Validation of Processes for Water Treatment and Recycling

Competitive advantage

• Unique interdisciplinary research expertise in developing and optimising water treatment processes for a range of industrial applications
• Extensive research experience in assessing the resilience and reliability of water treatment systems
• Innovative approach to assessing the performance of treatment processes and their ability to deliver fit-for-purpose water

Impact

• Developing validation guidelines for water treatment and recycling processes to increase safety in food production.

Successful applications

• Implementation of national guidelines to validate treatment processes for non-potable reuse applications (WaterVal)
• Use of Triple Bottom Line and Life Cycle Assessment to evaluate internal water and energy recovery systems in abattoirs
• Development of food safe, non-microbial, biodegradable silver citrate nanoparticles for rapid validation of water recycling systems, for use in glass house and indoor horticulture applications

Capabilities and facilities

• Extensive research experience in the use of computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation software, for water treatment and membrane processes in particular State-of-the-art analytical suite for organic and microbial characterisation

Our partners

• Water Corporation of Western Australia
• Sydney Water
• Australian Meat Processor Corporation
• Evoqua Water Technologies