Water Quality

ACHHRA’s work in water quality

ACHHRA has contributed to:

The health risk assessment framework which underpins the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines.
Development of a risk assessment framework for recycled water.
Health risk assessments relating to recreational water use.
Cryptosporidium infestations and related water-borne disease organisms.
Algal, cyanobacterial and dinoflagellate toxins.
Legionella contamination of various water sources.
Public health risks associated with domestic storage tanks and roof-water collections.
Groundwater sources heavily contaminated with arsenic.

ACHHRA also works in close cooperation with Water Quality Research Australia.

ACHHRA has been part of a Queensland Water Commission Expert Panel assisting the Queensland Government to introduce purified recycled water in an Indirect Potable Reuse scheme in Brisbane.
ACCHRA has been assisting the Victorian DHS in developing public health criteria for managing algal blooms in the Gippsland lakes district.