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The emergence of SARS-CoV-2 hastened the adoption of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for public health surveillance. While passive sampling results for SARS-CoV-2 appeared to agree with clinical sampling and infection numbers within the community, at the time there was limited investigation into factors that may affect the accuracy of results obtained through passive sampling. This study

During the 21st and 22nd of October Prof. Howard Fallowfield, Sam Buterworth and Felipe Sabatte participated in the Next water 25 Conference held by WRA in Melbourne. Professor Fallowfield delivered a presentation showing the work done by the team on different studies and the recent construction and commissioning of the Angaston pilot plant. The talk

Our PhD student, Jason Leonard gave a presentation at the IndoPac conference entitled “Variability in Ship Bilge Water”

Our Director, Professor Sophie Leterme, gave a presentation at the Indopac 2025 conference entitled “Underwater Warfare: Antifouling Coatings vs Biofilm in South Australia”

Jason Hinds, the Research and Development Manager at Enware Australia Pty Limited, visited the Flinders University BRIC node on 23 October 2025.PhD student Mikaela Todarello is pictured with Jason examining a laboratory handbasin model used to investigate how design features influence biofilm formation and bioaerosol risks in hospital settings.

https://www.ihea.org.au/post/new-insights-into-the-management-and-design-of-water-systems-to-prevent-healthcare-associated-infect