The Urban Water Security Research Alliance (UWSRA) was formed in 2007 as a $50 million partnership over five years between the Queensland Government, CSIRO’s Water for a Healthy Country Flagship, Griffith University and The University of Queensland. The Alliance was formed to address South East Queensland’s (SEQ) emerging urban water issues with a focus on water security and recycling during a period of extreme drought. The program aimed to deliver new research capacity to SEQ tailored to tackling existing and anticipated future issues to inform the implementation of the Government’s Water Strategy.
As one of the largest regional urban water research programs in Australia, the UWSRA focused on water security and recycling. The Alliance also aligned research where appropriate with other water research programs such as those of:
SEQ water utilities; the Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence; Water Quality Research Australia; the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA); and Cooperative Research Centres. The program brought new research capacity to SEQ, tailored to addressing current and anticipated future risks, assumptions and uncertainties facing water supply strategy.
The outcomes of the research conducted by the Alliance partners have the potential to contribute to urban water knowledge in all regions of Australia. Research for the Alliance has been delivered under three research themes:
alternative supply sources such as rainwater and stormwater, water use efficiency and demand management behavioural measures to reduce demand on the SEQ Water Grid; the nature and level of risk to human health from a range of source waters within the SEQ; and enhanced management efficiencies and integrated water planning and management to transform to a smart water region. With permission from the former Director, Don Begbie, we provide access to the publications produced by the Alliance including:
UWSRA FINAL SYNTHESIS REPORT – 2012
UWSRA SCIENCE FORUM – 17-18 AUGUST 2009
UWSRA SCIENCE FORUM – 28-29 SEPTEMBER 2010
UWSRA SCIENCE FORUM – 14-15 SEPTEMBER 2011
UWSRA SCIENCE FORUM – 19-20 JUNE 2012
TECHNICAL REPORT #1 – COMMUNITY ACCEPTABILITY OF THE INDIRECT POTABLE USE OF PRW IN SEQ – DECEMBER 2008
TECHNICAL REPORT #2 – SCOPING REPORT – COMMUNITY PERCEPTIONS RISK, TRUST AND FAIRNESS – INDIRECT POTABLE USE PRW IN SEQ – DECEMBER 2008
TECHNICAL REPORT #3 – REPORT OF SCOPING INTERVIEWS – INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES ON THE INTRODUCTION OF PRW INTO SEQ – OCTOBER 2008
Technical Report #4 – Technical-Community Perspectives of Risks Associated with PRW in SEQ – Q-Method Report – November 2008
Technical Report #5 – Maximising Water Storage in SEQ Reservoirs Evaluating the Potential of Runoff and Infiltration Enhancement- July 2008
Technical Report #6 – Evaporation Reduction by Monolayers – Overview, Modelling and Effectiveness – October 2008
Technical Report #7 – Maximising Water Storage in SEQ Reservoirs – Evaluating Impact of Runoff Interception by Farm Dams – October 2008
Technical Report #8 – Evaporation Reduction by Manipulation Surface Area to Volume Ratios – Overview, Analysis and Effectiveness – October 2008
Technical Report #9 – Review of Stormwater Harvesting Practices – October 2008
Technical Report #10 – Current Online Water Quality Monitoring Methods – Suitability for Western Corridor PRW Scheme – October 2009
Technical Report #11 – Water Quality Monitoring in the Western Corridor Recycled Water Scheme – October 2009
Technical Report #12 – Definition of Decentralised Systems in the SEQ Context – May 2009
Technical Report #13 – Drivers for Decentralised Systems in South East Queensland – October 2009
Technical Report #14 – Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the SEQ Water Strategy – October 2009
Technical Report #15 – A Framework for Modelling the Energy and Greenhouse Implications of Water Demand and Supply Scenarios – August 2009
Technical Report #16 – Evaporation Reduction by Windbreaks – Overview, Modelling and Efficiency – November 2009
Technical Report #17 – Computer Aided Leak Location and Sizing in Pipe Networks – 2nd Edition – April 2011
Technical Report #17 – Computer Aided Leak Location and Sizing in Pipe Networks – October 2009
Technical Report #18 – Asymmetry in ENSO Teleconnection, its Collapse and Impact on SEQ Summer Rainfall – December 2009
Technical Report #19 – Community Acceptability of Indirect Potable Use of PRW in SEQ – Final Report of Monitoring Surveys – June 2010
Technical Report #20 – Concentration Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals-Pharmaceutical-Personal Care Products Entering SEQ WTP – October 2010
Technical Report #21 – Institutional Arrangements for Water Management in South East Queensland – July 2010
Technical Report #22 – Institutional Capacity for Sustainable and Integrated Urban Water Management – Interview Results – August 2010
Technical Report #23 – DBP Formation and Minimisation in SEQ Drinking Water – October 2010
Technical Report #24 – Residential Water Demand Management in SEQ – A Report on Water Conservation Beliefs – October 2010
Technical Report #25 – Qualitative Exploration of Beliefs, Values, Knowledge Associated with Decentralised Water Supplies in SEQ – October 2010
Technical Report #26 – A Desktop Analysis of Potable Water Savings from Internally Plumbed Rainwater Tanks in SEQ – January 2011
Technical Report #27 – Append D – Dam Risk Assessment
Technical Report #27 – Assessment of Floating Hard Covers on Large Water Storages – July 2010
Technical Report #28 – Evaporation Reduction by Suspended and Floating Covers – Overview, Modelling and Efficiency – August 2010
Technical Report #29 – Knowledge-Action Systems for Integrated Water Management National-Int’l Experiences – SEQ Implications – July 2010
Technical Report #30 – Bioanalytical Tools to Evaluate Micropollutants across Seven Barriers of Indirect Potable Reuse Scheme – November 2010
Technical Report #31 – SEQ Residential End Use Study – Baseline Results – Winter 2010 – March 2011
Technical Report #32 – Pathogen Detection Methodologies for Wastewater and Reservoirs – November 2010
Technical Report #33 – Communicating Scientific-Technical Information about Alternative Water Supply Options – Lit Review – November 2010
Technical Report #34 – N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) in Purified Recycled Water – Final Report – November 2010
Technical Report #35 – The Impact of Artificial Destratification on Reservoir Evaporation – December 2010
Technical Report #36 – SEQ Water Accounts and Data for Integrated Urban Water Management Models – Water Accounting Report 1 – December 2010
Technical Report #37 – Water Accounting Data for Integrated Urban Management Modelling – Water Accounting Report 2 – December 2010
Technical Report #38 – Wicked Problems in Water Governance – December 2010
Technical Report #39 – The Water-Energy Nexus – A Challenge for Knowledge and Policy – December 2010
Technical Report #40 – Water Demand Management Study – Appendix E – Survey
Technical Report #40 – Water Demand Management Study – Baseline Survey of Household Water Use (Part A) – February 2011
Technical Report #41 – Application of Bioanalytical Tools for Water Quality Assessment – March 2011
Technical Report #42 – Externalities Sustainable Regional Water Strategies – A Compendium of Externality Impacts-Valuations – February 2012
Technical Report #43 – Towards Assessment Criteria for Water Sensitive Cities – August 2011
Technical Report #44 – Motivational Indicators of Decentralised Systems Use among SEQ Householders – June 2011
Technical Report #45 – Water Recycling – Recent History of Local Government Initiatives in SEQ – June 2011
Technical Report #46 – Human Factors in Urban Water System Safety – Stage 1 – Initial Findings – June 2011
Technical Report #47 – South East Queensland Residential End Use Study – Final Report – November 2011
Technical Report #48 – Baseline Characteristics of Mandated Rainwater Tank Users in SEQ (Phase 1) – August 2011
Technical Report #49 – A Benchmark Analysis of Water Savings by Mandated Rainwater Tank Users in SEQ (Phase 2) – August 2011
Technical Report #50 – Initial Investigation into the Governance and Management Models for Rainwater Tank Systems – September 2011
Technical Report #51 – Mandated versus Retrofitted Tank Owners – Psychological Factors Predicting Maintenance and Management – June 2012
Technical Report #52 – Life Cycle Assessment of the Gold Coast Urban Water System – September 2011
Technical Report #53 – Organic Micropollutant Removal by Biological Activated Carbon Filtration – A Review – June 2012
Technical Report #54 – Diurnal-Day to Day Variability in Micropollutant Concentrations in Influent and Effluent at WTP SEQ – October 2011
Technical Report #55 – Presence and Removal of Enteric Microorganisms in SEQ Wastewater Treatment Plants – February 2012
Technical Report #56 – Concentration of Enteric Virus from Raw Wastewater and Treated Effluent with Silica Beads – November 2011
Technical Report #57 – Artificial Monolayer Impact on Water Quality, Potable Water Treatment, Human Health, Lake Ecocology – November 2011
Technical Report #58 – Communication and Community Responses to Recycled Water – December 2011
Technical Report #59 – Exploring Interventions to Encourage Rainwater Tank Maintenance – February 2012
Technical Report #60 – Impacts of Applying PRW in the Lockyer Valley – Soil Physical Assessment – March 2012
Technical Report #61 – The Cost of Pollution – Supporting Cost-Effective Options Evaluation and Pollution Reduction – March 2012
Technical Report #62 – Projections – Exceptional SEQ Climatic Events Produced by Dynamical Regional Circulation Model – May 2012
Technical Report #63 – Investigation-Monitoring of 20 Homes to Understand Mains Water Savings from Mandated Rainwater Tanks – June 2012
Technical Report #64 – The Role of Physical and Psychological Factors in Understanding Rainwater Tank Maintenance – June 2012
Technical Report #65 – Understanding Mains Water Savings from Mandated Rainwater Tanks – Water Balance Modelling and Analysis – June 2012
Technical Report #66 – Assessment of Physical Characteristics of Individual Household Rainwater Tank Systems in SEQ – October 2012
Technical Report #67 – Economics of Scale Analysis of Communal Rainwater Tanks – June 2012
Technical Report #68 – Performance of Cluster Scale Rainwater Harvesting Systems – Residential and Commercial Development Cases – June 2012
Technical Report #69 – Wastewater Reclamation using Ozonation combined with Biological Activated Carbon Filtration – June 2012
Technical Report #70 – Decentralised Wastewater Treatment – Systems System Monitoring and Validation – July 2012
Technical Report #71 – Rainwater Tank Maintenance – Community Perceptions of Policy Options – June 2012
Technical Report #72 – Evaluating a Science Communication Workshop as an Educational Tool – July 2012
Technical Report #73 – Biofiltration for Advanced Treatment of Wastewater – August 2012
Technical Report #74 – A Research Agenda for Water Smart Tropical and Sub-Tropical Cities and Towns – August 2012
Technical Report #75 – Proposed Strategy Portfolio for the Management of Rainwater Tanks – the SEQ Case – June 2012
Technical Report #76 – Hospital Wastewater – August 2012
Technical Report #77 – Health Risk Assessment of Roof-Captured Rainwater – September 2013
Technical Report #78 – Numerical Simulation of Current Climate Conditions for South East Queensland – August 2012
Technical Report #79 – Future Climates of SEQ – Results from High-Resolution Climate Modelling – August 2012
Technical Report #80 – Human Factors in Urban Water System Safety Humans and Technology – September 2012
Technical Report #81 – Externalities in Sustainable Regional Water Strategies – Application of a Simple Methodology – October 2012
Technical Report #82 – Electrochemical Treatment of Problematic Water Recycle Waste Streams – Final Report – September 2012
Technical Report #83 – Catchment Modelling-Stormwater Harvesting Research Instrumentation, Hydrological Model Calibration – March 2012
Technical Report #84 – A Real-Time Water Quality Information Acquisition System for Wastewater Source Control – October 2012
Technical Report #85 – Using LCA to Inform Total Water Cycle Managemt Planning – Investigation for Caboolture Catchment – December 2012
Technical Report #86 – Life Cycle Assessment Perspectives on Wastewater Recycling – December 2012
Technical Report #87 – Natural Attenuation of Pathogens and Trace Contaminants in SEQ Waterways – October 2012
Technical Report #88 – Extended Cost-Effectiveness of Water Supply Options – Case Study Moreton Bay Regional Council – October 2012
Technical Report #89 – Optimisation of Energy Use in Household Rainwater Supply Systems – November 2012
Technical Report #90 – Assessment of Regulated-Emerging Disinfection By-Products in SEQ Drinking Water – November 2012
Technical Report #91 – SEQ Residential Water End Use Study – Validation Trial of CSIRO End Use Sensor – September 2012
Technical Report #92 – Preliminary Framework Externality Assessment-Economic Valuation for TWCM – Moreton Bay RCouncil – November 2012
Technical Report #93 – Water Demand Management Study Baseline Survey of Household Water Use (Part B) – November 2012
Technical Report #94 – Water Demand Management Interventions to Reduce Household Water Use – November 2012
Technical Report #95 – Climate Change Impact on Water Availability in the South East Queensland Region – November 2012
Technical Report #96 – Reservoir Methane Monitoring and Mitigation – Little Nerang and Hinze Dam Case Study – November 2012
Technical Report #97 – Application of Life Cycle Assessment to Wastewater Systems Planning – December 2012
Technical Report #98 – Demand Management – Communication and Community Responses to Recycled Water – Study 2 – November 2012
Technical Report #99 – Critical Thresholds Ecological Function and Recovery Associated with Flow Events Urban Streams – December 2012
Technical Report #100 – Water-Energy Nexus and Urban Metabolism – Connections in Cities – January 2013
Technical Report #101 – Multi-Criteria Decision Assessment Methods to Identify Total Water Cycle Management Strategies – December 2012
Technical Report #102 – Health Risk Assessment of Urban Stormwater – February 2013
Technical Report #103 – Implications of using PRW as Adjunct to Groundwater Resources for Irrigation – Lockyer – January 2013 2
Technical Report #104 – Quantification of Regional Scale Water Quantity and Quality Implications of Rainwater Tanks in SEQ – February 2013
Technical Report #105 – Review of Rainwater Tank Cost-Effectiveness in South East Queensland – 2nd Edition – February 2013
Technical Report #106 – Urbanisation and Stormwater Management in SEQ – Synthesis and Recommendations – February 2013
Technical Report #107 – Impact of Spatial Lumping on Modelling of Stormwater Harvesting Systems – Scoping Study – April 2013
Technical Report #108 – HydroPlanner – A Prototype Modelling Tool to Aid Development of Integrated Urban Water Management Strategies – April 2013
Technical Report #109 – Ripley Valley – an Application of GIS Based Runoff Modelling to Strategic Stormwater Harvesting Assessment – 27 June 2013
