Hello ANZBP members and colleagues,

In this newsletter, you will find an important update from ANZBP, our upcoming events, as well as the latest news and publications on biosolids.

Ozwater'23

ANZBP had the opportunity to present at Ozwater23. ANZBP is committed to collaborating with partners and stakeholders in the industry to find innovative solutions that drive progress towards a more sustainable future.

Sonja Toft and Matthew Wood presented on behalf of the ANZBP Advisory Committee Ozwater'23

ANZBP Lunch & Learn | Wednesday 14 June 12:00pm AEST

Join us on Wednesday 14 June from 12:00 pm to 1.00 pm AEST for this webinar to hear from our presenters about interactions between microbial communities in biosolid-amended soils and how we keep PFAS out of reclaimed waters and biosolids with Dr Cameron Reid, CSIRO Early Research Career Fellow and Dr Mark Bowman, Technical Director Contamination Assessment and Remediation within GHD’s Sydney team.

Biosolids in the News

All The Stuff in Your Home That Might Contain PFAS 'Forever Chemicals'

PFAS are included in uncounted products from clothing to furniture to pizza boxes to food wrappers to cooking utensils to electronics to fire-fighting foam to shoes and much, much more.

Logan Water sparkles on the national stage at Ozwater’23

Logan City Council’s innovative biosolids gasification project at Loganholme has won a prestigious national award.

PFAS Chemicals Found in Commonly Used Pesticides, Study Finds

Pesticides and insecticides could be another vector for PFAS chemicals into the environment and water supplies, in addition to firefighting foam.

Toxic PFAS can be broken down by bacteria found in wastewater
Certain kinds of "forever chemicals" can be dismantled using bacteria found in wastewater. This points to a possible way of making more of these compounds biodegradable.

Latest Academic Research

Don't forget you can take a look at our latest national and international academia round-ups on the ANZBP website.

• Occurrence of emerging contaminants in biosolids in northern Queensland, Australia
  Environmental Pollution
  Volume 330, 1 August 2023, 121786
  
  
• Conceptual system for sustainable and next-generation wastewater resource recovery facilities
  Science of The Total Environment
  Volume 885, 10 August 2023, 163758
  
  
• Continuous adsorption of ammonium from primary and digester effluents using biosolids-derived biochar and cation exchange resin
  Journal of Water Process Engineering
  Volume 53, July 2023, 103692
  
  
• Co-pyrolysis of biosolids with lignocellulosic biomass: Effect of feedstock on product yield and composition
  Process Safety and Environmental Protection
  Volume 173, May 2023, Pages 75-87
  
  
• Investigating mixed biosolids and cardboard for methylene blue adsorption: Activation, adsorption modelling and thermodynamics
  Environmental Research
  Volume 225, 15 May 2023, 115534

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