title: Microbiological risks of recycling urban stormwater via aquifers.
abstract: With the release of the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR), aquifers are now being included as a treatment barrier when assessing risk of recycled water systems. A MAR research site recharging urban stormwater in a confined aquifer was used in conjunction with a Quantitative Microbial Risk Assessment to assess the microbial pathogen risk in the recovered water for different end uses. The assessment involved undertaking a detailed assessment of the treatment steps and exposure controls, including the aquifer, to achieve the microbial health-based targets.
authors.affiliation: CSIRO Water for a Healthy Country Research Flagship, Waite Laboratories, Waite Rd, Urrbrae 5064, South Africa. declan.page@csiro.au
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dillon
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D002947:Cities; D060587:Groundwater / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000592:standards*; D059027:Recycling; D012498:Sanitary Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D014865:Waste Disposal, Fluid / Q000379:methods*; D014871:Water Microbiology; D014881:Water Supply / Q000592:standards