees have both outstanding career achievement (eitherthroughtheirscientificcontributionasresearchers or working in the water industry) and the potentialtoplayalargeandinfluentialroleinthewater industry in the future. Rita received the award due to academic research achievements in the water treatmentfieldatboththeUniversityofNewSouthWalesandCranfieldUniversity(UK),aswellasactiveinvolvement in YWP activities over the last 2 years.

Rita will be the ambassador for both IWA and the IWA YWP programme for two years after receiving the Award.

The 2010 Water Congress was attended by 4500 delegates and exhibitors. Rita found the experience both rewarding and enriching. Rita said, “Overall, I believe the congress provided a venue for water professionals (both young and not so young alike), to meet, exchange ideas and debate the key issues impacting the water sector today. Also the YWP programme certainly enriched the experience for me and many others and I would encourage those who have not previously participated in YWP activities to engage in the future.”

Rita receiving the award in Montreal

4) Year in Review

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Kate Murphy - ARC postdoctoral fellowship

The Australian Research Council (ARC) provides opportunities for researchers at the postdoctoral level to undertake research of national and internationalsignificance,andtobroadentheirresearch experience. ARC Postdoctoral Fellowships are available to researchers with up to three years of research experience since the award of the PhD or equivalent research doctorate.

In 2010, Kate commenced an ARC Postdoctoral Fellowship under a discovery grant that aims to characterise odorous emissions from industry using a sensory analysis approach. Her focus is on utilising chemometric approaches to gain a better understanding of odour quality characteristics and of the relationship between process operations and olfactory annoyance.

Kate has Honours degrees in Zoology and Environmental Engineering from the University of Western Australia, and a PhD (1997) from the

University of New South Wales. Between her undergraduate and graduate degrees, she moved abroad to conduct research at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center in USA, where she studied chemical tracers for determining sources of ships’ ballast water. Recently, she has been involved in a UNSW linkage project aiming to characterise and distinguish organic matter sources in water recycling treatment systems. In her research, she makes extensive use of multivariate data analysis and chemometrics. These data-analytical skills were animportantfactorinfluencingthesuccessofherfellowship bid.

For more information on ACR Fellowship: http://www.arc.gov.au/applicants/researcher_fellowships.htm

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4.2 Research Initiatives

2010 was another productive year for WRC in terms of significantresearchinitiativesandfindingsranging.

Nitrous Oxide Emissions from Marine Wastewater Disposal—a Laughing Matter?

Some 300 times more powerful per kilogram than carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide (N2O) is an important greenhousegasthatplaysasignificantroleinseveralaspects of atmospheric chemistry. Recent research also suggests that N2O is likely to remain the single most important ozone-depleting emission throughout the 21st century. Over the last few decades the concentration of N2O has steadily increased, reaching around 319 parts per billion by volume (ppbv) in 2005 from longstanding and stable pre-industrial levels of around 287 ppbv. This trend of increasing atmospheric N2O levels seems set to continue and is the subject of international concern.

N2O generation occurs during conventional wastewater treatment during both microbial nitrificationanddenitrificationofthenitrogen-containing compounds present (e.g., urea, ammonia and nitrate). In oceanic waters, N2O is also emitted asaby-productofnitrificationandaschemicalintermediateduringdenitrification.Existingwastewater management practices internationally result in the disposal of large quantities of untreated orprimary-leveleffluenttothemarineenvironment.In Australia, Sydney sees hundreds of millions of litres of nitrogen-rich primary wastewater discharged to the coastal environment every day. Currently, there is little data available to enable the determination

of so-called ‘fugitive’ N2O emissions resulting from thedisposalofprimarytreatedeffluenttocoastalwaters. Existing national and international (IPCC) methodologies for N2O emission calculations include gaps relating to downstream point-of-disposal emissions to marine environments, and consequently, error margins associated with national emissions estimates for this greenhouse gas source are wide. For the water sector, this ‘unknown’ represents a potentiallysignificantun-costedliabilityinitscarbonprofileandsuchuncertaintyisdeemedunacceptablein the emerging business environment of carbon economics.

Throughacombinationoffieldsurveys,controlledlaboratory experiments, hydrodynamic modelling and the application of life cycle assessment methods, this ARC-funded Discovery Project seeks to address key knowledge gaps in our current understanding of full cycle N2O emissions from wastewater management practices. Improving the current characterisation of this emission source will enable more accurate assessments of the water industry’s carbon footprint and will ultimately facilitate more environmentally and economically sustainable management of the water sector both in Australia and internationally. The Chief Investigators involved with this research are Associate Professor Greg Peters (Chalmers University of Technology), Dr Bill Peirson and Professor Nick Ashbolt (US EPA), with Dr Michael Short coordinating the experimental components of the project. Having commenced early 2010, the project is in its early stages and is due for completion early 2013.

Wollongong sewage treatment plant (photo courtesy of Sydney Water)

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Creation and Rehabilitation of Tidal Wetlands

Coastal Australia was once a land with teeming wildlife and abundant native species. Over the past 150+ years the rivers and tidal estuaries of Australia havebeencleared,drained,leveed,andfloodgatedtopromote agriculture and general development. While this has helped to create modern Australia, in many locations this legacy of development has resulted in degraded land lacking biodiversity and environmental values. At these and other sensitive locations, research is coalescing around how to re-create or rehabilitate the natural environment.

The lower Hunter River estuary in NSW has become a major research ground for investigating tidal wetland rehabilitation and creation. Due to the increasing industrial pressures, the legacy of development and the important environmental values of this estuary, significanton-groundworkiscurrentlyunderway.

One important component of this research is a large tidal wetland restoration study being conducted at the Tomago Wetlands within the Hunter Estuary Wetland Ramsar site. Researchers at the Water Research Laboratory, led by Dr William Glamore, have been working at this site for the past 6 years with staff from the NSW Department of Climate Change and Water, the local Catchment Management Authority and NSW Department of Industry and Investment to understand the role of hydrology, hydraulics and hydrodynamics in wetland rehabilitation.

Based on a series of on-ground research projects, a restoration plan was developed for the site with the primary aim to restore salt marsh habitat for migratory wading birds. Numerical model results combined with on-ground sampling provided the necessary information to understand the existing and

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Training classes at the restored wetland site.

potentially restored hydrologic regime. Based on these results, on-ground engineering was undertaken to prepare the site, including the design and installation of SmartGates to control tidal inundation. Tidalflushingwasrestoredtothewesternportionof the site (>200 hectares) in 2008 and innovative techniques have been used to adaptively monitor the progress of the site towards a functioning tidal wetland.

Current research at the site is focused on restoring tidalflushingtothewesternportionofthesite(another 350 hectares) and restoration plans and research outcomes are being developed and implemented. The collaborative approach between WRL-WRC staff and staff from state agencies is the primary reason for the long-term success of this project. Similar research and training into hydrologic

restoration is also currently being undertaken at a range of other sites across Australasia. Dr William Glamore can be contacted directly at [email protected]

For more information on this project please visit:http://www.wrl.unsw.edu.au/site/projects/tidal-restoration-and-wetland-creation-at-the-kooragang-nature-reserve-tomago-nsw/

orhttp://www.wrl.unsw.edu.au/site/projects/tomago-wetland-remote-monitoring/

General information on wetland restoration projects can be found at:http://www.wrl.unsw.edu.au/site/wp-content/uploads/wetland-restoration.pdf

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Optimisation of nutrient removal, membrane fouling and sludge dewatering in hybrid coagulation/submerged mem-brane bioreactor treatment of wastewaters

The objective of this project is to improve nutrient removal, minimize membrane fouling and aid the dewatering of excess sludge in hybrid coagulation/submerged membrane bioreactor (SMBR) treatment of wastewaters by:

• experimental examination of the impact of coagulant addition on SMBR performance; and

• Kinetic modelling of key coagulant transformation processes within the SMBR.

Coagulant addition is used widely in both conventional and membrane-based water treatment asanessentialaidtoflocformationandisalsorecognized to assist greatly in reducing the extent of transmembrane pressure (TMP) build-up in submerged membrane bioreactor treatment of wastewaters. Coagulant addition may also assist in removal of phosphorus in treatment of wastewaters and is also recognized to aid the dewatering of the highly gelatinous sludge that is typically produced in submerged membrane bioreactor wastewater treatment.

Despite the apparent advantages, there has been only limited investigation of the impact of coagulant choice and dosing conditions on nutrient removal, membrane fouling and excess sludge dewatering in SMBR treatment of wastewaters. One reason for the limited research undertaken to date in this area relates to the complexity of the SMBR system and the variety of reactions that can occur on addition of a coagulant to a membrane bioreactor. Some of the unanswered questions are:

• Does the coagulant precipitate and, if so, is the major form an oxide or phosphate solid?

• Do these solids transform to more crystalline entities over time?

• If, rather, the coagulant initially forms dissolved complexes with the organic matter present, how stable are these complexes?

• If Fe(III) salts are added to the anoxic chamber, is iron reduced to FeII species?

• On transport to the aerated chambers, does FeII oxidise and, if so, what are the oxidation products?

Judicious use of both laboratory-based and pilot-scale experimentation using both synthetic and real wastewaters coupled with advanced mineral characterisation techniques (EXAFS, SAED, HRTEM) combined with systems-based kinetic modelling will assist greatly in elucidating the key processes operating in hybrid coagulation/submerged membrane bioreactor (C/SMBR) systems.

This project commenced in July 2010 and the expected to take three years to complete. The project team includes Prof. David Waite, Dr. Yuan Wang, Yongjia Xin, Pradeep Maheshwari, in collaboration with A/Prof. Greg Leslie, UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science & Technology, UNSW; Professors Xia Huang and Xianghua Wen, Tsinghua University, China. The ARC has awarded a linkage grant for this project, which will be undertaken with the

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collaboration of Sydney Water, Water Quality Research Australia, Beijing Origin Water Technology and Tsinghua University in China.

Since the commencement of the project three small scale membrane bioreactors (MBR) have been established in the UNSW Civil Engineering building and one pilot scale MBR at Sydney Water’s Bondi Sewage Treatment Plant. Full scale testing will be at Brooklyn Sewage within 1 ½ to 2 years time. Tsinghua University has been conducting several tests in laboratories in Beijing. Beijing Origin Water Technology are providing membranes and also conducting a pilot plant at Huairou in Beijing. Full scale study in Miyun in Beijing has already commenced.

As the project proceeds in both Australia and China, results are reviewed and compared with the objective of deriving operating protocols for membrane bioreactors that will allow the development of cost effective operating methods and in turn reduce the overall operating costs.

Investigation of trends in mean and extreme wave climate around the Australian continent using long-term wave buoy records

The Australian coast is subject to a spatially and seasonally varied mean wave climate periodically affected by large wave events. These large wave events, particularly when they coincide with high water levels, may cause widespread coastal inundation, beach erosion, damage to property and marine structures, and risks to public safety. Having accurate predictors of the likelihood and magnitude of large wave events isnecessaryforthequantificationofextreme beach erosion and inundation, design of nearshore structures, and for climate change adaptation planning.

With funding by the Australian Climate Change Adaptation Research Network for Settlements and Infrastructure (ACCARNSI) a study was commenced in August 2010 by a project team comprising of Dr Tom Shand, Melissa Mole, James Carley, Dr Bill Peirson, and Assoc. Prof. Ron Cox. This study reviews Australian coastal storm climatology and previous extreme

wave analyses undertaken using instrument and numerical data. Traditional extreme value assessment is critically dependent on temporally stable statistics. Wave data from nine wave buoys Australia-wide has been assessed and trends in mean monthly wave height and in the frequency and magnitude of storm events has been statistically analysed. Changes in buoy location and exposure over time has been found tonotablyinfluenceresults,withsmallchangesinbuoypositionabletointroduceapparentlysignificantbutfictitioustrends.Afterremovingsuchinfluences,small upward and downward trends (<5 mm/decade) are observed in shorter length records, possibly related to climatic cycles, but longer records (> ~10years)remaintemporallystatic.Nosignificanttemporal trends in storm magnitude were found and one east coast buoy showed a small increase in storm frequency.

Using this wave buoy data, extreme wave heights, wave periods and cumulative storm energy have been estimated for a range of return events. Typical storm shapes were assessed and all buoys were found to exhibit a moderate positive skew, indicating a faster increase in wave height before the storm peak than decrease following the peak. This storm shape was combined with extreme wave height, period and energy information to construct synthetic design storm time series for each buoy for average recurrence intervals of between 1 and 100 years. Spatial differences are noted in the derived events as a function of the dominant storm climatology for the different regions around Australia.

Extreme waves off Narrabeen in Sydney (Photo taken by Andy Short 1976)

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A Novel Process for Algae Treatment

Optimising dissolved air flotation by bubble modification for algae removal in drinking water and advanced wastewater treatment systems.

Algal and cyanobacteria blooms are of particular concern in drinking water resources due to their adverse impact on treatment processes, as well as their potential to release harmful toxins and taste and odour compounds into water supplies. Waste stabilisation ponds used for the advanced treatment of wastewater are also highly susceptible to algal activity which can limit recycled water production.

Dissolvedairflotation(DAF)iscommonlyemployedfor algae removal but often times with only limited success. Traditionally, DAF is preceded bycoagulation/flocculationinwhichchemicalmodificationofthealgalcellsurfaceandassociatedorganic matter leads to agglomeration of colloidal anddissolvedmattertoformaflocthatismoreeasilyfloated.

A new project that commenced in January 2010 will investigate modifying the process by developing a novel polymer that will functionalise the surface of the bubbles generated in DAF such that they are attractive to algae and associated dissolved organic

material.Suchamodificationhasthepotentialtoimproveprocessrobustnessandefficiencywhile reducing chemical consumption and sludge production. The intended outcome of this research isthedeliveryofamodified-DAFprocessofferinga more robust, sustainable and economical barrier toalgaebyincreasingalgalcellremovalefficiencywhile decreasing chemical consumption and sludge production. 2010 has seen development of novel polymers and the design and construction of a 5m3/h pilot DAF plant. The project is expected to be completed by December 2012

The chief investigators for this research are Dr Rita Henderson, Prof Richard Stuetz and Dr Bill Peirson, all from the UNSW Water Research Centre and Dr Michael Whittaker from the Centre for Advanced Macromolecular Design. Other investigators include DrBruceJeffersonfromCranfieldUniversity,UK,Assoc. Prof. Gayle Newcombe from the Australia Water Quality Centre and Dr Volga Bulmus from the Izmir Institute of Technology. The PhD student on this research is Mr. Russell Yap. Russell has also been awarded a WQRA PhD Scholarship to conduct this project.

The ARC awarded a linkage grant to this project and industry partners include United Water International, SA Water, Melbourne Water and SEQ Water.

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Australian Rainfall and Runoff 2D numerical and large-scale 3D physical modelling research for refinement of Engineers Australia flooding guidelines

TherecentfloodsinQueenslandandVictoriain2011have been a timely reminder of how destructive and dangerous these types of natural disasters can be. While State and Local government authorities are busy with the important task of restoring infrastructure forcommunitiesinthesefloodaffectedareas,researchers at the University of New South Wales Water Research Laboratory (WRL) are working to assist planners and emergency managers to more effectivelydealwithfuturefloods.

Sophisticated two-dimensional numerical computer models are commonly used to provide baseline data describingfloodlevels,depthsandvelocitiesinfloodprone areas. Statistically analysed, these data can be usedbyplannersandmanagerstodefinetheriskandrelativehazard(safety)offloodproneareas.Thedatacan be used to determine a wide range of planning outcomesfromsafeevacuationroutesoutoffloodedregions to whether areas are suitable for rebuilding or future development.

But how accurate and reliable are the baseline data from these models? A research project that commenced in April 2010, by Grantley Smith and Conrad Wasko, using funding from the Federal DepartmentofClimateChangeandEnergyEfficiencyand Engineers Australia, as part of the review of Australian Rainfall and Runoff, has used the advanced numerical and physical modelling capabilities of WRL to review current industry modelling practice. A physicalmodelofanurbanfloodplaininMerewether,a suburb of Newcastle, NSW has been built at WRL and calibrated to the famous ‘Pasher Bulker’ storm ofJune2007.Detailedflowmeasurementsfromthephysical model (pictured below) have been compared withpredictionsoftheJune2007floodfromvariousnumericalfloodsoftwarepackagescommonlyusedby industry. The research has shown that there are numerous areas where modelling approaches can be improved. WRL’s report will inform the revision of industry guidelines and be included in the next edition of Australian Rainfall and Runoff. A draft report will be availableinMarch2011.Thefindingsandcanalsobeused to provide an improved assessment of building stabilityonfloodplains.

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Snake Paddle Commissioning at Water Research Laboratory

During 2010 the Water Research Laboratory was commissioned to build a cutting edge Snake Paddle wave generation system. Consisting of a sequence of closely spaced multi-bladed systems, the snake paddle is used in WRL’s wave basin to generate multidirectional seas similar to the open wind-forced ocean. Funded by the Australian Research Council under Discovery Project and developed at WRL by Ph.D. candidate Michael Allis and Dr William Peirson, the Snake Paddle system extends wave generation capabilities at WRL to include directionally programmable waves.

The stimulus for development of the snake system is the generation of realistic short-crested ocean waves for which directional effects are important. This is a major research frontier in air-sea interaction, driven by the need for accurate parameterisation of the stronginfluenceofwavebreakingonair-seafluxesthat underpin climate change assessment, and the prediction of sea state and weather, particularly for severe marine events.

Despite the widespread occurrence of breaking waves, which are characteristically three-dimensional in nature, and their central importance in air-sea coupling, the onset and strength of wave breaking has eluded physical understanding and predictive capability.Thisprojectwillfillthecriticalknowledgegaps for directional sea states and thereby address the pressing contemporary demand for more accurate forecast models of sea state, weather and climate.

The Snake Paddle itself comprises a sequence up to 14 modular programmable paddle units mounted within 0.59m wide folded steel housings driven by individual electromagnetic linear motors. Each linear

motorisattachedtoabottom-cantileveredflexibleplate mimicking the motion of a deep water wave and can achieve paddle positions within ±1mm of the desired position. The software user interface was developed to allow straightforward generation ofvariouswaveprofiles,withprovisionforfutureexpansion of directional capabilities. Paddle stroke is electronically limited to 320mm but can be modificationto900mmallowingalargerrangeofwaves to be generated. Sequencing the individual paddles allows us to generate directional wave systems.

ThesnakesystemsignificantlyexpandsexistingWRLwavegenerationcapabilitiesandwillpermitspecificinvestigation of:

• The formation of extreme sea states

• The impact of sea-state directionality on the loads on coastal and ocean structures.

• Theinfluenceofdirectionalityontheoccurrenceand intensity of wave breaking

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4.3 Staff Focus

In 2010 we welcomed Jamie Ruprecht (Manly Vale) and Dr Yuan Wang (Kensington).

Jamie Ruprecht

In 2006, Jamie received the Stan Hall Rural Scholarship, one of 20 scholarships awarded among a group of over 700 applicants, to study Civil Engineering at UNSW. In late 2008 his strong interest in Coastal Engineering and high academic achievement over the course of his degree granted him the opportunity to receive one of two ‘UNSW Engineering Taste of Research Summer Scholarships’ being offered at the Water Research Laboratory.

After completing a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering at UNSW, graduating in 2009 with First Class Honours, Jamie began working as a Project Engineer for the Water Research Laboratory at Manly Vale. Jamie is currently involved in a range of commercial and research projects including physical and numerical modelling of coasts, rivers and estuaries; and has been involved in two large scale contaminate fate and transport (tracer) studies in Sydney and New Zealand.

As a recipient of the D.N. Foster Memorial Fellowship, Jamie attended the 2009 Coasts and Ports Conference in Wellington New Zealand with the WRL contingent. TypicallyuptofourAwardscanbeofferedtofinalyear undergraduate engineering students selected from Australian Universities on a biannual basis. In 2011 Jamie hopes to attend the 2011 Coasts and Ports Conference in Perth to present a conference paper based on his honours thesis, which investigated extension of conventional international approaches to tidal inlet stability to incorporate prevailing climatic conditions unique to Australia.

Jamie is building the foundations of his career in the fieldofcivilengineering,returningtostudypart-timein 2011 as he commences a Masters in Engineering Science.

Dr Yuan Wang

After completing her Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical) at Tianjin University in China, Yuan worked as a Visiting Research Assistant in the Environmental Bioengineering & Drug Laboratory, Tsinghua University China. After that she was an Assistant Chemical Engineer at the China Petrochemical Corporation. In 2003 she came to UNSW to do a Master’s of Science (by research on reverse osmosis fouling in seawater desalination process) at the School of Chemical Engineering.

Yuan commenced as a research fellow in the Water Research Centre in July 2010 following the completion of a PhD from UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science & Technology at School of Chemical Engineering, UNSW. Her PhD work was entitled “Evaluation of Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Mixing Performance via Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modelling” whichcombinedCFDmodellingtechniquesandfieldtrialstostudytheeffectsofmembraneconfigurationon mixing and energy consumption of full scale MBR plants in Australia. Her research area remains in the MBR process treating municipal wastewater however her interests move to the coagulant behaviour and the addition of coagulant on MBR performance. Yuan’s CFD techniques will be extended to the current researchtogaininsightintotheflowpathsofliquidand solid phases in the reactor and their impacts on the transformation of coagulants. She recently completed the design of a pilot scale MBR with the capacity of 4 m3/day. This pilot scale MBR will be installed at Sydney Water’s Bondi Sewage Treatment Plant.

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4.4 YWPs congregated from all over the world for YWPC 2010

On the 5 -7th July, 2010, the future water leaders of the world met to network, exchange ideas and learn from state-of-the-art Australian water projects at the 5th IWA International Young Water Professionals (YWP) conference, held at University of New South Wales, Sydney. Over 140 YWPs from all corners of the globe attended, covering 27 countries, including Kenya, Mexico, UK, Canada, and of course, Australia – this event also being the 3rd IWAA-AWA National YWP meeting. YWPC 2010 kicked off with a pre-conference ice-breaker designed to improve communication – jet-lagged YWPs were soon performing with the aid of NIDA facilitators, and within minutes had already met at least 10 new people!

TheconferenceofficiallybeganwithaplenarysessionChaired by David Garman, President of the IWA. The

YWPC was privileged to have Ken Matthews (CEO National Water Commission), Glen Daigger (President Elect of the IWA) and Kerry Schott (Managing Director of Sydney Water) presenting on the challenges facing the water industry, the solutions, and the YWP role in their implementation. The technical programme then continued with presentations on climate change adaptation, treatment processes, and sustainability, among others, which were chaired by water industry experts and YWP National Prize winners. Poster sessions were also held, providing further opportunities for knowledge exchange.

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tipsonhowtosucceedinthewatersector.Thefinalewas the World Café facilitated by Now For Future, which provided a forum for discussing Our Water Future, asking the question “what is our ideal water future in 2020 and what can YWPs do to see it?” The room was buzzing with ideas and plans for action.

The conference was not without a social agenda, and YWPs made the most of the Welcome Reception and Conference Dinner that was held at the Coogee Bay Hotel. A highlight was a trip to the Cruise Bar overlooking the iconic Opera House, for a networking night organised by the NSW YWP Committee. These evenings certainly helped to cement friendships that were fast established between the delegates.

Finally, the technical tours were organised to the Sydney Desalination Plant, and to the Rouse Hill and St Marys Recycled Water Plants. To complete the Australian experience, both tours treated delegates to encounters with native wildlife as whales swam along the coast.

Congratulations to our conference Prize winners – Best Poster: to Jessie Roe of the University of Birmingham, UK; Best Paper: to Vishnu Pandey, of the University of Yamanashi, Japan; Best Presentation: Charlotte Yates, McGill University, Canada; and commendation awards to Eunice Ubomba-Jaswa (South Africa), Carol Martinson (Australia) and Haizhou Liu (US).

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5) Research Grants for 2010

ARC Grants

Investigators Research Topic Granting Organisation

S. KhanR.StuetzA. BakerM.Storey

Fluorescence as a tool for sensitive detection of failures in recycled water treatment and distribution systems ARC Linkage Project LP0776347

ARCSydney Water CorporationGold Coast City CouncilSydney Olympic Park AuthorityMelbourne WaterWater CorporationSouth East WaterCity West WaterYarra Valley Water

D.WaiteARC Discovery Project DP0987188 - Resolving Critical Knowledge Gaps relating to Light and Free Radical Mediated Transformation of Iron and Copper in Oxic Natural Waters

ARC

M. McCabeARC Discovery Project DP0987478 - Characterizing the hydrological cycle using water isotopes, land+surface models and satellite observation

ARC

R. Stuetz ARC Linkage Project LP0989365 - Optimising Decentralised Membrane Reactors for Water Reuse

ARCMidCoast WaterBega Valley Shire CouncilNSW Department of HealthHunter Water Corporation

A. SharmaARC Linkage Partner LP0883296 - Integrated assessment of climate change, climate input errors and land-use change on soil-moisture and carbon-balance in a catchment simulation framework

ARCNSW Department of Environment and Climate ChangeAPAI

R. HendersonR. StuetzV. BulmusW. PeirsonG. NewcombeB. Jefferson

Arc Linkage Project Grant 2009 Round 2 - LP0990189. Optimising dissolvedairflotation(DAF)foralgaeremovalbybubblemodificationin drinking water and advanced wastewater systems

ARCMelbourne Water Corporation United WaterSEQWaterS A Water

M. McCabeARC Linkage project Shared Grant / Subcontract - A new paradigm for improved water resource management using innovative water modelling techniques

ARC/University of Melbourne

D. Waite S. Khan

ARC Linkage Project LP0883561 - Physico-Chemical controls on Growth, Toxicity and Succession of microcystis and Anabaena Species in Sydney Water Supply Reservoirs

ARCWQRASydney Catchment Authority

R. Stuetz Optimal Management of Corrosion and Odour Problems in Sewer Systems - ARC Linkage Project LP0882016 through U.Q ARC/UQ

G.Peters W.Peirson N.Ashbolt

ARC Discovery Grant DP1095722 Interdisciplinary greenhouse gas assessment - nitrous oxide emissions from marine wastewater disposal ARC

R. Stuetz Olfactory Characterisation of Odours for Optimising Impact Assessment - ARC Discovery DP1096691 ARC

D. Waite R. Luthy S. Al-Abed G. Batley

Synthesis of Activated Carbon Supported Zero Valent Iron Nanoparticles and Application to Contaminant Degradation in Benthic Sediments. LP100100852

ARCDECCWSydney Ports CorporationOrica AustraliaMaritime Authority of NSWSydney Catchment Authority

S. Khan Assessment and optimisation of N-nitrosamine rejection by Reverse Osmosis for planned potable water recycling applications LP0990705 ARC / Uni Wollongong

D. Waite X. Wang G. Leslie X. Huang H. Bustamante X. Wen J. Guan

Optimisation of nutrient removal, membrane fouling and sludge dewatering in hybrid coagulation/submerged membrane bioreactor treatment of wastewaters - ARC Linkage LP100100056

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G. Peters Sustainability of water and wastewater treatment chemicals

ARC LinkageSouth Australia WaterSydney Water CorporationMelbourne WaterYarra Valley WaterWater CorporationGold Coast City Council

H. Coleman Investigation of endocrine disruption in Australian aquatic environments ARCLinkagethroughGriffithUniversity

D. Waite BioGeoChemicalControlsonefficacyandsustainabilityofuraniumheap leaching - LP100200792

ARC LinkageEnergy Resources of Australia

Other Research


S. Khan Development of an Ecotoxicity Toolbox to Evaluate Water Quality for Recycling Department of Water, W.A

D. WaiteJ. GuanX. Wang

DEST International Science Linkage CH070180 – Fouling Control in Hybrid Membrane Systems : International Science Linkage Programme with Tsinghua University, China

DEST

D. Roser Premiers Water Fund- University of Western Australia – Assessing the Public Health Impacts of Recycled Water Use. Subcontract to UWA UWA/PWF

S.Khan National Water Commission Fellowship: Quantitative Contaminant Assessment for Water Recycling Schemes NWC

G. Peters H. Rowley

University of Sydney Subcontract- Water Services Association of Australia Limited (WSAA) Subcontract Software Development for Chemical Fate Modelling in Ecological Footprint Analysis

U. Sydney

A. Sharma Project 4. Continuous Rainfall sequences at point locations NWC through Engineers Australia

M. McCabe Using satellite observation to investigate land surface – atmosphere interaction

CSIRO Flagship Postgraduate Scholarships (Top-Up for Yi Liu)

S. Khan WERF Research Subcontract – Evaluation of QSPR techniques for wastewater treatment processes

Colorado School of Mines WERF

A. Sharma

Australia-India Strategic Research Fund ST030111 – Managing change in Soil Moisture and Agricultural Productivity under a Global Warming scenario using a Catchment Scale Climate Change Assessment Framework

Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research

R. Stuetz Postdoctoral Fellowship for Gavin Parcsi Poultry CRCR.CoxW. RandolphW. Peirson

National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility. Climate Change Adaptation Research Network – Settlement and Infrastructure ACCARNSI

D. Waite R. Collins A. Jones

Water Quality Research Australia – Scale formation and prevention in small water supplies reliant on groundwater (1019/09) WQRA

R. StuetzRIRDC/ResearchPrioritiesProgram–PRJ-002342Artificialolfactionsystem for on-site odour measurement: Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry analysis for VOC measurements

Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation (DEEDI)

R. Collins Speciation of Arsenic in the roots of non-accumulator Eucalyptus spp. Australian Synchrotron Research Program

R. Collins The effect of silicate on Uranium reduction during the Fe(II)-catalytic crystallisation of ferrihydrite Australian Synchrotron Research Program

S. WestraProject 18 – Interaction of Coastal Processes and severe weather events: Phase 1 Pilot Study into joint probability modelling of extreme rainfall and storm surge in the coastal zone

NWC through Engineers Australia

S. KhanWQRA2002 – A national approach to the health risk assessment, risk communication and management of chemical hazards from recycled water projects

Water Quality Research Australia

R. HendersonOptimisingdissolvedairflotation(DAF)foralgaeremovalbybubblemodificationindrinkingwaterandadvancedwastewatersystems–Scholarship

Water Quality Research Australia

R. Collins AS_IA101_ESRF_3002960 – Cobalt (II) sorption to Mn and Fe Oxides Australian Synchrotron Research Program

R. Collins AS102/WAS2484 – Quick scanning XAFS to determine Fe-O-Fe bond formation during iron precipitation and iron oxide transformations Australian Synchrotron Research Program

R. Collins AS103/XAS/2981 Capacity of uranium incorporation in Fe(II)-transformed Fe(II) oxide Australian Synchrotron Research Program

D. Waite Australian Synchrotron Postgraduate Award Australian Synchrotron CompanyR. StuetzG Parcsi

Fate of Volatile Organo-Sulphur Compounds (VOSCs) in Odour Assessment – Scholarship Poultry CRC

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Applied Research

Investigators Research Topic Client Organisation

S. Dever, X. Wang Landfill Flux testing VariousW. Wang, G. Parcsi Various Odour and emission analyses VariousA.Kinsela, R. Collins

D. WaiteSources of Environmental Contaminants: Upper & Southern Christies Creek Catchment, North East New South Wales Tweed Shire Council

D. Roser, B. Van den Akker Quantitative Risk Assessment VariousD.Roser, S. Khan

R. Steel, B. Van den Akker Review of Stormwater Treatment system proposal Willoughby City Council

M. Schulz, G. PetersE. Rocheta, S. Lundie Life Cycle Assessment and Carbon Foot printing Various

G. Peters, M. Schulz Sustainability Covenant EPA VictoriaR. Henderson Analytical Services Various

S. Westra Climate change water security study SKM

S. Khan Development of a fugacity model to model and predict the fate of cyanobacterial toxins in Warragamba Dam SCA

S. Khan Chemical analysis for Replacement flows Sydney WaterB Miller, S Pells, G Smith,

J Ruprecht, C Wasko, D Rayner Development of An EGOWS Manual NSI UNSW

B Miller, S Pells,G Smith, J Ruprecht,C Wasko, D Rayner

Testing of the Outfall Drop Structure for the Adelaide Desalination Plant SMEC

B Miller, S Pells, G Smith,J Ruprecht, C Wasko, D Rayner Hydraulic Testing Of Atlantis Drainage Cells Atlantis

B Miller, S Pells, G Smith, J Ruprecht, C Wasko, D Rayner

Australian Rainfall And Runoff Revision Project: Appropriate Stability Criteria For Vehicles Engineers Australia

B Miller, S Pells, G Smith,J Ruprecht, C Wasko, D Rayner Newcastle City Council City Wide Floodplain Management Plan Newcastle City Council

CityB Miller, S Pells, G Smith,

J Ruprecht, C Wasko, D Rayner Hydraulic Testing of Outfall Duckbill Valves Melbourne Desalination Plant

J Carley, M Blacka, T Shand, B Peirson, I Turner, A Mariani, I Coghlan

Advice and Guidelines for Temporary Coastal Protection Works on the NSW Coast DECCW


Air-Sea-Land Interaction Processes and their Impact of Modeled and Recorded Coastal Storms US ARMY RDECOM

J Carley, M Blacka, T Shand, B Peirson, I Turner, A Mariani, I Coghlan Batemans Bay: Detailed Wave Analysis MHL DESTA


Coastal Storm Data Analysis: Provision of Extreme Wave and Water Level Data ACCARNSI

J Carley, M Blacka, T Shand, B Peirson, I Turner, A Mariani, I Coghlan Geoscience Australia: Review of Inundation Modelling Geoscience Australia


Guidelines for Assessing and Managing the Impacts of Long Term Coastal Protection Works DECCW

J Carley, M Blacka, T Shand, B Peirson, I Turner, A Mariani, I Coghlan Mornington Pier Upgrade: Model Testing GHD

J Carley, M Blacka, T Shand, B Peirson, I Turner, A Mariani, I Coghlan Narrabeen-Collaroy 12-Month Surveys Warringah Council


NSW Coastal Inundation Hazard Studies: Extreme Waves and Elevated Coastal Water Levels DECCW

J Carley, M Blacka, T Shand, B Peirson, I Turner, A Mariani, I Coghlan St Kilda Southern Breakwater: Physical Model Testing Parks Victoria

J Carley, M Blacka, T Shand, B Peirson, I Turner, A Mariani, I Coghlan Tutong River Entrance Physical Modelling - Brunei Ove Arup

J Carley, M Blacka, T Shand, B Peirson, I Turner, A Mariani, I Coghlan Tweed Sand Bypassing Argus Monitoring NSW LPMA

B Miller, W Glamore, G Smith, D Rayner, C Wasko, I Coghlan

J RuprechtDarwin Harbour - Hydrodynamic Modelling - East Arm Port Expansion NT DPI


J RuprechtDetailed Concept Design of Yamba-Iluka Ebb Tide Release Dept of Commerce

B Miller, W Glamore, G Smith, D Rayner,C Wasko, I Coghlan

J RuprechtDEWHA Independent Expert Review: Ord River Irrigation Expansion DEWHA


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Investigators Research Topic Client Organisation


J Ruprecht

Field Commissioning Tests Of Christchurch Ocean Outfall, New Zealand

Christchurch City Council


J Ruprecht

Flocculation Dynamics Of Organic Waste Material - Gunns Pulp Mill Outfall, Tasmania Gunns Ltd

B Miller, W Glamore, G Smith, D Rayner,

C Wasko, I CoghlanJ Ruprecht

Hunter River Water Quality Model Hunter Water Corporation


J RuprechtHydrodynamic Modelling of Tomago Wetlands, Hunter River, NSW NSW DII


J Ruprecht

Independent Expert Advice To Federal DEWHA Regarding Ramsar Wetlands DEWHA


J Ruprecht

Physical Modelling of the Victorian Desalination Plant Outfall Discharges PB BECA JV


J Ruprecht

Sydney Desalination Plant - Field Validation of Outfall Plume Geometry And Dilutions Veolia Water


J RuprechtTutong River Entrance Numerical Modelling - Brunei Ove Arup


J RuprechtTutong River Hydrosurvey And Data Collection - Brunei Ove Arup

W Timms, S Pells, C Wasko Christchurch Saltwater Instrusion into Coastal Aquifers Canterbury Regional Council

W Timms, S Pells, C Wasko Groundwater Monitoring and Grower Survey, Namoi Catchment Cotton CRC / Namoi CMA

W Timms, S Pells, C Wasko Hat Head Effluent Disposal Site - Ongoing Groundwater Monitoring Macleay WaterW Timms, S Pells, C Wasko Lake Cathie - Groundwater and Surface Water Interaction Assessment St Vincents Foundation

W Timms, S Pells, C Wasko North Void Storage Geochemistry Investigations - Hunter Valley Operations JP Environmental

W Timms, S Pells, C Wasko Ranger Uranium Mine - Groundwater Flow Modelling EWL Sciences

W Timms, S Pells, C Wasko Scientific Advice In Relation to Proposed Sustainable Diversion Limits for Groundwater MDBA

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6.1 WRC Staff

Co-DirectorsDr Bill PeirsonProfessor Richard Stuetz

Deputy Director (Manly Vale)Dr Ian Turner

Business ManagerBrett MillerRobert Steel

AcademicsProfessor David WaiteAssociate Professor Ron CoxAssociate Professor Ashish SharmaDr Bruce CathersDr Matthew McCabeDr Stuart KhanDr Greg PetersDr David RoserDr Eric SivretAssociate Professor Sven Lundie

Senior Project EngineersJames CarleyDr William GlamoreDr Wendy TimmsSteven PellsGrantley Smith

Research StaffDr Hoori AjamiDr Xavier BarthelemyDr Sivakumar BellieDr Chris BlenkinsoppDr Mark BlighLeearna BrownDr Heather ColemanDr Chris DuesterbergDr Beatrice GiambastianiDr Shikha GargDr Richard CollinsDr Aurelie GodrantDr Mitchell HarleyDr Rita HendersonDr Adele Jones Christine KaucnerDr Andrew KinselaDr Marcus KleinAndrew McCallumDr James McDonaldDr Rajeshwar MehrotraDr Xianhong Meng

Dr Kate MurphyGavin ParcsiDr An Ninh PhamEytan RochetaGabriel RauDr Andrew RoseMatthias SchulzDr Michael ShortDr Josiah StraussTrang TrinhDr Ben Van den AkkerDr Xianguang WangDr Xiaomao WangDr Yuan WangDr Seth Westra

Project EngineersAlexandra BadenhopMatt BlackaIan CoghlanAlessio MarianiSara Mehrabi Melissa Mole Duncan RaynerJames Ruprecht Dr Tom Shand Dr Laurent TarradeConrad Wasko

Technical and AdministrationJodie Adams Anna BlackaBela CarvossoKirra-Lee DeanJohn Hart Patricia KarwanRoss MathewsSamuel McCulloch Hamish StudholmeJoan TerleckyWendy Thomason-HarperRobert Thompson

LibraryCaroline HedgesJane ForttVolunteerLance Bowen

6.2 Visitors

Visiting AcademicsProfessor Nicholas Ashbolt, University of Cincinnati, USA

Associate Professor Ian Cordery, University of New South Wales

Dr Daniel Deere, Water Future, Sydney, Australia

Dr Stuart Dever (GHD, Australia)

Professor Jorg Drewes, Colorado School of Mines, Colorado, USA

Dr Manabu Fujii, University of Tohoku University, Japan

DrBruceJefferson(CranfieldUniversity,UK)

DrMarionMinouflet,UniversityofGeneva, Switzerland

Dr Timothy Payne (ANSTO, Australia)

Associate Professor Andrew Rose (Southern Cross University, Australia)

Professor Mel Suffet (UCLA, USA)

Dr Gareth Swarbrick, Pells Sullivan & Meynink, Sydney Australia

Visiting Students

He Di, Harbin Institute of TechnologyCommencing practicum: 01/03/2010 until: 30/06/2010Supervisor: Professor David Waite

Julie Le Gouezigou, INSA LyonCommencing Practicum: 05/04/2010 until: 03/09/2010Supervisor: Professor Richard Stuetz

Solene Guillet, University of Poitiers - FranceCommencing Practicum: 28/06/2010 until: 17/09/2010Supervisor: Dr Rita Henderson

Leonardo Hoinaski, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina - UFSCCommencing Practicum: 25/03/2010 until: 25/10/2010Supervisor: Professor Richard Stuetz

Hiroaki Ito, Tohoku UniversityCommencing practicum: 01/04/2010 until: 31/03/2011Supervisor: Professor David Waite

Harpreet Kaur, Indian Institute of Technology BombayCommencing Practicum: 25/05/2010 until: 25/07/2010Supervisor: Dr Stuart Khan

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Raquel Lebrero Fernandez, University of ValladolidCommencing Practicum: 15/08/2010 until: 20/12/2010Supervisor: Professor Richard Stuetz

Mareva Marietti, University of Poitiers - FranceCommencing Practicum: 28/06/2010 until: 17/09/2010Supervisor: Dr Rita Henderson

Ankit Sharma, Indian Institute of Technology (Kanpur)Commencing practicum: 01/06/2010 until: 31/07/2010Supervisor: Professor David Waite

Trung-Nghi Tiet, Technical University of BerlinCommencing practicum: 28/07/2010 until: 31/03/2011Supervisor: Professor David Waite

Adrien Vouille, University of Poitiers - FranceCommencing Practicum: 28/06/2010 until: 17/09/2010Supervisor: Dr Eric Sivret

Dorothea Weingaerten, Karlesruhe Institute of TechnologyCommencing practicum: 06/04/2010 until: 01/06/2010Supervisor: Professor David Waite

Mao Yanpeng, Shandong UniversityCommencing practicum: 01/03/2010 until: 31/10/2011Supervisor: Professor David Waite

6.3 PhD Graduates

Nanda AltavillaFiona Michelle JohnsonBradley David MorrisGavin Peter ParcsiTom Shand

6.4 ME Graduates

Jose BeyaCompleting a Masters by Research, Funded by Chilean Government.

6.5 Continuing Research Students & Topics

Allis,Michael JamesOcean EngineeringSupervisor: Peirson; Co-supervisor: Banner

Alvarez Gaitan, Juan PabloSustainability AssessmentSupervisor: Peters, Moore; Co-supervisor: Schultz

Azcurra, CeciliaIsotopes in HydrologySupervisor: McCabe; Co-supervisor: Baker

Beya, Jose FranciscoOcean wave dynamicsSupervisor: Peirson; Co-supervisor: Banner

Boland, DanielFate of metal contaminants during iron oxide crystallisationSupervisor: Waite; Co-supervisor: Collins

Cai, Yingzhe MickIsotope hydrology, water resourcesSupervisors: Evans, McCabe; Co-supervisor: Anderson

Coad, Peter WilliamEstuarine algal bloom predictionSupervisors: Cathers, VanSenden; Co-supervisor: Ball

Dang, The CuongWaste waterSupervisor: Waite

Ershadi Esmaeilabadi, AliRemote sensing hydrologySupervisor: McCabe; Co-supervisors: Walker, Evans

Hambly, Adam ChristopherFluorescence as a tool for detection of failures in recycled water treatmentSupervisors: Stuetz, Khan; Co-supervisor: Henderson

Hashim, Nor HaslinaUse of chiral pharmaceutical compounds to characterise sewage treatment processes and sewage contamination in surface waterSupervisors: Khan, Stuetz

He, DiNatural organic matter-mediated generation of reactive oxygen speciesSupervisor: Waite; Co-supervisor: Garg

Higgins, Rebecca IreneHydrology - Groundwater – ClimateSupervisor: McCabe; Co-supervisors: Ajami, Evans

Jeremiah, Erwin JoachimHydrologySupervisor: Sharma; Co-supervisors: Marshall, Sisson, Nott

Jury, Karen LillianInvestigation of the role of antibacterial drugs in municipal wastewater as a selective influence on the spread of bacterial resistanceSupervisor: Stuetz; Co-supervisor: Ashbolt

Khan, UroojSemi-distributed modelingSupervisor: Sharma; Co-supervisor: McCabe

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Kwok, Sei LungComputational hydraulicsSupervisor: Cathers

Lai, ElizabethDevelopment of an integrated sustainability assessment for urban water managementSupervisors: Moore, Lundie; Co-supervisor: Ashbolt, Lu

Le, Hung VietFate of volatile Organo-Sulfur compounds in odour assessmentSupervisor: Stuetz; Co-supervisor: Sivret

Le, Minh NhatThe removal of sulphonamides and trimethoprim antibiotics in municipal wastewater by biological treatmentSupervisor: Stuetz; Co-supervisor: Khan

Liu, YiHydrology, remote sensing, climate variabilitySupervisor: McCabe; Co-supervisor: Sharma

Ma, TianPhysico-chemical controls on growth, toxicity and succession of cyanobacteriaSupervisor: Waite ;Co-supervisor: Garg

Maheshwar, PradeepOptimisation of coagulant addition to submerged membrane bioreactors using computational and experimental methodsSupervisor: Waite; Co-supervisor: Collins

Maruthai Pillai, SashikalaHeadspace analysis of chemical odorantsSupervisor: Stuetz; Co-supervisor: Moore

Miller, Christopher JamesThe transformation and implication of reactive oxygen species in natural aquatic systemsSupervisor: Waite; Co-supervisor: Rose

Pui, Alexander CharlesStochasitc hydrologySupervisor: Sharma; Co-supervisor: Mehrotra

Rowley, Hazel VictoriaDecision making for sustainabilitySupervisor: Peters; Co-supervisors: Lundie, Moore

Singh, SachinFluorescence as an online monitoring tool for water recyclingSupervisor: Khan; Co-supervisors: Stuetz, Henderson

Thomas, Jacqueline MariePathogen ecology within drinking water biofilmsSupervisors: Ashbolt, Stuetz; Co-supervisors: Kjelleberg, Storey

Torbaty, MohammadaliComputational hydraulics and computational fluid mechanicsSupervisor: Cathers, Yeoh; Co-supervisor: Peirson

Tran, Thao MinhFouling of anaerobic membrane bioreactorsSupervisor: Stuetz; Joint supervisor: LeClech

Trinh, Trang Thi ThanhDecentralised MBR for water reuseSupervisors: Khan, Coleman; Co-supervisor: Stuetz

Wang, BeiTreatability of odorants in abatement systemSupervisor: Stuetz; Co-supervisor: Parcsi

Wang, LiliRisks associated with trace organics in MBR-treatment of waste watersSupervisor: Khan; Co-supervisor: Stuetz

Woldemeskei, Fitsum MarkosHydrologySupervisor: Sharma

Xin, YongijaMembrane fouling controlSupervisor: Waite

Yan, XiaEnvironmental engineeringSupervisor: Peirson; Co-supervisor: Banner

Yap, Russell Kong Leng (ME)Water treatmentSupervisors: Peirson, Henderson; Co-supervisor: Whittaker

Yeung, Anna Chi YingFactors influencing the growth and toxicity of cyanobacteria in drinking water suppliesSupervisor: Waite; Co-supervisor: Neilan

Yuan, XiuLight and free-radical mediated transformation kinetics of iron species in natural watersSupervisor: Waite; Co-supervisor: Pham

6.6 UNSW Summer scholarship students

Water Quality Research Australia (WQRA) Summer Scholarships

This Scholarship is an introduction for undergraduate students to experience a “taste” of real life research with a “hands-on” approach. The Summer Scholarships provide the students with the opportunity to gain “hands on” knowledge and learn skills such as problem solving, laboratory techniques, presentation skills & report writing. These scholarships are open to domestic students. Students may be located at a range of member organisations such as UNSW Water Research Centre (WRC). For more information go to: http://www.wqra.com.au/education-program/

In 2010 Paul Ly was the WQRA Summer Scholarship recipient at WRC.

Taste of Research Summer Scholarship

The UNSW Faculty of Engineering offer 3rd year students a unique opportunitytofindoutwhatresearch is truly about, and develop great skills and knowledge in the process. The Scholarship provides students the chance to undertake a 12-week project with an existing research team within the Engineering Faculty, and receive a tax-exempt allowance. There are about 200 projects on offer each year. For more information go to: http://www.eng.unsw.edu.au/undergrads/scholarships

In 2010 Eroni Verevukivuki was the Taste of Research recipient at WRC.


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7) Publications

Book - Scholarly Research

Khan, SJ (2010) Quantitative Chemical Exposure Assessment for Water Recycling Schemes, National Water Commission, Canberra.

Book - Edited

Sivakumar, B., & Berndtsson, R (ed) (2010) Advances in Data-Based Approaches for Hydrologic Modeling andForecasting,WorldScientificPublishing Co., Singapore.

Chapter - Scholarly Research

Huda, S, Mehrotra, R, & Sharma, A (2010) Adaptation Strategies in Coping with Climate, Climate Change and Food Security in South Asia, pp.325-342, Springer.

Jury, K, Stuetz, RM, & Khan, SJ (2010) Antibiotic resistance dissemination and sewage treatment plants, Current Research, Technology and Education Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology, pp. 509-519, Formatex.

Khan, SJ (2010) Chapter 6: Safe management of chemical contaminants for planned potable water recycling, Sustainable Water, 1st edition, pp. 114 - 137. Royal Society of Chemistry, RSC Publishing, Cambridge.

Sharma, A, & Mehrotra, R (2010) Rainfall Generation, Rainfall: State of the Science, pp. 215 - 246. American Geophysical Union, Washington, DC.

Sivakumar, B (2010) Chaos Theory for Hydrologic Modeling and Forecasting: Progress and Challenges, Handbook of Research on Hydroinformatics: Technologies, Theories and Applications, 1st edition, pp. 199 – 227. IGI-Global, USA.

Sivakumar, B, & Berndtsson, R (2010) Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos in Hydrology, Advances in Data-Based Approaches for Hydrologic Modeling and Forecasting, 1st edition, pp. 411 –461.WorldScientificPublishingCompany, Singapore.

Sivakumar, B, & Berndtsson, R (2010) Setting the Stage, Advances in Data-Based Approaches for Hydrologic Modeling and Forecasting, 1st edition, pp.1-16.WorldScientificPublishingCompany, Singapore.

Sivakumar, B, & Berndtsson, R (2010) Summary and Future, Advances in Data-Based Approaches for Hydrologic Modeling and Forecasting, 1st edition, pp.463-477.WorldScientificPublishing Company, Singapore.

Sohn, J, Stuetz, RM, & Atzeni, M (2010) Non-specificchemicalgassensorarrays for environmental monitoring of odorous emissions, Chemical Sensors: Properties, Performance and Applications, pp. 147 – 168. Nova Science Publishers.

Journal - Refereed & Scholarly Article

Alturki, A, Tadkaew, N, McDonald, J, Khan, SJ, Price W & Nghiem LD (2010) ‘Combining MBR and NF/RO membrane filtrationfortheremovaloftraceorganics in indirect potable water reuse applications’, Journal of Membrane Science , 365, pp. 206 - 215.

Amal, R, Vescovi, T, & Coleman, H (2010) ‘The effect of pH on UV based advanced oxidation technologies- 1,4 Dioxane degradation’, Journal of Hazardous Materials , 182, pp. 75 - 79.

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Ashbolt, N.J, Schoen, ME, Soller, JA, & Roser, DJ (2010) ‘Predicting pathogen risks to aid beach management: The real value of quantitative microbial risk assessment (QMRA)’, Water Research , 44, pp. 4692 - 4703.

Atzeni, M, Sohn, J, & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Addressing the market demands for artificialolfactionsystems.’ChemicalEngineering Transactions , 23, pp. 135 - 140.

Barnes, R, & Ashbolt, N (2010) ‘Development of a planning framework for sustainable rural water supply and sanitation: A case study of a filipinoNGO’,InternationalStudiesofManagement and Organization , 40, pp. 78 - 98.

Birk, C, & Song, C (2010) ‘A local high-order doubly asymptotic open boundaryfordiffusioninasemi-infinitelayer’, Journal of Computational Physics, 229, pp. 6156 - 6179.

Birk, C, & Song, C (2010) ‘An improved non-classical method for the solution of fractional differential equations’, Computational Mechanics , 46, pp. 721 - 734.

Blenkinsopp, CE, & Chaplin, JR (2010) ‘Bubble Size Measurements in Breaking Waves Using Optical Fiber Phase Detection Probes’, IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering , 35, pp. 388 - 401.

Blenkinsopp, CE, Mole, MA, Turner, IL, & Peirson, WL (2010) ‘Measurements ofthetime-varyingfree-surfaceprofileacross the swash zone obtained using an industrial LIDAR’, Coastal Engineering 57, pp. 1059 - 1065.

Blenkinsopp, CE, Turner, IL, Masselink, G, & Russell, PE (2010) ‘Swash Zone Sediment Fluxes: Field Observations’, Coastal Engineering, 58, pp. 28 - 44.

Blenkinsopp, CE, Turner, IL, Masselink, G, & Russell, PE (2010) ‘Validation of volume continuity method for estimationofcross-shoreswashflowvelocity’, Coastal Engineering, 57, pp. 953 - 958.

Bligh, MW, & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Formation, aggregation and reactivity of amorphous ferric oxyhydroxides on dissociation of Fe(III)-organic complexes in dilute aqueous suspensions’, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , 74, pp. 5746 - 5762.

Bligh, MW, & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Role of Heterogeneous Precipitation in Determining the Nature of Products Formed on Oxidation of Fe(II) in Seawater Containing Natural Organic Matter ’, Environmental Science and Technology , 44, pp. 6667 - 6673.

Cendan, DI, Larsen, JR, Jones, BG, Nanson, GC, Rickleman, D, Hankin, SI, Pueyo, JJ, Maroulis, J (2010) ‘Freshwater recharge into a shallow saline groundwater system, Cooper Creekfloodplain,Queensland,Australia’,Journal of Hydrology 392, pp. 150 - 163.

Chernicharo, CA, Aquino, S, Sperling, M, Stuetz, RM, Santos, Mabub, M, Moreira, M, Vasconcelos, O, Gloria, R (2010) ‘Conceptual analysis of the UASB/polishing pond system regarding the removal of surfactants, micro pollutants and control of gaseous emissions ‘, Water Science and Technology , 61, pp. 1211 - 1218.

Coleman, H, Le, MN, Khan, SJ, Short M, Chernicharo CA, & Stuetz R (2010) ‘Fate and levels of steroid oestrogens and androgens’, Water Science and Technology, 61, pp. 677 - 684.

Collins, RN, Jones, AM, & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Schwertmannite stability inacidifiedcoastalenvironments’,Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , 74, pp. 482 - 496.

Collins, RN, & Kinsela, AS (2010) ‘The aqueous phase speciation and chemistry of cobalt in terrestrial environments’, Chemosphere , 79, pp. 763 - 771.

Collins, RN, Bakkaus, E, Carriere, M, Khodja, H, Proux, O, Morel J & Gouget B (2010) ‘Uptake, Localization, and Speciation of Cobalt in Triticum aestivum L. (Wheat) and Lycopersicon esculentum M. (Tomato)’, Environmental Science and Technology, 44, pp. 2904 - 2910.

Cortis, A, Puente, CE, & Sivakumar, B (2010) ‘Encoding hydrologic information via a fractal geometric approach and its extensions’, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment , 24, pp. 625 - 632.

Davidson, MA, Lewis, RP, & Turner, IL (2010) ‘Forecasting seasonal to multi-year shoreline change’, Coastal Engineering, 57, pp. 620 - 629.

Doblin, MD, Murphy, KR, & Ruiz, GM (2010) ‘Developing thresholds for tracing ships ballast water: an Australian case study’, Marine Ecology Progress Series, 408, pp. 19 - 32.

Drewes, J, McDonald, J, Trinh, T, Storey, M, & Khan S, (2010) ‘Chemical monitoring strategy for the assessment of advanced water treatment plant performance’, Water Science and Technology : Water Supply , 10, pp. 961 - 968.

Evans, JP, & McCabe, MF (2010) ‘Regional climate simulation over Australia’s Murray-Darling basin: A multitemporal assessment’, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres , 115, pp. 411 - 461.

Fernando, DR, Mizuno, T, Woodrow, IE, Baker, AJ, & Collins R, (2010) ‘Characterisation of foliar Mn in Mn-(hyper)accumulators using X-ray absorption spectroscopy’, New Phytologist , 188, pp. 1014 - 1027.

Fujii, M, Rose, AL, Omura, T, & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Effect of Fe(II) and Fe(III) transformation kinetics on iron acquisition by a toxic strain of Microcystis aeruginosa’, Environmental Science and Technology , 44, pp. 1980-1986.

Fujii, M, Rose, AL, Waite, TD, & Omura, T (2010) ‘Oxygen and superoxide-mediated redox kinetics of iron complexed by humic substances in coastal seawater’, Environmental Science and Technology , 44, pp. 9337 9342.

Greve, AK, Andersen, MS, & Acworth, RI (2010) ‘Investigations of soil cracking andpreferentialflowinaweighinglysimeterfilledwithcrackingclaysoil’,Journal of Hydrology, 393, pp. 105 - 113.

Greve, AK, Acworth, RI, & Kelly, BFJ (2010) ‘Detection of subsurface soil cracksbyverticalanisotropyprofilesof apparent electrical resistivity’, Geophysics, 75, pp. WA85 - WA93.

Hambly, A, Henderson, RK, Storey, M, Baker, A, Stuetz R & Khan S (2010) ‘Fluorescence monitoring at a recycled water treatment plant and associated dual-distribution system - implications for cross connection detection’, Water Research, 44, pp. 5323 - 5333.


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Hambly, A, Henderson, RK, Baker, A, Stuetz, RM, & Khan S (2010) ‘Fluorescence monitoring for cross-connection detection in water reuse systems: Australian case studies’, Water Science and Technology, 61, pp. 155 - 162.

Hambly, A, Henderson, RK, Baker, A, Stuetz, RM, Khan S, (2010) ‘Probabilistic analysisoffluorescencesignalsformonitoring dual reticulation water recycling schemes’, Water Science and Technology, 62, pp. 2059 - 2065.

Hanson, J, Yesiller, N, Swarbrick, GE, & Liu, WL (2010) ‘A new approach for surface and factors’, Journal of Cold Regions Engineering, 24, pp. 19 - 34.

Hardwick-Jones, R, Westra, SP, & Sharma, A (2010) ‘Observed relationships between extreme sub-daily precipitation, surface temperature, and relative humidity’, Geophysical Research Letters, 37(22) Article number L22805 - 1423.

Hashim, N, & Khan, SJ (2010) ‘Enantiomeric fraction as an indicator of pharmaceutical biotransformation during wastewater treatment and in the environment A review’, Environmental Technology, 31, pp. 1349 - 1370.

Henderson, RK, Stuetz, RM, & Khan, SJ (2010)‘Demonstratingultra-filtrationand reverse osmosis performance using size exclusion chromatography’, Water Science and Technology, 62, pp. 2747 - 2753.

Henderson, RK, Parsons, SA, & Jefferson, B (2010) ‘Polymers as bubble surfacemodifiersintheflotationofalgae’, Environmental Technology, 31, pp. 781 - 790.

Henderson, RK, Parsons, SA, & Jefferson, B (2010) ‘The impact of differing cell and algogenic organic matter (AOM) characteristics on the coagulationandflotationofalgae’,Water Research , 44, pp. 3617 - 3624.

Holmes, M, Kumar, A, Shareef, A, Doan, H, Stuetz, RM, Kookana, RS, (2010) ‘Fate of indicator endocrine disrupting chemicals in sewage during treatment and polishing for non-potable reuse’, Water Science and Technology , 62, pp. 1416 - 1423.

Johnson, F, & Sharma, A (2010) ‘A comparison of Australian open water body evaporation trends for current and future climates estimated from class a evaporation pans and general circulation models’, Journal of Hydrometeorology , 11, pp. 105 - 121.

Khan, SJ, & McDonald, J (2010) ‘Quantifying human exposure to contaminants for multiple-barrier water reuse systems’, Water Science and Technology , 61, pp. 77 - 83.

Kinsela, AS, Tjitradjaja, A, Collins, RN, Waite, TD, Payne, T, Macdonald, NC &White,I(2010)‘Influenceofcalciumand silica on hydraulic properties of sodium montmorillonite assemblages under alkaline conditions’, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science , 343, pp. 366 - 373.

Klein, M, Brown, L, Tucker, RW, Ashbolt, NJ (2010) ‘Diversity and abundance of zoonotic pathogens and indicators in manures of feedlot cattle in Australia’, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76, pp. 6947 - 6950.

Klein, M, van den Akker, B, Peters, G, Stuetz, R & Roser, D (2010) ‘Monitoring bacterial indicators and pathogens in cattle feedlot waste by real-time PCR’, Water Research , 44, pp. 1381 - 1388.

Le, MN, Khan, SJ, Drewes, J, & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Fate of antibiotics during municipal water recycling treatment processes’, Water Research , 44, pp. 4295 - 4320.

Le, MN, Coleman, H, Khan, SJ, Van luer, Y, Trinh, T, Watkins, G & Stuetz, R (2010) ‘The application of membrane bioreactors as decentralised systems for removal of endocrine disrupting chemicals and pharmaceuticals’, Water Science and Technology , 61, pp. 1081 - 1088.

Lenzen, M & Peters, G (2010) ‘How City dwellers affect their resource Hinterland’, Journal of Industrial Ecology, 14, pp. 73 - 90.

Masselink, G, Blenkinsopp, CE, Turner, IL, & Russell, PE (2010) ‘Swash zone sediment transport, step dynamics and morphological response on a gravel beach’, Marine Geology, 274, pp. 50 - 68.

Mehrotra, R, & Sharma, A (2010) ‘Development and Application of a Multisite Rainfall Stochastic Downscaling Framework for Climate Change Impact Assessment’, Water Resources Research, 46, pp. 1 - 17.

Morris, BD, & Turner, IL (2010) ‘Morphodynamics of intermittently open-closed coastal lagoon entrances: new insights and a conceptual model’, Marine Geology, 271, pp. 55 - 66.

Munoz, R, Sivret, EC, Parcsi, GP, Lebrero, R,Wang,X,Sufflet,IH&Stuetz,R(2010) ‘Monitoring Techniques for Odour Abatement Assessment’, Water Research, 44, pp. 5129 - 5149.

Murphy, KR, Butler, KD, Spencer, RGM, Stedmon, C, Beohme, J & Aiken, GR (2010) ‘The measurement of dissolved organicmatterfluorescenceinaquaticenvironments: An interlaboratory comparison’, Environmental Science and Technology, 44, pp. 9405 - 9412.

Mylon, SE, Sun, Q & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Process optimization in use of zero valent iron nanoparticles for oxidative transformations’, Chemosphere, 81, pp. 127 - 131.

Peters, G, Wiedemann, SG, Rowley, HV & Tucker, RW (2010) ‘Accounting for water use in Australian red meat production’, International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 15, pp. 311 - 320.

Peters, G, Rowley, HV, Wiedemann, S, Tucker, R, Short, M & Schulz, M (2010) ‘Red Meat Production in Australia: Life Cycle Assessment and Comparison with Overseas Studies’, Environmental Science and Technology, 44, pp. 1327 1332.

Pillai, SM, Parcsi, GP, Wang, X, Gallagher, E, Dunlop, M & Stuetz, R (2010) ‘Assessment of direct headspace analysis of broiler chicken litter odorants’, Chemical Engineering Transactions , 23, pp. 207 - 212.

Rose, AL, Godrant, A, Furnas, MJ, & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Dynamics of non-photochemical superoxide production and decay in the Great Barrier Reef lagoon’, Limnology and Oceanography, 55, pp. 1521 - 1536.

Sharma, A (2010) ‘An objective multiattribute analysis approach for allocation of scarce irrigation water resources’, Journal of American Water Resources Association , 46, pp. 412 - 428.

Sharma, A (2010) ‘Development of a formal likelihood function for improved Bayesian inference of ephemeral catchments’, Water Resources Research, Vol.46. W12551, 11pp.

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Short, M, Peters, G, Schulz, M, Peirson, WL, Stuetz, R & Cox, RJ (2010) ‘Challenges in adapting Australian water resources and infrastructure to climate change’, Water, 37, pp. 42 - 48.

Short,M,Cromar,NJ&Fallowfield,HJ(2010) ‘Hydrodynamic performance of pilot-scale duckweed, algal-based, rockfilterandattached-growthmediareactors used for waste stabilisation pond research’, Ecological Engineering, 36, pp. 1700 - 1708.

Sohn, J, Parcsi, GP, Dunlop, M, Gallagher, E & Stuetz R (2010) ‘Air quality monitoring and characterisation at two commercial broiler farms’, Chemical Engineering Transactions, 23, pp. 141 - 146.

Tadkaew, N, Khan, SJ, McDonald, J & Nghiem, LD (2010) ‘Effect of mixed liquor pH on the removal of trace organic contaminants in a membrane bioreactor’, Bioresource Technology , 101, pp. 1494 - 1500.

Wang, J, Guan, J, Santiwong, SR & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Effect of aggregate characteristics under different coagulation mechanisms on microfiltrationmembranefouling’,Desalination , 258, pp. 19 - 27.

Wang, X, Song, C-M & Jin, F (2010) ‘A discrete high-order Higdon-like transmitting boundary condition’, Gongcheng Lixue/Engineering Mechanics , 27, pp. 12 - 18.

Wang, X & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Iron speciation and iron species transformation in activated sludge membrane bioreactors’, Water Research, 44, pp. 3511 - 3521.

Westra, SP, Varley, I, Jordan, P, Nathan, R & Sharma, A (2010) ‘Addressing climatic non-stationarity in the assessment of floodrisk’,AustralianJournalofWaterResources, 14, pp. 1 - 16.

Westra, SP & Sharma, A (2010) ‘An Upper Limit to Seasonal Rainfall Predictability?’ Journal of Climate, 23, pp. 3332 - 3351.

Westra, SP, Brown, C, Lall, U, Koch, I & Sharma, A (2010) ‘Interpreting variability in global SST data using independent component analysis and principal component analysis’, International Journal of Climatology, 30, pp. 333 - 346.

Yamamoto, A, Short, MD, van den Akker,B,Cromar,NJ&Fallowfield,HJ(2010)‘Nitrificationpotentialinwastestabilisation ponds: comparison of a secondary and tertiary pond system’, Water Science and Technology , 61, pp. 781 - 788.

van den Akker, B, Holmes, M, Short, M,Cromar,NJ&Fallowfield,HJ(2010) ‘Application of high rate nitrifyingtricklingfilterstoremovelow concentrations of ammonia from reclaimed municipal wastewater’, Water Science and Technology , 61, pp. 2425 - 2432.

van den Akker, B, Beard, H, Kaeding, U, Giglio, S, Short, M (2010) ‘Exploring the relationship between viscous bulking and ammonia-oxidiser abundance in activated sludge: A comparison of conventional and IFAS systems’, Water Research , 44, pp. 2919 - 2929.

van den Akker, B, Holmes, M, Cromar, NJ&Fallowfield,HJ(2010)‘Theimpactof organic carbon on the performance ofahighratenitrifyingtricklingfilterdesigned to pre-treat potable water’, Water Science and Technology, 61, pp. 1875 - 1883.

Tucker, R, Ashbolt, NJ, Stuetz, R & Roser, D (2010) ‘Diversity and Abundance of Zoonotic Pathogens and Indicators in Manures of Feedlot Cattle in Australia triangledown’, Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 76, pp. 6947 - 6950.

Journal - Other Refereed Article

Short, M, Peters, G, Schulz M, Peirson W, Stuetz, R & Cox, RJ (2010) ‘Challenges in adapting Australian water resources and water infrastructure to climate change’, Water , 37, pp. 42 - 48.

Sivret, E & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Sewer odour abatement practices - An Australian survey’, Water, 37, pp. 77 - 81.

Wang, X, Sivret, EC, Parcsi, GP, Stuetz, RM & Cesca J (2010) ‘Olfactory characterisation of NMVOC emissions from WWTP inlet works’, Water , 37, pp. 82 - 86.

Conference - Full Paper Refereed

Glamore, WC, Rayner, DS & Miller, BM (2010) ‘Design of an Ebb Tide Release’, Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference 2009, Wellington, New Zealand, 16 - 18 September 2009, .

Glamore, WC (2010) ‘Restoring Coastal Wetlands: Engineering Nature and Managing Expectations’, Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference 2009, Wellington, New Zealand, 16 - 18 September 2009.

Horne, S & Peirson, WL (2010) ‘Interactions between Straight Channels and Their Floodplains’, 32nd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Newcastle, November 2009.

Parcsi, GP, Sivret, EC, Wang, X & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Fate of Sulfur Odorants in Odour Assessment’, Odours Specialty Conference, The Citigate Hotel, Sydney, 24 - 25 August (2010).

Rayner, DS, & Glamore, WC (2010) ‘Understanding the Transport and Buffering Dynamics of Acid Plumes in Estuaries’, Australasian Coasts and Ports Conference 2009, Wellington, New Zealand, 16 - 18 September 2009.

Shand, TD, Cox, RJ, Smith, GP & Blacka, MJ (2010) ‘Appropriate Criteria for the Safety and Stability of People in Stormwater Design’, National Conference of the Stormwater Industry Association, Sydney, Australia, 8th -12th November (2010).

Short, M & Peters, G (2010) ‘Challenges in adapting water resources and water infrastructure to climate changea review’, International Waters Association 5th Young Water Professional Conference, Sydney, 5 - 7 July (2010).

Sivakumar, B. (2010) ‘Hydrologic modeling and forecasting: advances, challenges, and future directions’, Chennai, India, January 5-7, (2010).

Sivret, EC & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Odour Management Practices in Sewer Abatement Monitoring - Australian Survey’, Odours Specialty Conference, The Citigate Hotel, Sydney, 24 - 25 August (2010).

Sivret, EC, Parcsi, GP & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Sampling and Analysis Methodology Concerns for Volatile Organo-Sulfur Compounds (VOSCs)’, Air & Waste Management Association 103rd Annual Conference & Exhibition, Calgary, Canada, June (2010).

Sohn, J, Atzeni, M & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Sensor Array Systems for Odour Assessment: Technology Trends and Issues’, Odours Specialty Conference, The Citigate Hotel, Sydney, 24 - 25 August (2010).


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Subhi, N, Henderson, RK, Stuetz, RM & Chen,V(2010)‘Potentialoffluorescenceexcitation-emission matrix (FEEM) analysis for foulant characterisation in membrane bioreactors (MBRs)’, 7th International Membrane Science and Technology Conference , Sydney, Australia, 22-26th November.

Wang, X, Guan, J, Foster, P, Mullett, M, Anderson, P & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Odour treatment of high temperature condensate from aluminium processes ‘, Odours Specialty Conference, The Citigate Hotel, Sydney, 24 - 25 August (2010).

Wang, X, Parcsi, GP, Cesca, J & Sivret, EC (2010) ‘Olfactory characterisation of NMVOC emissions from WWTP inlet works’, Odours Specialty Conference, The Citigate Hotel, Sydney, 24 - 25 August (2010).

vandenAkker,Whiffin,V,Cox,P&Ashbolt, NJ (2010) ‘Estimating the Relative Risk from Sewage Treatment PlantEffluentintheSydneyCatchmentArea’, International Waters Association 5th Young Water Professional Conference, Sydney, 5 - 7 July (2010).

Conference - Full Paper, Not Refereed

Beya, JF, Peirson, WL & Banner, ML (2010) ‘Attenuation of gravity waves by turbulence’, International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Shanghai, China (2010).

Carley, JT, Shand, TD, Coghlan, IR & Blacka, MJ (2010) ‘Beach scraping as a coastal management option’, 19th NSW Coastal Conference (2010) Batemans Bay, NSW, 10-12 November (2010).

Coad, P, Kadluczka, R, Cathers, B, Van Senden, D (2010) ‘A telemetric monitoring system for estuarine algal bloom management’, 18th New South Wales Coastal Conference 2009, Ballina NSW, 3 - 6 November 2009.

Henderson, RK & Jefferson, B (2010) ‘Coagulating algae: recent developments for improved removal’, 1st AWA National Operations Conference, Sydney Olympic Park, Australia, 13-15th September, (2010).

Jacqueline Thomas, Storey, M, Thomas, T & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Diversity of free-living amoebal pathogen hosts in a dual distribution (drinking and recycled) water system’, American Water Works Association - Water Quality Technology Conference, Savannah, Georgia U.S.A, 14 - 18th November (2010).

Mariani, A, Carley, JT & Miller, BM (2010) ‘InfillingandSandBypassingofCoastalStructures and Headlands byLittoral Drift’, 19th NSW Coastal Conference, Batemans Bay NSW, 10-12 November.

Shand, TD, Goodwin, I, Carley, JT & Mole, MA (2010) ‘Coastal Storms and Extreme Waves’, NSW Coastal Conference, Batemans Bay, NSW, (2010).

Shand, TD, Peirson, WL & Cox, RJ (2010) ‘The Effect of Wave Groupiness on Engineering Design’, International Conference on Coastal Engineering, Shanghai, China, (2010).

Tarbotton, C, Dominey-howes, D, Goff, J & Turner, IL (2010) ‘Frome source to impact: integrating hydrodynamic models into Tsunami vulnerability assessment models’, Indian Ocean Tsunami Modelling Symposium, Freemantle, WA, 12 - 15 October.

Turner, IL & Harley, MD (2010) ‘Wave climate variability and coastal change - the value of sustained coastal monitoring around Australia’s coastline’, Australian Wind Waves Research Science Symposium, Gold Coast, Queensland, 19-20 May.

Conference - Abstract Only

Bligh, MW & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Impact of amorphous ferric oxide reactions during the dissociation of organically complexed Fe(III)’, Goldschmidt, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 13 - 18 June (2010).

Boland, DD, Collins, RN, Payne, TE & Waite, TD (2010) ‘The inhibitory effect of silicate on the Fe(II)-catalysed sequestration of U by Fe(III) oxides’, Goldschmidt, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 13 - 18 June (2010).

Boland, DD, Collins, RN & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Using X-ray absorption spectroscopy to examine the fate of uranium during iron oxide mineral transformation’, Australian Synchrotron users meeting, Melbourne, Australia, November, (2010).

Collins, RN, Boland, DD, Rose, AL & Glover, C (2010) ‘Application of quick XAFS to elucidate the ferric iron coordination environment (and evidence for tetrahedral iron) in ferrihydrite’, Australian Synchrotron Users Meeting (2010) Melbourne, Australia, 22 - 24 November (2010).

Collins, RN, Payne, TE & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Is there a link between Fe(III) oxide reactivity, Fe(II)-catalysed crystallisation and U(VI) reduction? ‘ Goldschmidt, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 13 - 18 June (2010).

Couriel,E&Carley,JT(2010)‘Surfingreefs - dollars and sense’, 7th InternationalSurfingReefSymposium,Bondi Beach, 19 March (2010).

Dever, SA, Swarbrick, GE & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Performance of passive biofiltrationformitigatingmethaneemissionsfromlandfills’,ConferenceonBiofiltrationforAirPollutionControl,Washington D.C., 28-29 October.

Dore, M, Collins, RN, Payne, TE & Rose, J(2010)‘Identificationofthemineralphases controlling Co immobilisation in soils and sediments’, Melbourne, Australia, November (2010).

Henderson, RK, Parsons, SA & Jefferson, B (2010) ‘The use of positively charged bubbles in DAF for algae removal’, National Japan Water and Environmental Technology conference (WET (2010)), Yokohama, Japan, 25-26th June (2010).

Jones, AM, Collins, RN & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Mineral species controlling the solubility of Al in acid sulfate soil waters’, Goldschmidt, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 13 - 18 June (2010).

Jones, AM, Waite, TD, He, D, Garg, S & Collins, RN (2010) ‘Production of Reactive Oxygen Species by Silver Nanoparticles - Implications for Bactericidal Activity ‘, AOTs-16: 16th International Conference on Advanced Oxidation Technologies for Water and Air Remediation, San Diego, California, USA, 15-18 November (2010).

Kinsela, AS, Collins, RN & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Speciation and transport of arsenic in an acid sulfate soil-dominated catchment, eastern Australia’, Australian Synchrotron Users Meeting (2010) Melbourne, Australia, 22 - 24 November (2010).

Lin, Y, Munroe, P, Joseph, S, Hook, J & Henderson, RK (2010) ‘Formation, structure and stability of biochar-mineral complexes’, International Biochar Initiative, 3rd International Conference, Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 12-15th September, (2010).

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Linge, KL, Liew, D, Joll, C, Heitz A, & Henderson, RK (2010) ‘Formation of nitrogenous disinfection by-products (N-DBPs) in raw and treated drinking water’, (2010) International Chemical CongressofPacificBasinSocieties(Pacifichem),Honolulu,Hawaii,USA,15-20th December (2010).

Mariani,A(2010)‘InfillingandSandBypassing of Coastal Structures and Headlands by Littoral Drift’, Coasts to Coasts, Adelaide, 20-24 September.

Parcsi, GP, Wang, X, Sivret, EC & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Are we treating the right odorants in odour abatement processes?’ConferenceonBiofiltrationfor Air Pollution Control, Washington D.C., 28-29 October.

Payne, TE, Cendon, DI, Collins, RN, Dore, M, Hankin. S, Harrison JJ, Hughes, C, Johansen, MP, Thiruvoth, S, Twining, JR & Wilsher, K (2010) ‘Assessment of radionuclide distributions at an Australian legacy radioactive waste site’,11thSouthPacificEnvironmentalRadioactivity Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 31 August - 3 September (2010).

Payne, TE, Collins, RN & Clark, M (2010) ‘EXAFS studies of trace metal immobilisationbyamodifiedredmud’,Australian Synchrotron Users Meeting (2010) Melbourne, Australia, 22 - 24 November (2010).

Payne, TE, Comarmond, J, Collins, RN & Waite, TD (2010) ‘Ligand effects on uranium sorption - key processes andmodels’,11thSouthPacificEnvironmental Radioactivity Conference, Gold Coast, Australia, 31 August – 3 September (2010).

Shand, TD (2010) ‘The use of physical and numerical models for coastal applications’, NZ Coastal Society Conference, Whitianga, New Zealand, (2010).

Timms, WA, Hendry, MJ, Kerrich, R & Muise, J (2010) ‘Retardation of rare earth metals in clay barriers innovative application of centrifuge modeling and laser ablation ICP-MS’, 10th Australasian Environmental Isotope Conference & 3rd Australasian Hydrogeology Research Conference, Perth, Western Australia, 1 - 3 December 2009.

Waite, TD, Jones, AM & Garg, S (2010) ‘Reactive oxygen species generation by elemental iron and silver nanoparticulates’, Goldschmidt, Knoxville, Tennessee, USA, 13 - 18 June (2010).

Shiels, S, Short, M & Peters, G (2010) ‘A state of the Art Sustainability Decision-making Framework’, Life cycle assessment and footprinting, Wellington, New Zealand, 24 - 25 March (2010).

Sanchez-Palacios, J, Wang, Y, Collins, RN, Doronila, A & Woodrow, IE (2010) ‘Arsenic localization and speciation in the roots of Eucalyptus spp’, International Conference on Environmental Pollution And Clean Bio/Phytoremediation, Pisa, Italy, June (2010).

Conference - Proceedings Editor

Coghlan, IR, Peirson, WL & Greenslade, DJ (2010) ‘Proceedings of the Australian Wind Waves Research Science Symposium’, Australian Wind Waves Research Science Symposium, Gold Coast, Queensland, 19-20 May.

Conference - Presentation, not Published

Dever, SA, Swarbrick, GE & Stuetz, RM (2010) ‘Guidelines for the Design, Construction and Operation of a Passive LandfillGasDrainageandBiofiltrationSystem’,4thIntercontinentalLandfillResearch Symposium, Hokkaido, Japan, 9-11 June (2010).

Henderson, RK, Harguindeguy, S & Jefferson, B (2010) ‘Size, strength andstructureofmicro-algaeflocsduring water treatment’, 2nd National Cyanobacterial Workshop, Melbourne, Australia, 2-3rd August (2010).

Pells, SE, Timms, WA, Carley, JT & Andersen, MS (2010) ‘Potential impact of sea-level rise on coastal aquifers’, Groundwater (2010) Canberra, ATC, Australia, 31st Oct - 4th Nov (2010).

Smith, GP (2010) ‘Two Dimensional Flood Modelling Data Requirements’, Flood Management Authorities Conference, Gosford, 26 February (2010).

Wang, X, Guan, J, Chattopadhyay, G, Britton, GB (2010) ‘Odour and Odorant Emission Estimation of Dredged Sediment’, A&WMA International Specialty Conference Leapfrogging Opportunities for Air Quality Improvement, Xian, China, 10 - 14 May (2010).

Yap, R, Jefferson, B, Parsons, SA, & Henderson, RK (2010) ‘Cyanobacteria treatment by a novel DAF process’, 2nd National Cyanobacterial Workshop, Melbourne, Adelaide, 2-3rd August (2010).

McCabe, MF, Liu, Y, Vinukollu, R (2010) ‘Evaluatinglatentheatfluxestimatesfrom land surface models, a regional climate model simulation and a surface energy balance algorithm over Australia’s Murray Darling Basin’, 2nd Hydrology delivers Earth System Science to Society joint meeting for GSWP/GLASS? Tokyo, Japan, 22-25 June (2010).

Evans, JP, & McCabe, MF (2010) ‘Impact of satellite-derived albedo on water cycle simulations over Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin with the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model’, The Fourth International Workshop on Catchment-scale Hydrological Modeling and Data Assimilation Conference – Poster presentation.

Mehrotra, R, Smith, T, Sharma, A & Marshall, LA (2010) ‘On Correct Likelihoods and Model Combinations: A Bayesian Multi-Model Conceptual Framework for Structural Uncertainty Assessment’.

Swarbrick, GE (2010) ‘Design of a PassiveLandfillGasDrainage’,4thIntercontinentalLandfillResearchSymposium, Hokkaido, Japan, 9-11 June (2010).

Technical Report

Blacka, MJ, Carley, JT & Cox, RJ (2010) Coastal Risk Management Report for the North Palm Beach Surf Live Saving Clubhouse, Palm Beach, WRL Technical Report 2010/22. Carley, JT & Cox, RJ (2010) Design Setbacks for Coastal Land, WRL Technical Report 2008/25. Carley, JT & Mole, MA (2010) Pittwater Estuarine Risk Management Report for Proposed Boatshed at 165 Riverview Road, Clareville, WRL Technical Report 2010/07. Carley, JT & Mole, MA (2010) Update of Tweed Shire Coastal Hazard Lines, WRL Technical Report 2010/11. Chattpopadhyay G, Evaluation of Macquarie Bank Tenancy on behalf of BrookfieldMultiplexandMacquarieBank – workplace perception, satisfaction and productivity Part 1 (2010/16)


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Coghlan, IR, Mole, MA, Shand, TD, Carley, JT, Peirson, WL & Miller, BM (2010) High Resolution Wave Modelling (HI-WAM) for Batemans Bay Detailed Wave Study, WRL Technical Report 2010/19. Dever S, Passive Drainage and BiofiltrationofLandfillGasusingRecycled Materials (2010/15)

Glamore, WC & Coghlan, IR (2010) Museum Quay Marina, Darling Harbour: 3D Wave Basin Testing of Entrance Conditions, WRL Technical Report 2007/27.

Glamore, WC & Badenhop, AM (2010) Shellharbour Outfall Commissioning: Dilution Testing, December 2006, WRL Technical Report 2007/06.

Glamore, WC & Hawker, KM (2010) Shellharbour Outfall Commissioning: Dilution Testing, May 2007, WRL Technical Report 2007/23.

Glamore, WC & Coghlan, IR (2010) Wavescreen Design Testing at Museum Quay Marina, Darling Harbour, WRL Technical Report 2006/16.

Jones, AM, Kinsela, AS, Collins, RN & Waite, TD (2010) Final Report for Water Quality Research Australia (WQRA) Project 1019 Investigating Scale Formation and Prevention in Small Water Supplies Reliant on Groundwater. (2010/9)

Jones, AM, Kinsela, AS, Collins, RN & Waite, TD (2010) Interim Report for Water Quality Research Australia (WQRA) Project 1019 Investigating Scale Formation and Prevention in Small Water Supplies Reliant on Groundwater. (2010/4)

Khan S, Roser D, Steel R, van den Akker B, Review of Proposal from SSI, Chatswood Civic Place, Stormwater Reuse Scheme (2010/11)

Kinsela, AS, Collins, RN & Waite, TD (2010) Sources of problematic contaminants iron & aluminium in Christies Creek, North East NSW - Interim Report. (2010/12)

Mariani, A & Glamore, WC (2010) Particulate Property Testing Report, Gunns Pulp Mill, WRL Technical Report 2010/10.

Miller, BM, Ruprecht, JE, & Glamore, WC(2010) Christchurch Ocean Outfall Diffuser Trials, WRL Technical Report 2010/14.

Miller, BM, Coghlan, IR, & Cunningham, IL (2010) Three Dimensional Physical Modelling of Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Apron Widening, WRL Technical Report 2006/13.

Pells, SE & Mehrabi, S (2010) Groundwater Characterisation and Numerical Modelling for Rainbow Beach Estate, WRL Technical Report 2009/32.

Pells, SE (2010) Review of Catchment Processes for the Subcatchment to Flemington Road Pond P2, WRL Technical Report 2009/30.

Pells, SE (2010) Review of Proposed Geothermal Heat Pump Applications Energy Australia Building, Holker Street, Silverwater, WRL Technical Report 2009/29.

Rayner, DS, Wasko, CD & Miller, BM (2010) Routine Modelling of the Sydney Deepwater Outfalls 2007-2009: Statistical Report, WRL Technical Report 2009/23.

Roser D, van den Akker B, Burwood beach wastewater treatment plant health risk quantitative microbial risk assessment (2010/1)

Roser D, van den Akker B, Discharge Levels of Protozoan Pathogen from Lithgow STP before and after treatment augmentation – a QMRA Study (2010/ 5)

SchulzM,RochetaE,Nebel,Pflieger,Electric arc furnace steel making: a life cycle assessment of two options (methodology report) (2010/2)

Schulz M, Short M, Peters G, Discussion paper: Description of the CUTEP process (2010/3)

Shand, TD, Cox, RJ, Blacka, MJ & Smith, GP (2010) Appropriate Safety Criteria for Vehicles in Floods, WRL Research Report RR241.

Shand, TD, Carley, JT & Mole, MA (2010) Mornington Pier Upgrade: 2D Physical Model Testing, WRL Technical Report 2010/08.

Shand, TD, Peirson, B, Banner, ML & Cox, RJ (2010) Predicting Hazardous Conditions for Rock Fishing - A Physical Model Study, WRL Research Report RR234.

Sivret E, Stuetz R, Sewer Odour Momnitoring and Abatement: A Survey of the Australian Industry (2010/8)

Sivret E, Munoz R, Wang X, Parcsi S, Stuetz R, Review of Sewer Odour Assessment Techniques (2010/10)

Smith, GP, Glamore, WC, Miller, BM & Ruprecht, JE (2010) Dye Tracer Testing of the Sydney Desalination Plant Outfall: 26th and 27th August (2010) WRL Technical Report 2010/27.

Tarrade, L & Miller, BM (2010) Physical Modelling of the Victorian Desalination Plant Outfall, WRL Technical Report 2010/06.

Timms, WA, McCulloch, S & Studholme, H (2010) Drilling completion report - Upper Namoi campaign, May (2010). Timms, WA, Badenhop, AM, Rayner, DS & Mehrabi, S (2010) Groundwater Monitoring, Evaluation and Grower Survey, Namoi Catchment, Report No. 2, Part A: Results of 2009 Groundwater Monitoring and Recommendations for Future Best Practice Monitoring Framework, Part B: Groundwater User Survey, WRL Technical Report 2009/25.

Timms, WA, Wasko, CD, Pells, SE & Miller, BM (2010) Ranger Pit No.1 - Groundwater Flow Modelling of Post-closure Conditions, WRL Technical Report (2010)/15.

van den Akker B, Roser D, Discharge Levels of Protozoan Pathogen from Wallerawang STP before and after process upgrade (2010/7)

Wasko, CD, Williams, D, Miller, BM & Mehrabi, S (2010) Hydrodynamic and Sedimentation Modelling for the East Arm Port Expansion, Darwin Harbour, WRL Technical Report (2010)/02.

Webb, T, Glamore, WC & Mariani, A (2010) Particulate Transport Modelling Report, Gunns Pulp Mill, WRL Technical Report 2010/24.

Westra S, Bathurst Climate Change and Water Security Study - Technical Memorandum on Climate Impacts (2010/6)

Westra S, Implications of Climate Change on Flood Estimation - Discussion Paper for the Australian Rainfall and Runoff Climate Change Workshop No. 2. (2010/13)

Westra S, Project 4: Continuous Rainfall Sequences at a Point (2010/14)

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8) Financial Report

UNSW Water Research Centre Statement of Financial Performance for the 4th Quarter ended 31st December 2010

4Q Full Year2010 2009

$ $

Income

External Funds* 7,011,303.15 6,820,571.49Internal Grants 158,864.00 192,915.62Internal Revenue 220,970.06 39,312.57Total Income 7,391,137.21 7,052,799.68

Expenses

Payroll 4,691,827.98 3,767,252.89Equipment 567,378.86 549,447.61Materials 1,145,119.79 1,297,039.31Scholarship Stipends 271,780.29 228,885.43Travel 368,213.96 314,340.26Total Expenses 7,044,320.88 6,156,965.50

Operating result 346,816.33 895,834.18Surplus(Deficit) Bfwd from Prior Year 2,704,701.31 1,413,289.17Accumulated Funds Surplus(Deficit) 3,051,517.64 2,836,187.31*Excludes debtors (unpaid invoices) 656,599.70 738,130.16


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The Internal research grants are funds awarded by the FacultyorUniversityandlinkedtospecificresearchprojects.

These grants are either awarded through a competitive application process or may be made available as part of the University’s commitment to participation in a Co-operative Research Centre (CRC).

In the latter case the funds are used to support research projects awarded through the CRC.

The Centre contributed to and maintained a staff redundancy fund until February 2010 when the University removed the funds.

This fund was started in 2003 to preserve funds for the situation where a termination payment was due.

The Internal research grants are funds awarded by the research

competitive application process or may be made available as part of the University’s commitment to participation in a Co-operative Research Centre (CRC).

In the latter case the funds are used to support

The Centre contributed to and maintained a staff redundancy fund until February 2010 when the

This fund was started in 2003 to preserve funds for the situation where a termination payment was due.

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9) With Thanks

We wish to acknowledge and thank the following Association, Industry, and Research Partners for their continued support in 2010

ALS EnvironmentalAustralian Government

• Australian Research Council• National Water Commission• Department of Innovation,

Industry, Science and Research

Australian Poultry CRCAustralian Synchrotron Research ProgramAustralian Water AssociationBega Valley Shire CouncilBeijing Origin Water TechnologyBovis Lend LeaseBrookfieldMultiplexCH2M HillCity West WaterClearwater RecruitmentComCaterCSIRODCMDECCWDEEDIDegremont Suez EnviromentalDepartment of Environment and Climate ChangeDepartment of Water WADESTDIISREcowise EnvironmentalEnergy Resources of AustraliaEngineers Australia

Environmental Biotechnology CRCEPA VictoriaFonterraGHDGold Coast City CouncilGold Coast WaterHostmann-SteinbergHunter Water CorporationInternational Water AssociationInternational Water CentreMaritime Authority New South WalesMeat and Livestock AustraliaMelbourne WaterMidCoast WaterMoreton Bay Regional CouncilNational Research Centre for Environmental ToxicologyNew South Wales HealthNSW Department of EnvironmentOneSteelOrica AustraliaPackaging Trader Pty LtdSA WaterSEQ Urban Water Security Research AllianceSeqwaterSigma – AldrichSKM Sinclair Knight MerzSouth East Water LimitedSydney Catchment AuthoritySydney Olympic Park AuthoritySydney Ports CorporationSydney Water CorporationTweed Shire CouncilUnited States Army Engineer Hydraulics and Coastal Laboratory, USA

United States Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources, USAUnited Water InternationalWA Water CorporationWaste Technologies of AustraliaWater CorporationWater Quality Research AustraliaWater Services Association of AustraliaWarringah CouncilWilloughby City CouncilYarra Valley WaterYarra Valley Water

University Collaborators

Centre de Mathématiques et de Leurs Applications, ENS Cachan, FranceCranfieldUniversity,UKColorado School of Mines, USACurtin UniversityGriffithUniversityInstitut de Recherche sur les Phénomènes Hors Equilibre, FranceMelbourne UniversityMonash UniversityRMITTsinghua University, ChinaUniversity College Dublin, IrelandUniversity of Colorado, USAUniversity of Columbia, USAUniversity of NewcastleUniversity of PlymouthUniversity of QueenslandUniversity of SydneyUniversity of TasmaniaUniversity of Technology, SydneyUniversity of Western Australia

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