Understanding Australia by analysing wastewater during the Census 2021

该项目旨在利用2021年澳大利亚人口普查，这是一个独特的机会，通过系统的废水分析，将化学和生物危害暴露与流域社会人口数据联系起来。该项目有望提高我们识别新出现的灾害的能力，并了解影响澳大利亚各地灾害时空趋势的因素。此外，在世界上第一个，该项目旨在通过将销售/使用与废水处理厂的命运和排放联系起来，在全国范围内评估化学品的命运，并评估澳大利亚100多家工厂的处理效率。该项目希望为政府、废水管理机构和工业提供洞察，了解可能影响环境和人类健康的危害。

This project aims to utilise the Australian Census 2021, a unique opportunity to link exposure to chemical and biological hazards with catchment socio-demographic data via systematic wastewater analysis. The project is expected to advance our capabilities to identify emerging hazards and understand factors that affect spatiotemporal trends in hazards across Australia. Moreover, in a world first, the project aims to assess chemical fate on a national level by linking sales/use with fate and release from wastewater treatment plants and assess treatment efficiency at >100 plants around Australia. The project expects to provide insight for government, wastewater managers and industry into hazards that may affect environmental and human health.