Australian Centre for Water and Environmental Biotechnology

We are a world leading centre in water research and an emerging leader in environmental biotechnology. ACWEB has approximately 100 personnel, across academic, research support, and higher degree research staff.

It is a faculty research centre with broad collaborative links to over 100 different utilities, businesses, industry groups, research institutions, and educational facilities around Australia and the world.

The ACWEB research portfolio consists of nine research themes that are achieving sustainable outcomes for the water industry, protecting our water resources and critical infrastructure.
As an internationally recognised technology leader, ACWEB is actively involved in the domestic and industrial water and wastewater industry.
With an international reputation for excellence in water research, our Centre delivers great opportunities for research and successful graduate outcomes.

Recent Publications

            

A multi-pronged strategy towards one-stage partial nitritation/anammox in a lab-scale MABR

Yimeng Li, Dongdong Xu, Yan Lu, Chenkai Niu, Yanjun Shao & Jianhua Guo

Water Research
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0043135426007025

Granular stratification enables stable and efficient nitrogen removal in anammox sludge bed reactors

Dongdong Xu, Zhiyao Wang, Chao Pan, Wenda Chen, Meng Zhang, Ping Zheng & Jianhua Guo

Environmental Science & Technology
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.5c17171

Dual effects of in situ free nitrous acid accumulation on membrane fouling in acidic membrane bioreactors

Zheng Kong, Zhiyao Wang, Yunqian Song, Chenkai Niu, Xi Lu, Hongxiang Chai & Shihu Hu

Environmental Science & Technology
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.5c14655

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