UNSW R&D

Better filtration starts with the material. WAA’s 2025 collaboration with UNSW Sydney explored treatment options for PFAS, nitrate, hardness, fluoride and selected metals.

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The research report preview outlines the material review, selection approach, experimental setups and analytical methods.

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For the full paper or a research collaboration enquiry, contact WAA R&D with your name, phone number and organisation, if applicable.

Research informs development. Product performance must be established for the selected model and its operating conditions; university collaboration is not product certification.

Improved filtration materials for water treatment

Working with the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW Sydney, WAA explored activated carbon, ion-exchange media and membrane treatment. The project combined published research, structured material comparisons and experimental testing to assess potential routes for further development.

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A material for the task

Different dissolved substances interact with filter materials in different ways. The UNSW project examined how material selection and treatment method can be matched to a defined water-quality challenge.

From candidate materials to measured samples

The experimental programme included column, whole-home and reverse-osmosis setups. Prepared water samples allowed specific treatment questions to be investigated, with analytical methods selected for ions, hardness, metals and PFAS. This links a material’s proposed role to measurable behaviour.