Dr Heather Chapman has been involved with urban water research and management for the last 12 years with significant experience in water recycling R&D. She is an Associate Professor and Program Leader for the Health and Environment Program in the Smart Water Research Facility located at Griffith University in Brisbane. From 2003 – 2008 she was the program leader for the Sustainable Water Sources program in the CRC Water Quality and Treatment. The program had a range of multidisciplinary projects, mostly on alternate water sources, and with a large focus on water recycling from the technical, health risk, governance and planning perspectives. At the same time she maintained her involvement in research on water quality monitoring and assessment, and the use of the scientific outcomes in risk management of hazards in water relating to chemical water quality. She was a member of the working group who developed the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling, Phase 1 and contributed significantly to the supporting work behind the Phase 2 guidelines, Augmentation of Drinking Water Supplies (EPHC/NRW/NWC, 2008).
