AQUEST The Aquatic Environmental Stress Research Group at RMIT is a leading research agency in aquatic pollution management.
Our research informs water management policies and practices to achieve improved waterway health, greater biodiversity, and environmental and industrial sustainability.
AQUEST has a proven track record of working with government agencies to improve policy. In recent years, our research has contributed to improvements in the EPA State Environment Protection Policy, the Yarra River Action Plan, the Port Phillip Bay Environmental Management Plan, the Victorian Water Sensitive Urban Design guidelines and filling knowledge gaps in the Healthy Waterways Strategy.
We respect client confidentiality and encourage the private sector and government agency customers to enquire.
Contact AQUEST@rmit.edu.au for further information.
For the latest findings from our Port Phillip Bay Micro-pollutants Study watch this webinar. Hosted by the Port Phillip Bay EcoCentre and presented by Dr Jackie Myers (AQUEST's own) and Dr Morgan Ellis of Deakin University. Results from our recent Baseline micro-pollutant study for Port Phillip Bay study were presented and an engaging discussion had. A report will be available shortly.
If you have any queries please contact us at aquest@rmit.edu.au
The AQUEST research group at RMIT University have a long-standing collaborative relationship with the Australian Federal Government’s National Measurement Institute.
More than just a commercial laboratory arrangement, this collaboration has seen:
See the latest waterway research from Melbourne Water research partners, featuring A3P. Information is also available in the individual project pages.
Check out our TWRA RMIT Webinar Series - YouTube on Microplastics and Biodiversity Assessment, with more topics to come. Hosted by TWRA online, with the purpose of increasing our combined research impact by facilitating opportunities to collaborate and share knowledge.
The partnership is between the Tropical Water Research Alliance (TWRA) and two RMIT research groups- Aquatic Environmental Stress Research Group (AQUEST) and Water: Effective Tools and Technology (WETT)
The TWRA is a research alliance between Brazil and Australia searching for solutions to water problems in tropical ecosystems.
At RMIT University, AQUEST aims to identify and address the ecological impacts of pollution in aquatic environments and WETT brings together multidisciplinary researchers to develop technologies and methodologies for managing societal water needs.
Find out more about our researchers and the work that they are doing.
Find out more about the journal articles, technical reports, and books we've produced about our research. For a copy, please email: aquest@rmit.edu.au
Meet our research team as they star in videos about topics close to our heart, share Webinars we've delivered including the wrap-up of our Pesticide Detectives project, Conference presentations and some “how-to” videos for pollution sampling.
For Melbourne Water Waterways Research Forum presentations showing how our research supports the Healthy Waterways Strategy in our region, see the banner on this page.
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Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Sentient' by Hollie Johnson, Gunaikurnai and Monero Ngarigo.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.
