The Urban Water Security Research Alliance was a partnership between the Queensland Government, CSIRO, Griffith University and The University of Queensland. The Alliance was established in 2007 and ran for five years until 2012 with a focus on South East Queensland’s (SEQ) urban water issues.

 

 

The Catalogue below is divided into a number of sections:

Climate Decentralised Water Systems Governance and Social License Integrated Water Management Approaches

Purified Recycled Water Wastewater Treatment Water Conservation and Demand Management Water Quality Monitoring

 

 

Climate

• Technical Report #18 – Climate – Asymmetry in ENSO Teleconnection SEQ – December 2009
• Technical Report #62 – Climate – SEQ Exceptional Events – May 2012
• Technical Report #78 – Climate – Validation – August 2012
• Technical Report #79 – Climate – Future Change – August 2012
• Technical Report #95 – Climate Change Downscaling – November 2012

 

Decentralised Water Systems

• Technical Report #12 – Decentralised – Definition of Decentralised Systems – May 2009
• Technical Report #13 – Decentralised – Drivers for DS in SEQ – October 2009
• Technical Report #26 – Decentralised – Potable Savings from IPT – January 2011
• Technical Report #48 – Decentralised – Baseline Characteristics of Tank Users (Phase 1) – August 2011
• Technical Report #49 – Decentralised – Benchmark Analysis of Water Savings (Phase 2) – August 2011
• Technical Report #63 – Decentralised – Monitoring 20 Homes – June 2012
• Technical Report #64 – Decentralised – Tank Maint – June 2012
• Technical Report #65 – Decentralised – Modelling 20 Homes – June 2012
• Technical Report #66 – Decentralised – 200 Tank Inspects – October 2012
• Technical Report #67 – Decentralised – Economics Tanks – June 2012
• Technical Report #68 – Decentralised – Cluster Scale Tank – June 2012
• Technical Report #70 – Decentralised – WW Systems – July 2012
• Technical Report #75 – Decentralised – Tank Governance – June 2012
• Technical Report #89 – Decentralised – Energy-RainWater Tanks – Nov 2012
• Technical Report #105 – Decentralised – Tank Cost-Effectiveness – Feb 2013

 

Governance and Social License

• Technical Report #1 – Social – WFHC Community Acceptance PRW SEQld – Dec 2008
• Technical Report #2 – Social – Final Scoping Report – Perceptions of Risk, Trust and Fairness – Dec 2008
• Technical Report #3 – Social – Industry Report – 28 October 2008
• Technical Report #4 – Social – SEQ Risk – Q-Method Report – 12 Nov 2008
• Technical Report #19 – Social – Community Acceptance of PRW – June 2010
• Technical Report #21 – Institutional – Inst Arrangements for SEQ – July 2010
• Technical Report #22 – Institutional – Interview Results – August 2010
• Technical Report #38 – Institutional – Wicked Problems – December 2010
• Technical Report #39 – Institutional – Water-Energy – December 2010
• Technical Report #46 – Human Factors – Urban Water System Safety – June 2011
• Technical Report #50 – Decentralised – Tank Governance and Management Models – Sept 2011
• Technical Report #72 – Bioassays and Risk Com – July 2012
• Technical Report #80 – Human Factors – Sept 2012

 

Integrated Water Management Approaches

• Technical Report #9 – Stormwater – Review Stormwater Harvesting – October 2008
• Technical Report #14 – LCA – Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for SEQ Water Strategy – Oct 2009
• Technical Report #15 – LCA – Framework Model Energy GHG Implications Water Demand – August 2009
• Technical Report #29 – Institutional – Knowledge and Action Systems – July 2010
• Technical Report #36 – Total Water – Water Accounting Report 1 – December 2010
• Technical Report #37 – Total Water – Water Accounting Report 2 – December 2010
• Technical Report #42 – LCA – Externalities – February 2012
• Technical Report #43 – Water Sensitive Cities – August 2011
• Technical Report #45 – Institutional – Water Recycling – June 2011
• Technical Report #52 – LCA – LCA Gold Coast – Sept 2011
• Technical Report #61 – Total Water – Cost Pollution – March 2012
• Technical Report #74 – WSC – Stage 2 – August 2012
• Technical Report #81 – Total Water – Extern Report 2 – October 2012
• Technical Report #83 – Stormwater – March 2012
• Technical Report #84 – WQAIS Final Report – October 2012
• Technical Report #85 – Total Water – Caboolture – December 2012
• Technical Report #86 – Total Water – WWRecycling – December 2012
• Technical Report #87 – Pathogens-Chems in Dams – October 2012
• Technical Report #88 – Total Water – ECEA of Water Supply Options – Oct 2012
• Technical Report #92 – Total Water – Moreton Bay – November 2012
• Technical Report #97 – LCA – Wastewater – December 2012
• Technical Report #99 – Stormwater – Ecology – December 2012
• Technical Report #100 – Total Water – Water energy nexus – January 2013
• Technical Report #101 – Total Water – Integrated Assessment – Dec 2012
• Technical Report #102 – Health Risk Assessment Stormwater – Feb 2013
• Technical Report #104 – Total Water – Regional Scale Tank Study – Feb 2013
• Technical Report #106 – Stormwater – Management in SEQ – Feb 2013
• Technical Report #107 – Total Water – Regional Stormwater Harvesting – Feb 2013
• Technical Report #108 – Total Water – HydroPlanner Prototype – Feb 2013
• Technical Report #109 – Stormwater – Ecohydrology GIS Ripley – June 2013

 

Purified Recycled Water

• Technical Report #20 – PRW – Chemical Removal in WWTPs – October 2010
• Technical Report #30 – PRW – Seven Barriers Report – November 2010
• Technical Report #32 – PRW – Pathogen Detection Methods – November 2010
• Technical Report #34 – NDMA – Final Report – November 2010
• Technical Report #54 – PRW – Diurnal Variability in Micropollutants – Oct 2011
• Technical Report #55 – PRW – Pathogen Removal – February 2012
• Technical Report #56 – PRW – Viru Con Silica Particles Report – Nov 2011
• Technical Report #60 – Lockyer – Structural Changes under PRW – Mar 2012
• Technical Report #103 – PRW Lockyer – January 2013

 

Wastewater Treatment

• Technical Report #53 – Enhanced Treat – Biofiltration Lit Review – June 2012
• Technical Report #69 – Enhanced Treat – O3-BAC – June 2012
• Technical Report #73 – Enhanced Treat – Biofiltration ATW – August 2012
• Technical Report #82 – Elect ROC – Final Report – September 2012

 

Water Conservation and Demand Management

• Technical Report #5 – Water Loss – Runoff and Infiltration Enhancement – July 2008
• Technical Report #6 – Water Loss – Monolayers – Oct 2008
• Technical Report #7 – Water Loss – Farm Dams – Oct 2008
• Technical Report #8 – Water Loss – Surface Area to Volumes – Oct 2008
• Technical Report #16 – Water Loss – Evap reduction by windbreaks – Nov 2009
• Technical Report #17 – Water Loss – 2nd Edition – Computer Aided Leak Detection – April 2011
• Technical Report #24 – Demand Management – Phase 1 Focus Group Report – October 2010
• Technical Report #25 – Demand Management – Qualitative Exploration Beliefs – October 2010
• Technical Report #27 – Water Loss – Floating Hard Covers – July 2010
• Technical Report #28 – Water Loss – Evap Reduction by Suspended-Floating Covers – August 2010
• Technical Report #31 – End Use – Baseline Results – Winter – March 2011
• Technical Report #33 – Demand Management – Communications Literature Review – November 2010
• Technical Report #35 – Evaporation Loss – Destratification – December 2010-update
• Technical Report #40 – Demand Management – Baseline Survey Part A – February 2011
• Technical Report #44 – Demand Management – Motivational Indicators – June 2011
• Technical Report #47 – End Use – Final Report – November 2011
• Technical Report #51 – Demand Management – Mailout Survey – June 2012
• Technical Report #57 – Evaporation Loss – Monolayers Impact – Nov 2011
• Technical Report #58 – Demand Management – Comms Exp 1 – Dec 2011
• Technical Report #59 – Demand Management – Maintaining Tanks – Feb 2012
• Technical Report #71 – Demand Management – Tank Policy Acceptance – June 2012
• Technical Report #91 – End Use – Sensor Field Trial – September 2012
• Technical Report #93 – Demand Management – Baseline Part B – Nov 2012
• Technical Report #94 – Demand Management – Intervent Study – Nov 2012
• Technical Report #98 – Demand Management – Comms Exp2 – Nov 2012

 

Water Quality Monitoring

• Technical Report #10 – WQIM – SEQ On-line Monitoring Review – October 2009
• Technical Report #11 – WQIM – WQ Monitoring in Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme – October 2009
• Technical Report #23 – DBP Formation and Minimisation in SEQ Drinking Water – October 2010
• Technical Report #41 – Bioassays – Bioanalytical Tools for WQ Assessment – March 2011
• Technical Report #76 – Hospital Wastewater – August 2012
• Technical Report #77 – HRA – Roof Harvested Rainwater – September 2013
• Technical Report #90 – DBPs in Drinking Water – November 2012
• Technical Report #96 – LCA – Little Nerang CH4 – November 2012