Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP160100909

Funded Activity Summary

Smart management of disinfectant in chloraminated water-supply systems. Smart management of disinfectant in chloraminated water-supply systems. This project aims to develop an adaptive, real-time control system for managing disinfectant residuals in chloraminated water supply systems. While chloramine delivers microbiologically safe drinking water in warmer climates and in long distribution systems, it is largely unpredictable, costs water utilities millions of dollars annually, and has uncertain benefits. This project’s control system will be guided by quantitative models formulated from multi-pronged, fundamental experiments. The project will quantify microbial chloramine decay and determine mechanisms to increase predictability. The project will develop and demonstrate a real-time control technology which delivered microbiologically safe, cost-efficient drinking water to people in warmer climates, despite warming climate and increasing population.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-03-2017

End Date: 01-09-2022

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $710,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Microbial Ecology | Civil Engineering | Water Quality Engineering | Environmental Engineering Modelling

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water for Urban and Industrial Use | Water Services and Utilities |

Other Keywords

Civil Engineering | Environmental Engineering Modelling | Expanding Knowledge in the Environmental Sciences | Microbial Ecology | Physical and Chemical Conditions of Water for Urban and Industrial Use | Water Quality Engineering | Water Services and Utilities

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