Environmental concentrations of emerging contaminants in coastal stormwater

Project Member(s): Doblin, M., Seymour, J., Bishop, D.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (National Environmental Science Program)
Commonwealth Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment (National Environmental Science Program)

Start year: 2024

Summary: Australia’s Waste Policy Action Plan, Threat Abatement Plan for the impacts of marine debris and Australia’s One Health Master Action Plan all refer to the need for emerging pollutants to be incorporated into contaminant guidelines. Scoping study 1.16 determined there is a clear and consistent need for data on environmental concentrations of contaminants of emerging concern (CECs) and an assessment of their impact on ecological communities. Project 2.4 focused on wastewater outfalls in different coastal settings - this extension will determine the concentration of emerging pollutants in coastal stormwater. The extension to Project 2.4 will also continue to collate, analyse and maintain the information from Water Treatment Authorities on outfall flows, pollutant concentrations and loads presented annually within the National Outfalls Database.

FOR Codes: Marine and estuarine ecology (incl. marine ichthyology), Land use and environmental planning, Environmental biogeochemistry, Measurement and assessment of estuarine water quality , Coastal and estuarine systems and management

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