Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0772864

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0772864

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The use of chiral pharmaceutical compounds to characterise sewage treatment processes and sewage contamination of surface waters. Contamination by poorly treated and untreated sewage can severely degrade the quality of Australian surface waters. However, the behaviour of organic chemicals during conventional sewage treatment processes remains poorly understood. Furthermore, raw sewage pollution is generally not distinguishable from properly discharged treated sewage effluent by current analytical methods. The proposed research will provide a chemical marker for characterising treatment processes and identifying untreated sewage pollution. This will help to identify sources of such pollution so that they may be corrected. A principal outcome of the research will be the improved ability to protect Australia's valuable surface waters from sewage pollution.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2008

End Date: 31-12-2010

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $115,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Environmental Engineering | Soil And Water Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Environmental Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Separation Science |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Land and water management | Waste management | Waste management and recycling

Other Keywords

Environmental Engineering | Environmental Engineering Not Elsewhere Classified | Land and water management | Separation Science | Soil And Water Sciences Not Elsewhere Classified | Waste management | Waste management and recycling

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