Increased Transparency and Resource Prioritization for the Management of Pollutants From Wastewater Treatment Plants: A National Perspective From Australia
With increasing human populations in coastal regions, there is growing concern over the quality of wastewater treatment plant (WTP) discharge and its impacts on coastal biodiversity, recreational amenities, and human health. In Australia, the current system of WTP monitoring and reporting varies acr...
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| author | Qurratu A’Yunin Rohmana Qurratu A’Yunin Rohmana Andrew M. Fischer John Cumming John Cumming Boyd D. Blackwell Boyd D. Blackwell John Gemmill |
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| description | With increasing human populations in coastal regions, there is growing concern over the quality of wastewater treatment plant (WTP) discharge and its impacts on coastal biodiversity, recreational amenities, and human health. In Australia, the current system of WTP monitoring and reporting varies across states and jurisdictions leading to a lack of data transparency and accountability, leading to a reduced ability to comprehensively assess regional and national scale biodiversity impacts and health risks. The National Outfall Database (NOD) was developed to provide a centralized spatial data management system for sharing and communicating comprehensive, national-scale WTP pollutant data. This research describes the structure of the NOD and through self-organizing maps and principal component analysis, provides a comprehensive, national-scale analysis of WTP effluent. Such a broad understanding of the constituents and level of pollutants in coastal WTP effluent within a public database provides for improved transparency and accountability and an opportunity to evaluate health risks and develop national water quality standards. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0da04c32a0e3466ab50946b902ad21e22022-12-22T00:07:20ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Marine Science2296-77452020-09-01710.3389/fmars.2020.564598564598Increased Transparency and Resource Prioritization for the Management of Pollutants From Wastewater Treatment Plants: A National Perspective From AustraliaQurratu A’Yunin Rohmana0Qurratu A’Yunin Rohmana1Andrew M. Fischer2John Cumming3John Cumming4Boyd D. Blackwell5Boyd D. Blackwell6John Gemmill7Institute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, AustraliaClean Ocean Foundation, Wonthaggi, VIC, AustraliaInstitute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, AustraliaClean Ocean Foundation, Wonthaggi, VIC, AustraliaInfotech Research, South Yarra, VIC, AustraliaInstitute of Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS, AustraliaAquaEquis Consulting, Armidale, NSW, AustraliaClean Ocean Foundation, Wonthaggi, VIC, AustraliaWith increasing human populations in coastal regions, there is growing concern over the quality of wastewater treatment plant (WTP) discharge and its impacts on coastal biodiversity, recreational amenities, and human health. In Australia, the current system of WTP monitoring and reporting varies across states and jurisdictions leading to a lack of data transparency and accountability, leading to a reduced ability to comprehensively assess regional and national scale biodiversity impacts and health risks. The National Outfall Database (NOD) was developed to provide a centralized spatial data management system for sharing and communicating comprehensive, national-scale WTP pollutant data. This research describes the structure of the NOD and through self-organizing maps and principal component analysis, provides a comprehensive, national-scale analysis of WTP effluent. Such a broad understanding of the constituents and level of pollutants in coastal WTP effluent within a public database provides for improved transparency and accountability and an opportunity to evaluate health risks and develop national water quality standards.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.564598/fulleffluentoutfallspollutantsspatial data managementimpactshuman health |
| spellingShingle | Qurratu A’Yunin Rohmana Qurratu A’Yunin Rohmana Andrew M. Fischer John Cumming John Cumming Boyd D. Blackwell Boyd D. Blackwell John Gemmill Increased Transparency and Resource Prioritization for the Management of Pollutants From Wastewater Treatment Plants: A National Perspective From Australia Frontiers in Marine Science effluent outfalls pollutants spatial data management impacts human health |
| title | Increased Transparency and Resource Prioritization for the Management of Pollutants From Wastewater Treatment Plants: A National Perspective From Australia |
| title_full | Increased Transparency and Resource Prioritization for the Management of Pollutants From Wastewater Treatment Plants: A National Perspective From Australia |
| title_fullStr | Increased Transparency and Resource Prioritization for the Management of Pollutants From Wastewater Treatment Plants: A National Perspective From Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Increased Transparency and Resource Prioritization for the Management of Pollutants From Wastewater Treatment Plants: A National Perspective From Australia |
| title_short | Increased Transparency and Resource Prioritization for the Management of Pollutants From Wastewater Treatment Plants: A National Perspective From Australia |
| title_sort | increased transparency and resource prioritization for the management of pollutants from wastewater treatment plants a national perspective from australia |
| topic | effluent outfalls pollutants spatial data management impacts human health |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmars.2020.564598/full |
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