Journal articles

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Evapotranspiration from subsurface horizontal flow wetlands planted with Phragmites australis in sub-tropical Australia (with Thomas R. Headley, David O. Huett, and R Muller), Water Research (2012)

The balance between evapotranspiration (ET) loss and rainfall ingress in treatment wetlands (TWs) can affect...

 

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Temporal and spatial variability in the cycling of nitrogen within a constructed wetland: a whole-system stable-isotope-addition experiment (with Dirk V. Erler and Bradley D. Eyre), Limnology and Oceanography (2010)

Constructed wetlands attenuate effluent nutrients, are hydrodynamically well defined, and are a useful proxy for...

 

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The contribution of anammox and denitrification to sediment N2 production in a surface flow constructed wetland (with Dirk V. Erler and Bradley D. Eyre), Environmental Science and Technology (2008)

This study used anaerobic slurry assays and intact core incubations to quantify potential rates of...

 

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Dealing with nitrogen in subtropical Australia: seven case studies in the diffusion of ecotechnological innovation (with D Pont, Keith G. Bolton, and Tom R. Headley), Ecological Engineering (2006)

This paper describes seven case studies in which ecotechnological approaches are being used to reduce...

 

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Aspects of design, structure, performance and operation of reed beds - eight years' experience in northeastern New South Wales, Australia (with Tom R. Headley and K Pratt), Water Science & Technology (2005)

Reed beds (horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetlands) have been employed as secondary treatment devices in...

 

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Reed beds for the remediation and recycling of nursery runoff water (with Tom R. Headley, John Dirou, David O. Huett, and Gordon Stovold), Australasian Journal of Environmental Management (2005)

The water reform process of recent years has brought about dramatic regulatory changes regarding the...

 

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The effect of nitrogen loading on on-site system design: a model for determining land application area size (with Anthony McCardell and Andrew Edwards), Water Science and Technology (2005)

Designers of on-site wastewater management systems have six opportunities to remove pollutants of concern from...

 

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Treatment at different depths and vertical mixing within a 1-m deep horizontal subsurface-flow wetland (with Tom R. Headley and Eamon Herity), Ecological Engineering (2005)

The aim of this study was to examine the variation in treatment performance at three...

 

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Nitrogen removal from domestic effluent using subsurface flow constructed wetlands: influence of depth, hydraulic residence time and pre-nitrification (with M L. Bayley and T R. Healey), Water Science and Technology (2003)

This paper describes two studies into the BOD and TN removal performance of horizontal subsurface...

 

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Seasonal variation in phosphorus removal processes within reed beds - mass balance investigations (with Tom R. Headley and David O. Huett), Water Science and Technology (2003)

The phosphorus (P) removal processes in two pairs of High and Low Loaded reed beds...

 

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On-site domestic wastewater treatment by reed bed in the moist subtropics (with Tom R. Headley and M Edmonds), Water Science and Technology (2001)

This paper summarises the results of studies on four subsurface flow wetlands (reed beds) located...

 

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The removal of nutrients from plant nursery irrigation runoff in subsurface horizontal-flow wetlands (with Tom R. Headley and David O. Huett), Water Science and Technology (2001)

In New South Wales (NSW) Australia, the recent introduction of legislation to control runoff and...

 

Conference publications

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The community garden as an organ of the closed cycle neighbourhood metabolism: options for the sub-tropics, Proceedings of Community Garden Conference: Promoting sustainability, health and inclusion in the city (2010)

As the inevitable decline in availability of non-renewable agricultural inputs proceeds, increasing emphasis will be...

 

Constructed wetlands in Oceania: experiences from tropical islands to the desert (with Tom R. Headley, C Tanner, and M L. Bayley), Proceedings of the Society of Wetland Scientists European Chapter Conference (2008)
 

Sustainable settlements for the NSW North Coast, 2nd Regional Forum on Climage Change and Coastal Communities: Adaptation to and mitigation of climate change in the northern rivers and northern NSW region (2008)
 

Treatment wetlands in Oceania: experiences and case studies (with Tom R. Headley, C Tanner, and M L. Bayley), Proceedings of Monitoring of heavy metals and selected risk elements during wastewater treatment in constructed wetlands (2008)
 

An intermittently dosed vertical flow biofilter with clay loam subtrate (with Anthony McCardell, G Connor, and G Gorski), Innovation and technology for On-site systems : proceedings of On-Site '07 (2007)
 

Deep drainage under land application in subtropical areas with high rainfall (with Anthony McCardell and C Peak), Innovation and technology for On-site systems : proceedings of On-Site '07 (2007)
 

Effect of maturity and macrophyte presence on reed bed performance: two case studies (with J Winmill, Eamon Herity, and W Clarke), Innovation and technology for On-site systems : proceedings of On-Site '07 (2007)
 

On-site system upgrade using recirculation: two case studies (with S Garcia-Cuenca and P Bruce Williams), Innovation and technology for On-site systems : proceedings of On-Site '07 (2007)
 

The spatiotemporal pattern of macroinvertebrate community composition in two subtropical streams in north-eastern NSW, Australia (with Brett Andrew McCulloch), School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (2007)
 

Alternative sanitation systems: from pressure sewers to urine separating toilets, Proceedings Sustainable Water in the Urban Environment II (2006)
 

Experiences with eco-technologies for On-site wastewater management in sub-tropical Australia (with Tom R. Headley), Proceedings of NZ Land Treatment Collective 2006 annual conference: Wastewater and land treatment in challenging environments (2006)
 

Ecotechnologies used for managing nitrogen-rich effluents in sub-tropical Australia (with Tom R. Headley, D Pont, and Keith G. Bolton), Fifth Annual meeting of the American Ecological Engineering Society (2005)
 

Modelling nutrient and hydraulic loadings: Lismore's experience (with Anthony McCardell and Andrew Edwards), Performance assessment for On-site systems: regulation, operation and monitoring. Proceedings of On-site '05 Conference (2005)
 

Performance of a single pass and a recirculating sand filter (with Eamon Herity), Performance assessment for On-site systems: regulation, operation and monitoring. Proceedings of On-site '05 Conference (2005)
 

Recovery of failed trenches using aerated effluent (with Cara Beal and Joe Whitehead), Performance assessment for On-site systems: regulation, operation and monitoring. Proceedings of On-site '05 Conference (2005)
 

Reed bed treatment system design for removal of nitrogen from horticultural runoff (with Tom R. Headley and David O. Huett), 1st International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control (2005)
 

Temporal and spatial dynamics in biomass and nutrient uptake of Phragmites australis within reed beds treating irrigation runoff in sub-tropical Australia (with Tom R. Headley and David O. Huett), 1st International Symposium on Wetland Pollutant Dynamics and Control (2005)
 

Removal of ammonium-N from landfill leachate by vertical flow wetland: a pilot study (with Tom R. Headley and A Yeomans), Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control (2004)
 

Secondary treatment by reed bed: eight years experience in north eastern NSW (with Tom R. Headley and K Pratt), 6th Specialist Conference on Small Water & Wastewater Systems/1st International Conference on Onsite Wastewater Treatment & Recycling (2004)
 

The effect of nitrogen loading on on-site system design: a model for determining land application area size (Presentation) (with Anthony McCardell and Andrew Edwards), 6th Specialist Conference on Small Water & Wastewater Systems/1st International Conference on Onsite Wastewater Treatment & Recycling (2004)
 

A study of owner-built composting toilets in Lismore, NSW (with S Walker), On-site '03 : proceedings of On-Site '03 Conference : future directions for on-site systems, best management practice (2003)
 

Design models for the removal of BOD and total nitrogen in reed beds (with Tom R. Headley), On-site '03 : proceedings of On-Site '03 Conference : future directions for on-site systems, best management practice (2003)
 

Greywater pollutant attenuation in a basaltic soil: a soil column experiment (with Anthony McCardell), On-site '03 : proceedings of On-Site '03 Conference : future directions for on-site systems, best management practice (2003)
 

Owner-built composting toilets in Lismore, Australia: meeting the needs of users and regulators (with S Walker), Proceedings of 2nd International Symposium on Ecological Sanitation (2003)
 

A comparison of lithium, bromide and rhodamine-b as tracers in gravel-based reed beds (with Tom R. Headley, M L. Bayley, and David O. Huett), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on wetland systems for water pollution control (2002)
 

Nitrogen removal from domestic effluent using subsurface flow constructed wetlands: influence of depth, hydraulic residence time and pre-nitrification (Presentation) (with M L. Bayley and Tom R. Headley), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on wetland systems for water pollution control (2002)
 

On-site secondary treatment by reed bed: five years experience in Northern NSW, Proceedings of Queensland On-site Wastewater Treatment Symposium: A Practitioners’ Forum (2002)
 

Seasonal variation in phosphorus removal processes within reed beds - as indicated by mass balance (with Tom R. Headley and David O. Huett), Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on wetland systems for water pollution control (2002)
 

Constructed wetlands in On-site wastewater systems, On-site '01 : proceedings of On-site '01 Conference : advancing on-site wastewater systems (2001)
 

Flowforms and ponds in On-site wastewater treatment (with P Brown), On-site '01 : proceedings of On-site '01 Conference : advancing on-site wastewater systems (2001)
 

On-site wastewater management in New South Wales: community and regulator attitudes and practices (with B Schwizer), On-site '01 : proceedings of On-site '01 Conference : advancing on-site wastewater systems (2001)
 

Septic system performance: a study at Dunoon Northern NSW (with K Sarac, A Kohlenberg, J J. Bruce, and S White), On-site '01 : proceedings of On-site '01 Conference : advancing on-site wastewater systems (2001)
 

The use of composting toilets in New South Wales, Australia (with B Schwizer and A Kohlenberg), Proceedings of International Ecological Engineering Society Conference: Ecological engineering for landscape services and products (2001)
 

Treatment by reed bed and sand filter (with J Craven), On-site '01 : proceedings of On-site '01 Conference : advancing on-site wastewater systems (2001)
 

Treatment by reed bed and sand filter: results from a test facility (with M L. Bayley), On-site '01 : proceedings of On-site '01 Conference : advancing on-site wastewater systems (2001)
 

Treatment of nitrified wastewater using reed beds (with Tom R. Headley and David O. Huett), On-site '01 : proceedings of On-site '01 Conference : advancing on-site wastewater systems (2001)
 

On-site wastewater treatment by reed bed in the moist subtropics (with Tom R. Headley and M Edmonds), 7th International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control (2000)
 

The removal of nutrients from plant nursery irrigation runoff in subsurface horizontal-flow wetlands (Presentation) (with Tom R. Headley and David O. Huett), 7th International Conference on Wetland Systems for Water Pollution Control (2000)
 

Composting toilet with reed bed greywater treatment: two systems (with P Wallace), Proceedings of On-site '99 conference : making on-site wastewater systems work (1999)
 

On-site treatment by reed bed and pond: a study of two systems (with Tom R. Headley), Proceedings of On-site '99 conference : making on-site wastewater systems work (1999)
 

Effectiveness and user acceptance of composting toilet technology in Lismore, NSW (with R Pollard and A Kohlenberg), Proceedings of Environmental Technologies for Wastewater Management UNEP Conference (1997)
 

Source control by composting toilet: strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, School of Environmental Science and Management Papers (1996)
 

Alternative approaches to the management of water and human excreta: some technical and cultural perspectives, Proceedings 9th annual North Coast Environmental Health Conference (1995)
 

Spiralling towards catchment friendly technologies: a role for planners, Proceedings of Integrated Planning Regional Action Conference (1995)
 

Towards water wisdom: emerging technologies for cultural change, Proceedings Catalyst 95: The design and environment conference (1995)