Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology

We are a world leading centre in water research and an emerging leader in environmental biotechnology. ACWEB has approximately 100 personnel, across academic, research support, and higher degree research staff.

It is a faculty research centre with broad collaborative links to over 100 different utilities, businesses, industry groups, research institutions, and educational facilities around Australia and the world.

The ACWEB research portfolio consists of nine research themes that are achieving sustainable outcomes for the water industry, protecting our water resources and critical infrastructure.
As an internationally recognised technology leader, ACWEB is actively involved in the domestic and industrial water and wastewater industry.
With an international reputation for excellence in water research, our Centre delivers great opportunities for research and successful graduate outcomes.

Recent Publications

            

Sustainable wastewater management through nitrogen-cycling microorganisms

Tao Liu, Haoran Duan, Sebastian Lücker, Min Zheng, Holger Daims, Zhiguo Yuan & Jianhua Guo

Nature Water
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44221-024-00307-5

Dead in the water – Role of relic DNA and primer choice for targeted sequencing surveys of anaerobic sewage sludge intended for biological monitoring

Christian Krohn, Kraiwut Jansriphibul, Daniel A. Dias, Catherine A. Rees, Ben van den Akker, Jennifer C. Boer, Magdalena Plebanski, Aravind Surapaneni, Denis O'Carroll, Stuetz Richard, Damien J. Batstone, Andrew S. Ball

Water Research Journal https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2024.121354

Integrated urban water management by coupling iron salt production and application with biogas upgrading

Zhetai Hu, Lanqing Li, Xiaotong Cen, Min Zheng, Shihu Hu, Xiuheng Wang, Yarong Song, Kangning Xu & Zhiguo Yuan

Nature Communications https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-42158-w

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