Our research

Research for the Alliance will be delivered through ten projects across three major research themes:

Closing the loop

• 1. Purified recycled water reliability and safety
• 2. Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse - Identification of opportunities in SEQ
• 3. Decentralised Systems

Informed Decision Making

• 4. Systematic social analyses of how community values alternative water supply options
• 5. Institutional Change for Water Management in SEQ

Managing our future water supply

• 6. Climate change impact assessments
• 7. Life cycle assessment and system analyses
• 8. Water information management and integrated monitoring
• 9. Water loss reduction
• 10. Enhanced water treatment practices

Contestable Funded Projects

• 11. NDMA Formation Potential in PRW
• 12. Disinfection by-product (DBP) formation and minimisation in drinking water
• 13. Implications of using Purified Recycled Water as an adjunct to groundwater resources for irrigation in the Lockyer Valley
• 14. South-east Queensland residential water end use study

Newsletters

• Systematic Social Analysis Project Newsletter - "Informed Decision Making - Decentralised Systems" August 2010 (PDF, 903 kB)