Queensland University of Technology

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Queensland University of Technology is a university that is part of the pulse of the water sector. Here we bring together everything it publishes on Smart Water Magazine: its news, its blogs and the events it takes part in.

Revolutionising water quality monitoring for rivers and reefs

New, lower-cost help may soon be on the way to help manage one of the biggest threats facing the Great Barrier Reef. That threat is pollution from land making its way downstream by way of the many rivers and streams that flow into coastal waters along the reef. The size of the reef – which stretches for […]

Queensland University of Technology · 4 Sept 2019

10 Apr 2019

Pilot plant to purify bore and industrial waste water

QUT has opened a pilot plant to study technology for turning bore water, industrial wastewater and sea water into high-quality drinking water. The researchers are working with Japanese chemical conglomerate Asahi Kasei on a system that uses solar energy or low-grade waste heat produced by industry. The system dissolves salts from water using a membrane distillation system.