Goal 6 - Clean Water and Sanitation

The aims of this project are to investigate the occurrence and fate of microplastics (a class of contaminant of emerging concern) in treated sewage sludge (biosolids), and the effects that they may have on soils and crops. This has been done by analysing microplastics in biosolid and agricultural soil receiving…

This project aims to develop a novel framework that uses big data from satellites to assess the impacts of droughts and water extraction on groundwater resources in Australia, currently poorly understood and difficult to monitor. This project expects to generate new insights into the mechanisms driving changes in groundwater availability…

The purpose for this project is to update the existing hydrodynamic-microbial models for the Mid-Brisbane River with the latest three-year data from 2020 to 2022. These three years are particularly wet than other years and represent an opportunity to better understand the microbial conditions in the river system during a…

The objective of this project is to develop, complete, and publish a set of best practice guidelines for lake modelling to support Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment and to apply the best practice guidelines to develop a lake model for one reservoir operated by Hunter Water. This objective underpins the water…

The objective of this project is to develop, complete, and publish a set of best practice guidelines for lake modelling to support Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment and to apply the best practice guidelines to develop a lake model for one reservoir operated by Hunter Water. This objective underpins the water…

Building on our earlier work and ongoing partnerships, using both formative and action research combined with regional knowledge sharing opportunities (two peer-to-peer learning exchange events), this research seeks to better understand ways that government and civil society organisations (CSOs) engaged in the WASH sector can leverage formal, as well as…

The regional research project focuses on enhancing climate-resilient WASH services in urban informal settlements in PNG, Fiji and Vanuatu through trough the development of decision and planning support systems, citizen science for localized climate insights, advocacy methods, and engagement with settlement residents in collaborative planning. The goal is to…

This course aims to provide water professionals with a modular, online training course to build understanding, skills and confidence in the following areas: • Building the capacity of new team leaders through understanding key leadership methods and principles. • Awareness of the methods and principles of leadership development that new team…

Research and Development of a community-targeted campaign to improve water services (SDG6.1) that depend on rainwater harvesting. Specifically, the research will identify how community and household members can be influenced to properly maintain their rainwater harvesting and water access systems. Currently the supply of water from rainwater systems is unsafe…

The primary objective of the activity is the design and delivery of two virtual Australian Awards Short Courses for participants from South Asian countries. The short courses will cover climate change mitigation and adaptation, with a specific focus on best practices in water resources management (WRM) and water, sanitation and…