Poster Presentations

Smart Solutions for Resilient Service Delivery

Harnessing Machine Learning AI models for Predicting Biological Oxygen Demand in Secondary Effluent of Water Recourse Recovery Facility

Muhammad Hassnain | Edith Cowan University

NiCE Loo Lab: nutrient recovery from urine for a circular economy

Ho Kyong shon |University of Technology Sydney

AI-Driven Solutions for Algal Bloom Monitoring and Management

Negar Taheriashtiani | Monash University 

Empowering water utilities: Crafting an end-user-friendly reliability ranking for evaluating satellite remote sensing advances

Arash Zamyadi | Monash University 

Feature Selection-Enhanced Hybrid Modelling Framework for Net-Zero Emission: N2O Prediction and Control in Wastewater Treatment Plants

Water for One Health: Integrating Ecosystems, People, and Policy

Managing public health risk from microbial contamination of drinking water

Theo Sarris | PHF Science

Seasonal Dynamics, Removal Efficiencies, and Environmental Risks of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Wastewater Treatment Plants in Victoria, Australia

Madara Weerasooriyagedara | University of Melbourne

The fate of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) through commercial composting facilities

Optimising Resilient Water Supply Systems

Optimising asset solutions in a capital constrained environment: servicing growth and maintaining compliance in the sewerage network

John Brelsfordot | Optimatics

Greywater's Anatomy: Diagnosing pharmaceuticals and personal care products in wastewater effluent

Ameesha Fernando | SA Water

Adapting to Changes to Gnangara Groundwater Allocation: Optimisation of Source Waters and Treatment Processes in Two Groundwater Treatment Plants in Perth, Western Australia

Ina Kristiana | Curtin Water Quality Research Group

Microbes to action - working towards an Australian-wide taxonomic repository and decision-support tool for biological wastewater treatment processes

Christian Krohn | RMIT University

Ultra-Trace PFAS Quantification Method for Drinking Water: A Citizen Science Project Assessing Contamination in Australian Tap Water

Wejdan Alghamdi | University of Melbourne

Optimising Resilient Water Supply Systems

Development of an Innovative Grease Interceptor to Remove Fat, Oil and Grease from Wastewater Generated by Food Service Establishments 

Nilufa Sultana | RMIT University

Reducing pH and Enchancing Chlorination: WTP Class A Recycled Water Plant CO2 Dosing Trial

Lee Wan | Melbourne Water

Isolation and Identification of oligotrophic bacteria able to use lignin and Poly Cyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as the only carbon source from fire affected soils

Parisa Zarparvar | RMIT University

Assessing water quality risk in drinking water distribution systems affected by bushfires

Vaughan Mitchell | Deakin University

An advanced water treatment approach: upcycling municipal organic wastes

Nusrat Rezwana Binte Razzak | Deakin University

Creating Thriving Communities: Water and Liveability

Spatial and temporal patterns of microplastic distribution in constructed wetlands: Quantifying abundance and occurrence around Melbourne

Vivienne Padura | Victoria University

The role of native and non-native species in improving stormwater quality and enhancing bioretention systems sustainability

Wild Cards

Using Zeta Potential to Optimise Coagulation for a Dirty Water Event

Daisy (Xiaoran) Chu | UNSW Sydney

Investigating plasma bubble treatment of algae under diverse water conditions

Angelina Tan | UNSW Sydney

Applied circular economy wins: not your typical research approach…

Benjamin Bryant | Icon Water

Short Cut Nitrogen Removal – Design for Full Scale Implementation at Melbourne Water’s Western Treatment Plant

Aprilia Vellacott | Jacobs

Effect of pre-thickening polymer on digestion performance, digestate rheology and dewaterability

Seyedali Tabatabaei | RMIT University

Novel hybrid coating material with triple distinct healing bond for fat oil and grease deposition control in the sewer system

Sachin Yadav | RMIT University

Digester Methane Emissions Flying Under the LIDAR

Pieter De Jong | Melbourne Water

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