Journal article
Wastewater recycling in Antarctica: Performance assessment of an advanced water treatment plant in removing trace organic chemicals
M Allinson, K Kadokami, F Shiraishi, D Nakajima, J Zhang, A Knight, SR Gray, PJ Scales, G Allinson
Journal of Environmental Management | ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Published : 2018
Abstract
The Australian Antarctic Division (AAD) operates Australia's Davis Station in the Antarctic. In 2005, Davis Station's wastewater treatment plant failed and since then untreated, macerated effluent has been discharged to the ocean. The objectives of this study were to determine whether an advanced water treatment plant (AWTP) commissioned by the AAD and featuring a multi-barrier process involving ozonation, ceramic microfiltration, biologically activated carbon filtration, reverse osmosis, ultraviolet disinfection and chlorination was capable of producing potable water and a non-toxic brine concentrate that can be discharged with minimal environmental impact. The AWTP was tested using water f..
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Awarded by Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence
Funding Acknowledgements
Funding for this work was provided by the Australian Water Recycling Centre of Excellence, with additional funding from the Australian Antarctic Division (Department of the Environment), the Environment Research and Technology Development Fund (5-1552) of the Ministry of the Environment, Japan, and support from RMIT University, The University of Melbourne, Victoria University, Veolia and TasWater. The authors would also like to thank Michael Packer (AAD) and Kathy Northcott (Veolia) for their help with this program, particularly their insights into the operation of the AWTP and other WWTPs. We also thank Stuart Khan and James McDonald at the University of New South Wales Water Research Centre for NDMA analysis. GA thanks the RMIT Foundation for an International Research Exchange Fellowship for himself and KK.