Water partnership flows on
UniSA
and SA Water have just extended their highly successful research
partnership taking the relationship to a full 10-year collaboration
to find better ways to manage and re-use water in South Australia.
SA Water has invested $3.5m into the collaboration which underpins the SA Water Centre for Water Management and Reuse and has already delivered some significant outcomes across a broad range of water management applications, from models for low energy desalination using clean technologies, through to improved models for harvesting, treating and reusing urban stormwater.
Speaking about the research partnership, UniSA Vice Chancellor Professor Peter Høj said the strength of the Centre was its commitment to tackling the State’s water problems on many fronts.
"The research being carried out is wide-ranging, not only developing ways to better manage and use our natural rainfall, but also examining how sophisticated new technologies, including nanotechnology and new methods of filtration, can help to build a sustainable water supply future for the State," Prof Høj said.
"This kind of collaboration works especially well because we have a direct link with SA Water - the group with the best understanding of our water supply challenges. It means our researchers can work to provide solutions to real problems on an integrated scale."
SA Water CEO Anne Howe said the Centre for Water Management and Reuse had delivered some significant research and at the same time was acting as an important demonstration facility for industry.
"What is exciting about this work is that out at Mawson Lakes we have tangible evidence of how these innovations will work across the community," Howe said.
"This has become a focus for technology transfer to industry and a place where theories and innovations can be tested so that we can develop guidelines and systems that are practical and offer best practice for water capture, use, and recycling."