Jellyfish Compliance with SEQ MUSIC Modelling Guidelines · MCU15/0122

Page | 8


[OCR of page images]
Humes Research Data and Published Papers

In 2012, Humes established a local field monitoring program of the Jellyfish Filter at a
commercial facility in West Ipswich. Humes provided a JF1200-2-1 to the site under approval
from Ipswich City Council, along with sampling equipment in order to evaluate the treatment
performance of the Jellyfish Filter under Australian conditions, specifically in SEQ. The study
was independently conducted by QUT, and published in a peer reviewed journal (Australian
Journal of Water Research) by Humes (See Appendix B).

Another research paper was published in the Australian Water Association Journal in May
2015 by Humes which demonstrated the statistical robustness of the data collected at the
Ipswich test site for the Jellyfish Filter. This paper confirmed that enough samples had been
collected, but also that the quality of samples collected was statistically significant. This was
critical in demonstrating that the field data collected was statistically robust and accurately
represented the performance of the Jellyfish Filter under local conditions (See Appendix B).

The research conducted in Australia also confirms results from overseas testing. The University
of Florida performed comprehensive testing on the Jellyfish Filter, and found similar removal
rates as those published in Australia.

MUSIC Modelling Guidelines

The Music Modelling Guidelines for SEQ (Water by Design, 2010) provides a comprehensive
guide on acceptable modelling practice for the SEQ region. The purpose of the guidelines is to
ensure a consistent and uniform approach to stormwater quality modelling and assessment by
providing preferred MUSIC parameters to demonstrate compliance with the State Planning
Policy. By utilising MUSIC, it is possible to select and size an appropriate Jellyfish Filter in order
to meet these water quality objectives.

The Jellyfish targets nutrients as a tertiary filtration device (as opposed to gross pollutants —
although gross pollutant removal is possible). Therefore it is accurately represented in MUSIC
as a “Generic Node”. Products which are represented by these types of nodes need to
demonstrate the following three (3) points, as described below.

Page | 8