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Water Quality
Research Australia Limited (WQRA) is a national research centre established
to succeed the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment when the CRC ended
on 30 June 2008.
WQRA undertakes
collaborative research of national application on drinking water quality,
recycled water and relevant areas of wastewater management.
The main focus of the research program is on urban water issues related
to public health and acceptability aspects of water supply, water recycling
and aspects of wastewater management.
WQRA also has an Education Program, utilising the most successful elements
of the CRC Program.
News and Events
WQRA
Newsletter
Issue 21 (January 2010) outlines
recent WQRA activiities and forthcoming events for the first few
months of 2010. We also welcome a new member to WQRA and provide
updates on the Drinking Water and Wastewater/Recycled Water Research
Programs. The upcoming Summer Scholar Seminars in February are
highlighted, as well as a new funding opportunity from NHMRC. |
WQRA
AGM - November 2009
WQRA
welcomed 60 people, including Member representatives and visitors,
to the WQRA AGM at SA Water House in Adelaide on Friday 27th November
2009. Presentations
from the AGM are now available. |
Health
Stream Newsletter
Issue 56 covers a new study on endemic
waterborne disease in older people, the investigation into a waterborne
Salmonella outbreak in Colorado and Legionella cases linked to
industrial exposures. Plus news items and summaries of recent
literature on a range of water quality topics. |
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WQRA
support for ARC and NHMRC Grant applications in 2010
ARC Applications for WQRA funding support for the May
2010 ARC funding call closed on 29 January 2010.
NHMRC
Members who are considering submitting an application to the
NHMRC 2010 Partnerships Projects scheme and and wish to seek
support from WQRA, should contact the relevant Program Manager
regarding the submissions of expressions of interest. The closing
date for the NHMRC partnerships projects scheme is 30 April
2010. Additional information can be found on the NHMRC website
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/grants/calendar/index.htm
Drinking
Water Program – Michele Akeroyd Michele.Akeroyd@wqra.com.au
Recycled Water Program and Wastewater Program – David Halliwell
David.Halliwell@wqra.com.au
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Research
Reports
A
range of Occasional Papers and Research
Reports is available free to download in PDF format. Recent
additions include:
Report 79 Understanding the growth of opportunistic
pathogens within distribution systems.
Report 77
Benchmarking Water Sensitive Urban Design – Payne Road
The Payne Rd project was an initiative of the Qld
Department of Natural Resources and Water to quantify the water,
energy and nutrient balances of a cluster scale subdivision that
incorporated a number of decentralised technologies, set in a
context of Water Sensitive Urban Design. The project component
funded by the CRC for Water Quality and Treatment focussed on
water supply and its reliability from rainwater tanks, the avoided
sewage discharge from on-site greywater reuse, and comparison
of the energy footprint with that of a traditional (adjacent)
suburb. |
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