Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP1095722
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Interdisciplinary greenhouse gas assessment - nitrous oxide emissions from marine wastewater disposal. Data generated during this research will resolve ongoing uncertainties surrounding a blind spot in national greenhouse gas (GHG) abatement policy and methodology. Current national and international GHG emission estimates are unable to account for N2O emissions resulting from the downstream disposal phase of the wastewater management cycle, and as a result, actual GHG emissions may be far greater than currently estimated. This research will provide primary data on the magnitude of downstream N2O emissions coming from the near-shore marine disposal of primary-level municipal wastewater in Australia. Results from this research will help quantify the carbon footprint associated with marine disposal of poorly treated effluents worldwide.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 02-2010
End Date: 01-2013
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $320,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Microbial Ecology | Civil Engineering | Environmental Chemistry (Incl. Atmospheric Chemistry) | Water And Sanitary Engineering
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Climate change | Physical and chemical conditions | Physical and chemical conditions |
