
Professor Sathaa Arumugam Sathasivan
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR,
Engineering and Construction Management
Personal
UWS Organisational Unit (School / Division)
- Engineering and Construction Management
Professional Memberships
- International water association (2006-01-14)
Contact
| Email: | A.Sathasivan@uws.edu.au |
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| Extension: | 2941 |
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| Location: | XB.2.49 Penrith (Kingswood) |
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Biography
A/Prof Sathasivan (Sathaa) joined University of Western Sydney in January 2012 leaving Curtin University where he held academic position for 6 years and managed projects totaling about 1.2 million dollars including an ARC linkage grant. The projects resulted in supervision of 10 postgraduate students inclusive of 7 PhD students to successful completion. Sathaa brings a nice mixture of industrial and academic experience in environmental engineering from around the world. He finished his PhD in The University of Tokyo in Water Quality Engineering and then worked as a research fellow in the same university for two years. Following this, Sathaa was an Assistant Professor in Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok for two years. Prior to joining Curtin, he worked with Sydney Water Corporation as a Water Quality Scientist for six years on several operational and research and development projects which included Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment. His main research interest is in drinking/recycled water distribution systems and water treatment processes. He uses biotechnology to maximize the effectiveness of available technologies. He loves the challenges the sustainable development present and the opportunities life cycle assessment tool and other technologies offer.
This information has been contributed by Professor Sathasivan.
Publications
Chapters in Books
- Kastl, G., Fisher, I., Sathasivan, A., Chen, P. and Leeuwen, J. (2003), 'DOC Removal: Optimisation and Modelling of Enhanced Coagulation', Natural Organic Matter in Drinking Water: Problems and Solutions, Occasional Paper 6 (Natural Organic Matter), CRC Publishing 1876616180.
Journal Articles
- Krishna, B., Sathasivan, A. and Sarker, D. (2012), 'Evidence of Soluble Microbial Products Accelerating Chloramine Decay in Nitrifying Bulk Water Samples', Water Research, 12.
- Sathasivan, A. and Krishna, B. (2012), 'Major Mechanism(s) of Chloramine Decay in Re-chloraminated Laboratory Scale System Waters', Desalination and Water Treatment, 8.
- Fisher, I., Sathasivan, A. and Bal Krishna, K. (2012), 'A Suitable Model of Combined Effects of Temperature and Initial Condition on Chlorine Bulk Decay in Water Distribution Systems', Water Research, 11.
- Johir, M., Vigneswaran, S., Kandasamy, J., Sathasivan, A. and Grasmick, A. (2012), 'Effect of Imposed Flux on Fouling Behaviour in High Rate Membrane Bioreactor', Bioresources Technology, 8.
- Aboutalebi, H., Sathasivan, A. and Kuan, M. (2012), 'Application of Air-cathode Pipe Reactor to Simultaneously Suppress Sulphate Reduction and Accelerate COD Oxidation in Synthetic Wastewater', Bioresource Technology, 4.
- Aryal, A., Sathasivan, A. and Vigneswaran, S. (2012), 'Synergistic Effect of Biological Activated Carbon and Enhanced Coagulation in Secondary Wastewater Effluent Treatment', Water Science and Technology, 8.
- Zhan, W., Sathasivan, A., Joll, C., Wei, G., Heitz, A. and Kristiana, L. (2012), 'Impact of N O M Character on Copper Adsorption by Trace Ferric Hydroxide from Iron Corrosion in Water Supply System', Chemical Engineering Journal, 11.
- Sathasivan, A. and Bal Krishna, K. (2012), 'Major mechanism(s) of chloramine decay in rechloraminated laboratory scale system waters', Desalination and Water Treatment, 8.
- Aryal, A., Sathasivan, A. and Vigneswaran, S. (2012), 'Synergistic effect of biological activated carbon and enhanced coagulation in secondary wastewater effluent treatment', Water Science and Technology, 8.
- Aboutalebi, H., Sathasivan, A. and Kuan, M. (2012), 'Application of air-cathode pipe reactor to simultaneously suppress sulphate reduction and accelerate COD oxidation in synthetic wastewater', Bioresource Technology, 4.
- Johir, M., George, J., Vigneswaran, S., Kandasamy, J., Sathasivan, A. and Grasmick, A. (2012), 'Effect of imposed flux on fouling behavior in high rate membrane bioreactor', Bioresources Technology, 8.
- Fisher, I., Kastl, G. and Sathasivan, A. (2012), 'A suitable model of combined effects of temperature and initial condition on chlorine bulk decay in water distribution systems', Water Research, 11.
- Zhan, W., Sathasivan, A., Joll, C., Wai, G., Heitz, A. and Kristiana, I. (2012), 'Impact of NOM character on copper adsorption by trace ferric hydroxide from iron corrosion in water supply system', Chemical Engineering Journal, 11.
- Bal Krishna, K., Sathasivan, A. and Sarker, D. (2012), 'Evidence of soluble microbial products accelerating chloramine decay in nitrifying bulk water samples', Water Research, 12.
- Sathasivan, A. (2012), 'Effect of biofilms grown at various chloramine residuals on chloramine decay', Water science and technology : water supply, 7.
- Aryal, A. and Sathasivan, A. (2011), 'Importance of the Order in Enhancing EfOM Removal by Combination of BAC and MIEX(?)', Water Science and Technology, 10.
- Aboutlebi, H., Sathasivan, A., Kohpaei, J. and Bal Krishna, K. (2011), 'Expediting Acetate Removal by Microbial Electrolysis Cells by increasing biomass concentration', Bioresource Technology, 4.
- Fisher, I., Kastl, G., Sathasivan, A. and Jegatheesan, V. (2011), 'Suitability of Chlorine Bulk Decay Models for Planning and Management of Water Distribution Systems: A Review', Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 40.
- Kohpaei, J. and Sathasivan, A. (2011), 'Chlorine Decay Prediction in Bulk Water Using the Parallel Second Order Model: An Analytical Solution Development', Chemical Engineering Journal, 10.
- Fisher, I., Kastl, G. and Sathasivan, A. (2011), 'Evaluation of Suitable Chlorine Bulk-decay Models for Water Distribution System', Water Research, -28.
- Aryal, A., Sathasivan, A. and Zhan, W. (2011), 'Effect of Suspended Solids in secondary wastewater effluent on DOC removal by Enhanced Coagulation', Desalination and Water Treatment, 6.
- Sarker, D. and Sathasivan, A. (2011), 'Effect of Temperature on Onset of Nitrification in Chloraminated System', Desalination and Water Treatment, 5.
- Kohapei, J., Sathasivan, A. and Aboutalebi, H. (2011), 'Evaluation of second order and parallel second order approaches to model temperature variation in chlorine decay modelling ', Desalination and Water Treatment, 7.
- Kohapei, J., Sathasivan, A. and Aboutalebi, H. (2011), 'Effectiveness of parallel second order model over second and first order models', Desalination and Water Treatment, 8.
- Al-Ithari, A., Sathasivan, A., Ahmed, R., Vithularu, H., Zhan, W. and Ahmed, M. (2011), 'Superiority of date seed ash as an adsorbent over other ashes and ferric chloride in removing boron from seawater ', Desalination and Water Treatment, 5.
- Tal, T., Sathasivan, A. and Bal Krishna, K. (2011), 'Effect of Different Disinfectants on Grey Water Quality during Storage', Journal of Water Sustainability, 12.
- Aryal, A., Sathasivan, A. and Adhikari, R. (2011), 'Evidence that BAC Enhances DOC Removal by Enhanced Coagulation', Desalination, 6.
- Kristiana, I., Heitz, A., Joll, C. and Sathasivan, A. (2010), 'Analysis of polysulfides in drinking water distribution systems using headspace solid-phase micro-extraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry', Journal of Chromatography A, 7.
- Fisher, I., Jabari Kohpaei, A. and Sathasivan, A. (2010), 'Comment on 'Using Bayesian statistics to estimate the coefficients of a two-component second-order chlorine bulk decay model for a water distribution system' by Huang, J.J., McBean, E.A. Water Res. (2007)', Water Research, 2.
- Sathasivan, A., Bal Krishna, K. and Fisher, I. (2010), 'Development and Application of a Method for Quantifying Factors Affecting Chloramine Decay in Service Reservoirs', Water Research, 10.
- Fisher, I., Sathasivan, A., Kastl, G. and Chuo, P. (2009), 'Effects of stratification on chloramine decay in distribution system service reservoirs', Water Research, 11.
- Zhan, W., Sathasivan, A., Nolan, P., Koska, L., Heitz, A. and Joll, C. (2009), 'Effectiveness of Ferric Salts to Remove Low Levels of Dosed Copper from NOM-Containing Natural Water', Jour of Water Supply: Research and Technology - AQUA, 7.
- Fisher, I., Kastl, G., Fayle, B. and Sathasivan, A. (2009), 'Chlorine or Chloramine for Drinking Water Disinfection? Choice based on modelling and measurements in real distribution systems', Water, 12.
- Sathasivan, A., Chiang, J. and Nolan, P. (2009), 'Temperature Dependence of Chemical and Microbiological Chloramine Decay in Bulk Waters of Distribution', Water Science & Technology: Water Supply-WSTWS, 7.
- Fisher, I., Kastl, G., Sathasivan, A. and Jegatheesan, V. (2009), 'Comment on 'A Variable Rate Coefficient Chlorine Decay Model'', Environmental Science and Technology, 1.
- Sathasivan, A., Fisher, I. and Tam, T. (2008), 'Onset of Severe Nitrification in Mildly Nitrifying Chloraminated Bulk Waters and its Relation to Biostability', Water Research, 10.
- Sathasivan, A., Fisher, I. and Kastl, G. (2005), 'Simple Method for Quantifying Microbiologically Assisted Chloramine Decay in Drinking Water ', Environmental Science and Technology, 7.
- Kastl, G., Fisher, I., Sathasivan, A. and van der Leeuwen, J. (2004), 'Tuning the Enhanced Coagulation Process to Obtain Best Chlorine and THM Profiles in the Distribution System', Water Science and Technology: Water Supply, 10.
- Kastl, G., Sathasivan, A., Fisher, I. and van der Leeuwen, J. (2004), 'Modelling DOC removal by enhanced coagulation', American Water Works Association. Journal, 11.
- Illomaki, K., Neilson, P., Sathasivan, A. and Bohez, E. (2003), 'Life Cycle Assessment and Environmental Improvement of Residential and Drinking Water Supply Systems: A Case Study in Hanoi, Vietnam', The International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology, 16.
- Visvanathan, C., Boonthanan, N., Sathasivan, A. and Jegatheesan, V. (2003), 'Pre-treatment of Seawater for Biodegradable Organic Content Removal using Membrane Bioreactor', Desalination, 8.
Research
Major thrust of Sathaa's research is to supply safe drinking water to customers through improvement of biostability (reduction of bacterial regrowth) while reducing disinfection by-products. Disinfectants studied are chlorine and chrloramine. Treatments investigated include membrane filtration, membrane bioreactor, coagulation/flocculation, biologically activated carbon, granular activated carbon and MIEX. Further, he ventures into other areas of distribution systems such as discoloured water management and corrosion. In addition, he is working on Microbial Electrolysis cells to treat waste water.
This information has been contributed by Professor Sathasivan.
Current Projects
| Title: | Trial of a new nitrification management approach for chloraminated systems |
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| Years: | 2012-12-01 - 2014-06-01 |
| ID: | P00021105 |
| UWS Researchers: | Sathaa Arumugam Sathasivan |
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Supervision
Current Supervision
| Title: | The Impact of SMP's on Expediting Chloramine Decay in Distribution Systems |
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