PROJECT SCOPE: This project explores the development of realistic synthetic data that mirrors the statistical properties of real-world agribusiness AMR data to drive decision making.

UNIVERSITY: The University of Queensland (available to domestic students only)

FUNDING AVAILABLE:

- Living stipend of $45,000 per annum

- Tuition fees covered

- A professional development funding package of $21,000 per candidate for 3 years

PROJECT SCOPE: The urban water cycle contains various potential hotspots and mitigation opportunities for antimicrobial resistance (AMR) spread. In indirect potable water reuse, treated wastewater is recycled back to an environmental buffer, such as a dam, being withdrawn downstream and then treated again to meet drinking water quality standards. The dam itself is exposed to anthropogenic activity.

This PhD project proposes the investigation of the potential impact that the introduction of purified recycled water (PRW) has on the receiving water reservoir and the role of the latter in the amplification of AMR determinants potentially arising from PRW. The risk of this process will be assessed and compared to other activities impacting the catchment (e.g. cattle and horticulture).

The role of treatment barriers in risk reduction will also be quantified, with the aim of comparing the benefits of increasing the treatment steps upstream (advanced water treatment process) and/or downstream (drinking water treatment plant) versus improving catchment stewardship.

UNIVERSITY: The University of Queensland (available to domestic students only)

INDUSTRY PARTNER/S: Seqwater

FUNDING AVAILABLE:

- Living stipend of $45,000 per annum

- Tuition fees covered

- A professional development funding package of $21,000 per candidate for 3 years