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Baking Industry Association of VictoriaAuditing water usage in bakeries and developing a `Best Practice Guide`.
The Baking Industry Association of Victoria is improving water usage practices in Victorian bakeries by auditing water use and developing a water saving guide. An average bakery can waste 72,000 litres of hot water a year. In Victoria, there are over 2,000 bakeries.
Weblink to the BIAV
Victorian Baking Industry Water Wise Project Report
Bio-Flo Pty LtdDomestic grey water recycling.
Bio-Remediation will design, develop and test a simple and robust domestic grey water treatment system to produce Class A recycled water from laundry and kitchen grey water. Bio-Remediation aims to identify the smallest and most effective bio-filter unit that will reliably treat grey water to a Class A standard, and then develop a ‘plumber-installed’ household grey water treatment package for new houses and for retro-fitting.
Web Link to New Water Pty Ltd
Peat Based Greywater System Project Report
Cadbury Schweppes, TullamarineRemoving water from manufacturing conveyor belts.
Cadbury Schweppes aims to save up to 21,620 kilolitres of water and wastewater a year (five per cent of potable water supply) by removing the water and lubricant system on conveyor belts and installing an efficient conveyor belt system which does not require water. The project will see up to eight manufacturing lines retrofitted at the Cadbury Schweppes Tullamarine factory, including cans, PET/plastic and glass.
Web Link to Cadbury Schweppes
Cadbury Schweppes Project Report
City of BoroondaraTrialling "Fytofoam" for improving the water efficiency of sports grounds.
The City of Boroondara plans to save up to 11,000 kilolitres of water a year by trialling Fytofoam – which improves water and nutrient holding ability of the soil – on seven of its sand-based sporting grounds. Fytofoam is injected into the sports fields to improve both the turf quality and the water and nutrient holding capability of the ground. Trials overseas show a 30 per cent reduction in water and nutrient usage on sports grounds injected with Fytofoam.
Web Link to City of Boroondara
Prelimanary Findings Report
CSIRO Land and WaterDeveloping aquifer storage and water recovery opportunities in Melbourne.
In a two-stage project CSIRO Land and Water is investigating ways of collecting and recycling stormwater and streetscape runoff and mapping the potential for storing this water underground and in addition, will develop a Technical Guideline for ASR (now available on the "Case Studies" page). The second stage of the project is a demonstration plant to show filtration and storage methods.
Web Link to CSIRO
Broad Scale Mapping Report of ASR potential in Melbourne
Technical Guidelines for ASR
CSIRO Manufacturing & Technology - ElectrodialysisReducing the salinity of effluent using electrodialysis technology.
CSIRO aims to increase the volume of recycled water for irrigation and third pipe use by desalinating effluent from sewage treatment plants using electrodialysis technology. The benefit of having recycled water with reduced salt levels will increase the opportunities for re-use of this alternate water source.
Web Link to CSIRO
Final Evaluation Report
CSIRO Manufacturing & Technology – grey waterTesting grey water treatment systems.
CSIRO Manufacturing & Technology will research the best grey water treatment method, by testing a range of grey water treatment systems to Class A standard. Grey water treatment systems will be tested for their effectiveness in removing specific contaminants under a typical range of operating conditions. The results from the study will provide comparative performance data for selected grey water treatment technologies.
Web Link to CSIRO
Greywater Technology Testing Protocol
Greywater Testing Protocol
Davey Products Pty LtdAn education campaign to encourage people to install rainwater tanks.
Davey Products will launch a public awareness campaign outlining the benefits of rainwater being used inside the home to replace the use of mains water for non-drinking purposes. Davey Products’ education campaign is aimed at encouraging a modest uptake of rainwater tanks and the potential savings of 2.4 million kilolitres per year of mains water.
Weblink to Davey Products
Rainwater Tank Public Awareness Campaign Project Report
Earth Systems Pty LtdWater Map of Melbourne.
Earth Systems has developed a Water Map of Melbourne and interactive CD to detail the complete water framework and history and educate people in sustainable practices in Melbourne. Earth Systems will distribute the map and CD Rom to every Victorian school.
The Water Map
The Water Map of Melbourne Project Report
Gisborne Junior Soccer ClubUsing recycled water for irrigating its sports grounds.
The Gisborne Junior Soccer Club is installing sub-surface recycled water to irrigate its Dixon Field sports ground. Using recycled water will reduce potable water consumption by up to 40 per cent and save up to 12 megalitres within three years.
GJSC Project Report
Gordon Brandon Vic ( Brandon Molasses)Trading waste water across business sites.
Brandon Molasses will save up to 2.5 megalitres of water a year by taking recycled wastewater from a fermentation process from one business site and transferring it to another site for re-use.
Gordon Brandon Project Report
Heatherdale Tennis ClubInstallation of waterless tennis courts.
The Heatherdale Tennis Club is installing waterless tennis courts at its club – saving 2,600 kilolitres of water a year. The Club plans to use the courts as a demonstration site for other tennis clubs, in an effort to encourage others to install waterless courts as well. Converting one third of Melbourne’s tennis courts over 10 years would save over 500 million litres annually.
Web Link to Heatherdale Tennis Club
Heatherdale tennis Club Project Report
Invetech Pty LtdTrial of a Smart Shower Meter in homes across Melbourne. Smart Shower Meter demonstration prototypes will be trialled across selected households in Melbourne, providing users with water usage feedback based on direct measurement of flow. The meter aims to deliver water savings by encouraging users to modify their shower use behaviour and develop a more water efficient attitude.
Web Link to Invetech
Smart Shower Meter Project Report
La Trobe UniversityResearch into the removal of phosphorous from effluent.
The La Trobe University is researching lower cost methods for removing phosphorous from effluent. Removing phosphorous from wastewater is essential to prevent the formation of toxic algal blooms in receiving waters. The blooms limit the uses of the recycled water. Therefore, the treated water will be
environmentally safer, and suitable for more diverse uses.
Web Link to La Trobe University
Laundrette Association of AustraliaResearching water use in commercial laundries.
The Association will audit water use in commercial laundries, create a best practice guide for laundries and launch an education campaign into smarter water use.
Web Link to the Laundrette Assoc of Aust
LAA's Best Practice Guide for the Laundrette Industry
Laundrette Association of Australia Project Evaluation Report
State Netball and Hockey Centre Using recycled and rainwater to water hockey pitches.
The State Netball and Hockey Centre’s (SNHC) project will substitute potable drinking water with rainwater and recycled water to water the hockey pitches with a projected water saving of 19 megalitres per year – a 78 per cent reduction. The project will see the installation of a water treatment plant, collecting rainwater for treatment, storage and re-use. The State Netball and Hockey Centre is contributing to the Melbourne 2006 ‘green’ Commonwealth Games.
Web Link to State Netball & Hockey
Water Harvesting Project Report
Victorian Golf AssociationTesting saline-tolerant grasses.
An enormous amount of water is used to irrigate Victoria’s golf courses. The Association is evaluating the use of saline-tolerant grasses which would enable recycled or reclaimed water to be used more widely for irrigation.
Web Link to Victorian Golf Association
VGA - 1 Year Turf Evaluation Report
VGA - 2nd Year Turf Evaluation Report
VGA Milestone 1 Report
Western HealthWater saving at Western Health hospitals.
Western Health – which manages hospitals in the western suburbs of Melbourne – plans to save up to 12,000 kilolitres of water a year by re-using water used for steriliser pressure pumps for toilet flushing.
Western Health Website
Water Saving Sterilizers Project Report
Western Young People’s Independent Network Water conservation education campaign for the refugee & migrant community.
In conjunction with City West Water, the Department of Sustainability and Environment and the City of Maribyrnong, WYPIN is developing culturally sensitive water conservation material for the migrant and refugee community. The water conservation materials will be made available to Victoria’s water businesses. WYPIN will work with young refugees and migrants to gain and understanding of newly arrived refugee communities’ perceptions and knowledge of water conservation.
Weblink to WYPIN
Water Conservation Capacity Building Report
Australian Car Wash AssociationEvaluation of recycling systems for the car wash industry. The Australian Car Wash Association is conducting a project that aims to provide, through a star rating system, accurate, objective and comprehensive information about automatic car wash equipment and recycling systems. It is anticipated that the information will enable car wash owners to invest in recycling systems which could reduce potable water consumption by up to 80 per cent - equivalent to an annual average of saving up to 1.6 million litres of water per site.
Web Link to the Car Wash Association
ACWA Final Report
MiniFAB Australia Pty LtdQuickly detecting pathogens in wastewater - MiniFAB plans to markedly improve the time it takes to detect pathogens such as coliforms and e-coli in water – from 24 hours to 6 hours – by developing technology capable of detecting wastewater colour change. The technology will allow local authorities to test water earlier than usual, allowing the authority to respond more efficiently to any potentially harmful water concern.
Web Link to MiniFAB
Minifab - Final Evaluation Report
Tennis VictoriaDrought Proofing Tennis in Victoria Initiative
Tennis Victoria is the peak governing body in Victoria for the development of tennis. Tennis Victoria is looking to take a leadership role in drought proofing tennis in Victoria through trialling of two new water conservation technologies for new and existing red porous clay (’en tout cas’) courts, that aim to significantly reduce water consumption required for maintenance and player comfort purposes. One technology will be trialled at Dendy Park Tennis Club in Brighton and the other at Port Melbourne Tennis Club.
Weblink to Tennis Victoria
Melbourne AquariumMelbourne Aquarium is an iconic tourist attraction im Melbourne and is also an interactive educational facility that engages a high number of school children on a daily basis. This project presents a unique opportunity to educate its visitors on the need and importance of water while demonstrating innovative water recycling technolgies that will greatly assist this Melbourne Icon becoming water efficient.
Weblink to Melbourne Aquarium
Arris Pty LtdThis project aims to support the adoption of recycled water use in the amenity horticulture industry throughout Melbourne by the development of comprehensive training programs for the eduction of end users. A user guide will be developed and used as part of a series of training workshops across Melbourne, in order to facilitate greater adoption of recycled water in open spaces.
Weblink to Arris Pty Ltd
Butler Market GardensThe washing and cooling of vegetable produce is a water intensive process that typically uses potable water that is used in a `once through` process. This project is specifically addressing `soft` vegetables such as cos and speciality lettuce heads, small vegetables and herbs. This project aims to trial the washing of these vegetables using water recycling washsing system that treats the product to kill bacteria, using an iodine water treatment system. The treated water can then be re-used within the same process.
Final Evaluation Report
Everwater AustraliaWaste water from industry is generally treated on site to a standard that complies with an approved trade waste discharge licence for the site and then further treated at Melbourne`s Western or Eastern Treatment Plants. This project will look at designing and trialling an innovative industrial greywater recycling system for laundrettes to produce Class A Water.
Weblink to Everwater Australia
RMIT UniversityIn acknowledgement of the high water use in the food production industry, this project aims to develop a resource tool to provide useful information to small to medium scale food manufacturing businesses on how to plan and implement intiatives to reduce their ecological footprint - with a strong focus on water conservation.
Weblink to RMIT Univeristy
Toolkit to Minimise Water Use in Small Scale Food Processing Industry
Swinburne UniversityThis project addresses the need for identifying re-use opportunities for biosolids that are in excess supply from Melbourne`s main treatment plants. The project will specifically examine the short and long term geotechnical characteristics of biosolids with and without additives and their suitability as stabilised fill for roads or earthern structures
Weblink to Swinburne University
Dept of Edu & Early Childhood DevThis project will see approximately 20 schools in Melbourne`s western suburbs each produce a 3 minute film with water conservation and their local water environment project as their theme. Each of the 20 case studies aims to provide inspiration to other schools in adopting water conservation attitudes and initiatives.
www.education.vic.gov.au
Deakin UniversityThis project focuses on the demonstration of the use and adaption of granulation silica-gel technology for the low energy removal of salt from recycled water, brackish water or seawater. This trial on this scale will be world first for this type of process
Weblink to Deakin University
Fitzroy High SchoolFitzroy High School in collaboration with Swinburne University will develop an interactive educational game - based tool that will show students ( and community ) how to fully account for water consumed by our lifestule and create greater awareness of the water cycle. The electronic based game will include a range of interactive activities that will have students undertaking problem solving activities regarding their direct and indirect water use.
Weblink to project wiki page
City of CaseyThe City of Casey is looking to investigate alternate water resources to reduce its reliance on mains potable water. This project will undertake an investigation into the feasibility of using groundwater in proposed urban developments in the Casey-Cardinia growth corridor as an alternaitve water supply combined with stormwater.
Weblink to City of Casey
Nestle FoodsThis project involves capturing rainwater from factory roof areas at the Nestle Pakenham site and using the water for use in boiler and cooling towers. At the Pakenham site the project will save approx 5ML of potable water per year and there are some additional benefits in improving stormwater management in the area.
Weblink to Nestle Foods
Ovens & Murray Football LeagueThe project involves the development of an innovative retrofit and environmental education campaign that will showcase and promote water saving and water recycling technologies within the 10 sporting facilities that form the Ovens & Murray Football League. The project will identify and implement a range of cost effective water saving initiatives within the sporting facilities that can be replicated within sporting facilities and residential homes throughout the local region. A `Sustainability Ladder` will be developed based on the water conservation measures of each club.
Weblink to the OMFL
Albury Tigers Case Study
Australasian Spa Association LimitedThe Victorian Spa & Wellness Industry provide customers with a variety of relaxation & medicinal therapies - many of which are water based therapies that use significant amounts of water. ASPA aims to increase its knowledge of water use within the industry through conducting a series of water audits at a selection of businesses throughout Regional Victoria. The Audit Program will allow the identification of current best practice & opportunities for increased water efficiency. This project will be the first investigation of its type for the Spa and Wellness industry nationally.
Weblink to ASPA
ASPA Water Audit Report
Grampians Wimmera Mallee WaterThis project will develop and facilitate an Annual Water Conference Program for Yr 9 & 10 students with a strong research focus on water use within Australia. The conference will be held in Horsham in May 2007 for a minimum of 120 stuents from the Wimmera Region and will connect with a minimum of 150 students at 6 interstate schools around Australia.
Weblink to GWM Water
Beckley Park Water Conservation ProjectBeckley park is the home of the Geelong Harness Racing Club that hosts approximately 40 rae meets annually. The project involves the implementation and trialling of a variety of initiatives in order to make this popular regional facility less reliant on mains potable water, without compromising the safety surface and performance of the facilities.
Weblink to Beckley Park
Murray Goulburn Co-operative Co LtdMurray Goulburn Co-operative is Australia`s largest producer of milk in Australia - with eight plants located throughout Victoria. The project aims to develop a system that will recirculate liquid ring vacuum seal water in a closed loop rather than having a continual flow of water that goes to the drain
Weblink to Murray Goulburn Co-o
ERA NurseriesERA Nurseries operate a large scale seeding production nursery in Hamilton and is one of the largest uses of water in the area. ERA Nurseries are proposing to reduce their reliance on main water supply by installing a recycling system that will collect, treat, store and reuse rainwater and irrigation run-off for further nursery irrigation.
Weblink to ERA Nurseries
Racing VictoriaThe training track at Bendigo Racecourse currently uses 33,000 litres of water per day in order to maintain its condition to a level that is safe for the training of horses. Racing Victoria will construct and trial a new synthetic horse training track surface at Bendigo Racecourse to replace the existing water intensive training track.
Weblink to Racing Victoria
Final Evaluation report
Tatura Milk IndustriesThis project involves the recycling and reuse of approx 51.77ML of potable water within the Tatura Milk Industry dairy processing plant used for cooling purposes within the dairy manufacture process. This water is currently being discharged into the town sewerage system.
Weblink to Tatura Milk Industry
Final Evaluation Report
Bendigo HealthThis project will substitute approx 60ML`s of potable water used within the laundry with treated wastewater. The waste water will also be used to flush the toilets within the Anne Caudle Centre. This project will make the Loddon Linen Service the first hospital laundry within Victoria and possible Australia to use treated wastewater.
Weblink to Bendigo Health
Bendigo BankThe Bendigo Bank in Bendigo are building a new head office which will have 1,000 people onsite. This project will facilitate the installation of on site sewage treatment system for re-use into the toilet flushing and urinals and to install a rainwater tanks for garden irrigation.
Weblink to Bendigo Bank
URS Australia Pty LtdThis project will test a range of strategies and interventions designed to promote positive sustainable change in household water use and conservation. Household water management and behaviour is determined by many inter-related factors, often socially determined and specific to particular socio-economic groups and locations, which need to be addressed holistically to facilitate change.
Weblink to URS Australia Pty Ltd
Literature Review - Behavioural Change Models
Sinclair Knights MerzThis project will, for the first time in Melbourne, provide an integrated resource to enable water managers and the community of the Greater Melbourne access to a comprehensive directory of Melbourne`s significant groundwater resources. It will assist watter managers & users to understand Melbourne`s `total` water resources including the connection and dependicies with surface water.
Weblink to Sinclair Knights Merz
Victoria UniversityThis project will investigate, identify and assess technical issues and challenges associated within using recycled water in a wide range of industrial application that currently use potable water. Many industrial applications can use non-potable water, such as recycled water, for uses ranging from cooling, boiler to washdown water. About 30% of Melbourne`s water consumption is from the industrial sector. In Sydney, Perth, Queensland and overseas, there are many examples of industrial use of recycled water to save potable water.
Weblink to Victoria University
Literature Review - Recycled Water Use for Industry
Literature Review
Institute for Sustainable FuturesThis innovative project will be a first for Victoria by delivering a scoping study that systematically evaluates industrial ecology opportunities around water resources in Melbourne. The outcome will deliver a framework and tools to support decision making by water managers and industry that identifies industrial ecology opportunties and associated costs and their contribution to reducing the impact of the water cycle. These opportunities will consider water, energy and other priority materials.
Weblink Institute for Sustainable Future
University of NSWThis project will deliver an Environmental Sustainability Assessment Tool (ESAT) which is adaptable but provides sufficient basis for rapid characterisation of alternative options. ESAT will perform quantitative life cycle assessment and life cycle costing and allow for interactive multicriteria analysis, reflecting the outcomes of the WSAA Sustainability Framework. ESAT will be substantially self-explanatory, requiring minimal introduction to new users. A manual explaining the tool, and what circumstances warrant the use of its different levels of detail, will also be delivered.
Weblink to University of NSW
Environmental Sustainability Assessment Tool v1
ESAT Manual v1
Final Project Report
CRC for Water Quality & TreatmentThis study will investigate the effect of air-drying and storage on the suitability of biosolids for recycling., particularly in relation to land application programs. The study will address three key knowledge gaps that could impact on the ability to provide air dried biosolids as a fit-for purpose product. These knowlege gaps are in relation to: the level of nitrogen availability in air dried biosolids; the rates of pathogen die-off during air drying and stockpiling and risks of bacterial regrowth.
Weblink to CRC Water Quality & Treatment
Hotel, Motel and Accommodation Association VicHotel, Motel and Accommodation Association Victoria aims to clearly demonstrate the benefits of regional motel/hotel businesses implementing water saving technologies in accommodation premises. The project will include the audit, retrofit, monitoring and evaluating guests attitudes towards water saving initiatives.
Link to VECCI
Not just down the drain.The book `Water not down the drain`: a guide to using rainwater and greywater at home, provides homeowners with a practical step by step guide to creating water smart homes using rainwater and greywater.
The book was written by Stuart McQuire, who lives with his family in ‘The West Brunswick Sustainable House’, a family home that demonstrates the effectiveness of using rainwater and greywater as a substitution for drinking water.
Book Website
Final Evaluation Report
Sovereign HillSovereign Hill’s Steam Operation Department uses 3,650,000L per annum. The project aims to subsides main water consumption and improve operation efficiency by introducing water treatment, quality control, and optimal utilisation of existing storm water run-off, industrial overflow and mains water. New technologies introduced will include a reverse osmosis system, a hydro sieve and gross pollutant/sediment separator.
Sovereign Hill
Final Evaluation Report
Information brochure
VELS guide
URS Australia Pty LtdWater Corporation’s throughout Victoria are turning to desalination technologies to meet demand. For inland Water Corporation’s the management of the brine stream is a significant challenge.
URS will work with three Water Corporations to quantify the quality and quantity of brine streams to be managed. The main issues will be identified, prioritised and evaluated.
A comprehensive review will identify innovative solutions to the overall management of brine streams from around the world. Evaluation of these solutions will allow comparison and identification of projects that could be applied in Victoria.
A major forum with the water industry will present the issues and challenges, research into new technologies to reduce brine stream production and potential opportunities for innovative brine stream management.
Weblink to URS
Media Announcement
Berriwillock Recreation ReserveCurrently the run off water from the Graincorp Berriwillock silo site drains to a collection dam. The surplus water is currently directed into a waste drainage channel and is not utilised by anyone.
This project will collect the water run off from the silo site and direct it to a holding dam at the Berriwillock Golf Club and pump it into dams at the Berriwillock Bowls Club and the Recreation Reserve for watering saving approx 3.5ML of potable water per year.
Weblink to Shire
Corrections VictoriaBarwon Prison is a maximum-security prison, with a current prisoner bed capacity of 460. In addition, there are up to 300 staff and contractors employed at the prison.
This project will involve treating wastewater from the Barwon prison at their onsite wastewater treatment plant (currently a Class C plant) to supply Class A recycled water for toilet flushing, laundry & boiler room operations, and irrigation of the sporting oval, resulting in a significant reduction in the use of potable water.
Weblink to JV
Media Announcement
City of Greater GeelongThis project is an industrial ecology demonstration whereby City of Greater Geelong are proposing to tap into the excess Class C recycled water being produced at Barwon Prisons onsite wastewater treatment plant and transport it through a 6km pipeline to Elcho Park golf course for irrigation purposes. The project will drought proof the course, saving up to 71 ML of potable water annually and enable the club to host 24,000 rounds of golf per year.
Weblink to COGG
Media Announcement
Victoria UniversityBrackish water and saline wastewater recovery through RO systems is limited to approximately 75% due to the concentration of fouling salts within the RO system as freshwater is removed.
This project will use a 4 stage RO system with interstage crystallisation to increase water recovery and reduce the volume of brine for disposal. The water recovery using this technique can potentially increase from 75% to 95% and the volume of brine discharged reduced by 80%. The technique will be trialled treating waste water at Donald.
Weblink to VU
Bendigo Harness Racing ClubThis project will investigate and trial the use of alternative harness racing track surface materials to determine their effectiveness at reducing water demand while also remaining acceptable for training and racing purposes. This project looks to utilise existing research into alternate track materials and expand it to field trials of various materials on a trial section of the training track to determine if any are suitable for use in harness racing.
Weblink to HV
Media Announcement
Baw Baw Shire CouncilBaw Baw Shire council will install & trial a greywater treatment & recycling system to recycle greywater from hand basins to Class A for re-use in the flushing of toilets at the councils Warragul Depot.
The operation of the system at this site will then be used to stimulate interest, increase awareness & promote greywater re-use & sustainable urban water management in general within the community through open days, their website & the distribution of media material.
The trial of the system will provide monitoring opportunities including comparisons with a rainwater harvesting system to ascertain the effectiveness of both systems & to enable the applicant to obtain community feedback on the benefits of installing greywater re-use systems both domestically & at other businesses in the area. The trial will also enable the applicant to determine the benefits of installing the system at other council sites.
Weblink to Shire
Longwarry Food Park P/LA milk powder production plant uses 1.5 L/litre of milk processed (State of the environment report by Dairy Australia). The production process removes about 0.75 litres of water from every litre of milk. This water can not be used currently due to presence of BOD and milk volatiles.
This project plans to use an innovative ozone based treatment from a company called Ozone Industries to treat the water content removed from milk in the production of powdered milk to remove BOD’’s & milk volatiles to enable the water content to be re-used.
The water will then be used primarily for the cleaning of the plant (trucks, equipment, etc) & in cooling towers. It is able to be used for everything except for drinking & in the food production area. The process will then be monitored over a six month period to ensure that it is meeting the needs of Longwarry Food Park & that all safety standards are met.
Weblink to LFP
Department of Primary Industries (DPI)DPI, in conjunction with Southern Rural Water and AgChallenge, propose to identify best practice management for long-term use of recycled water for irrigation of vegetable crops in the Werribee Irrigation District.
This project will undertake on-farm surveys, grower focus groups and demonstration trials to identify which farm management practices are protective against soil salinity and sodicity, with communication of these results to other growers within the region.
Weblink to DPI
Monash UniversityMonash University, in conjunction with CERES propose to construct and test a novel form of stormwater harvesting utilising porous pavement technologies that could have potential uses in commercial and residential environments.
The research will compare the performance of a traditional reed-bed vertical filtration system with the novel modular porous pavement system for the treatment of both roof and road runoff and also trial the suitability of the treated stormwater from this system for uses such as crop irrigation. Crops will be grown with this water source and then tested for physical, chemical and microbial characteristics.
Weblink to Monash
Media Announcement
Metropolitan Fire & Emergency Services BoardThe MFESB estimates that 67ML of potable water is used in fire fighting training per annum. Water used during these training sessions is usually discharged directly onto the pavement and into stormwater drains.
This project will develop a prototype of a water recycling POD, which will then be tested and refined before manufacturing one transportable POD that expects to save approximately 90% of the water currently used for skills training. The POD will be trialled and demonstrated across four MFESB sites. Part of the project will consider issues relating to the amount of time that water can be stored in the POD’s before its quality deteriorates to an unacceptable level.
Weblink to MFB
Cadbury Schweppes Pty LtdCadbury’s Ringwood site is a major manufacturing and administration site within the Cadbury Schweppes Group. The site has a Water Management Plan which Cadbury has been committed to for a number of years.
This project will implement a series of actions to reduce water usage by 40%, through monitoring and measuring water use in different areas of the business, plus designing and installing equipment and systems to reduce evaporative water loss from the cooling towers.
The project will develop an extensive Education and Communication program (“Purple goes Green Program”) based on the various water wise infrastructure enhancements implemented. These programs will reach the factory and office staff (1000+ employees), their families and local communities. These programs will deliver important water conservation messages in order to influence behavioural change.
Weblink to Cadbury
Media Announcement
Aquatics & Recreation Victoria (ARV)The Aquatics and Recreation Victoria (ARV) is the peak body for the aquatics industry in Victoria. This ARV project will undertake an in depth study into the Aquatic Facilities Industry (i.e. public pools) focusing on identifying current water saving initiatives implemented throughout the industry and assessing and comparing the water savings and their efficiency in order to determine best practice case studies and benchmarks.
A key output will be the creation of an Aquatic Facilities Knowledge Bank that will become a valuable reference point for operators and developers of such facilities in integrating water efficient design into the buildings along with estimated retrofit costs of various options. The concept of a water saving rating scheme for aquatic centres will be investigated that could be used to encourage operators to strive for optimal efficiency
Weblink to ARV
Media Announcement
Victorian Golf Association (VGA)The Victorian Golf Association (VGA) is the parent body for the golf clubs of Victoria and its role is to coordinate and support golf clubs and to promote and foster the enjoyment of golf as a sport and recreation.
This project builds on the previous work from Round 2 of Smart Water Fund work and aims to provide information to assist golf courses to improve the water efficiency of their greens through better irrigation practices and different grass choices. The ability to achieve a very high degree of irrigation uniformity (95%) will be demonstrated, providing evidence to convince those that believe 70-80% is good to strive for higher and hence reduce water usage.
Reports detailing the leanings will be prepared and disseminated through the Victorian Golf association website and magazine
Weblink to VGA
Media Announcement
Australian Sustainable Industry Research CentreThe Australian Sustainable Industry Research Centre (ASIRC) is a not-for-profit centre established at Monash University in 2002 to develop and implement environmental management technologies and solutions to enable industries to become more sustainable.
This project will investigate the options for the metal finishing industry to become more water efficient and decrease heavy metal discharges in order to enhance wastewater reuse and biosolids reuse opportunities that can be traditionally restrained by the presence of heavy metal pollutants.
The aim of this project is to work with 15 metal finishing companies to minimise water use and heavy metals discharged to sewer, through literature review, mass balances, and assessment of options to avoid/reuse/recycle on site and develop implementation plans for each company.
Weblink to ASIRC
Literature Review
Shrine of Rememberance TrusteesThis project involves the construction and installation of an underground tank and associated pumps and pipes that will allow rain water to be collected from the Shrine roof area to provide irrigation water to the surrounding mounds, gardens and commemorative trees at a high profile heritage listed site.
The demonstrational capacity of the project will be supported with a community and schools based educational awareness component that will be used to deliver important water conservation messages to the many and varied community segments that visit this site.
Weblink to Shrine
Media Announcement
Water FuturesRecent updates to national and Victorian water recycling guidelines have made significant changes to how reclamation plants are managed. The guidelines require the plants to be validated to demonstrate that specified pathogen removal levels are achieved and to then be subjected to ongoing monitoring to ensure these removals are maintained.
While the guidelines describe the framework, they do not provide detail on how to validate different types of plants and the suitability of different monitoring approaches. This has led to prolonged approval periods for establishing recycling schemes and uncertainty regarding the ‘rules’ in the water industry.
This project will develop comprehensive guidelines for validation of Victorian water recycling schemes, including guidance to proponents of water recycling initiatives that require regulatory approval.
Weblink to Water Futures
Blackburn Bowls ClubBlackburn Bowls Club will take leadership in the lawn bowls sector by trialling and demonstrating a selection of water efficient systems that have not previously been explored in the industry.
This project will:
Trial and demonstrate the use of a stormwater / rainwater collection and reuse system to sustain the bowling greens, Trial and demonstrate an innovative closed irrigation system that potentially is more efficient that current mainstream systems,
Trial and assess the suitability of a warm season, drought hardy grass variety that can be used for bowling greens.
Weblink to VBA
Media Announcement
Delfin Lend Lease - Laurimar parkDelfin Lend Lease (DLL) has brought together decentralised services and integrated them into a commercial urban water infrastructure provision. By doing this they can move closer to ‘closing the loop’ in water, carbon and nutrients delivering significant environmental resource benefits at a time when urban advancement is constrained in those very elements. DLL will demonstrate it in a small scale trial in a selected enclave of the Laurimar development, 30km North East of Melbourne.
The system will harvest and treat Stormwater, Black Water and Grey Water from a 40 Lot stage, in “The Briars”
Weblink to DLL
Media Announcement
Victoria UniversityOver 100 GL of fresh water is lost annually through cooling towers in power stations and large air-conditioning systems in Victoria. This makes cooling towers one of the largest industry demands for fresh water. Currently power stations and large air-conditioning systems use cooling towers to reject waste heat. The waste heat is carried by warm water which is normally sprayed, evaporated and mixed with cooling air inside cooling towers. The cooling air together with the evaporated water is rejected to the ambient air and thus water is lost by cooling towers.
This project aims to design and study a new waste heat rejection system which consists of a highly compact heat exchanger made of polymer films rather than metal. The study will assess the feasibility of replacing evaporative cooling towers in power stations and large air-conditioning systems by this new system and to establish its operational parameters.
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Australian Car Wash Association (ACWA)The car wash industry is a strongly growing industry of small independent businesses, with only a few large chains. It is unified by the Australian Car Wash Association (ACWA) which encompasses about 70% of all car wash sites. The majority of the existing sites are in Victoria, with nearly all the equipment and recycling manufacturers being based in Melbourne.
ACWA will undertake an independent, expert scientific analysis of automatic car wash equipment and recycling systems (with support from CSIRO), to ensure that the business enterprises invest in the correct equipment to achieve maximum water efficiency. ACWA also propose a concurrent scientific analysis of the recycled water quality produced by these industry systems and from other sources.
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Ecowise EnvironmentalEcowise propose to undertake and validate recently developed microbial source tracking methodologies to characterise the risks associated with human and bovine faecal contamination in waterways, and flow on impacts for stormwater recycling.
The project involves transferring the QPCR for bacteroidetes methodology to the Ecowise Melbourne laboratory, followed by sampling and analysis of a number of waterway sites using this methodology in addition to a number of accepted QPCR testing for human enteric viruses to assist in validation of the bacteroidetes results. Bacteroidetes have long been proposed as a source specific microbial indicator due to their abundance in faeces.
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CRC for Water Quality & TreatmentQuantification of pathogen removal in activated sludge treatment.
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Institute for Sustainable FuturesA project to assess alternate water restriction models.
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URS Australia Pty LtdA study of the socio-economic impacts of water restrictions.
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Victoria UniversityA study of the feasibility of decentralised wastewater treatment to sustain recreational facilities.
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