Leader: Ranjna Jindal, D.Tech.Sc.
Members: Kimberley Irvine, Ph.D.
E-mail: ranjna.jindal@gmail.com, kim.irvine@nie.edu.sg

Water Quality Monitoring & Management Research Group (WQMM) was established to investigate the existing situations of water bodies with respect to conventional as well as emerging pollutants. Our research has focused on quality evaluation of effluents and receiving water environments using on-site monitoring tools and computer modeling with PCSWMM in addition to laboratory analyses, as well as computer modelling of sewage and storm water collection systems using PCSWMM.

Research Areas

• Our recent and current research areas towards water quality monitoring & management include: Pharmaceuticals & Personal care Products (PPCPs) in water environments
• Bisphenol A (BPA) in water environments
• On-site evaluation of biological quality of water bodies using Coliscan Easy Gel test kits.
• Monitoring of spatial variations in DO in water environments using Yellow Spring instruments(YSIs) logging system for spot sampling as well as short-term and long-term profiling, and GIS applications
• Mathematical modelling of effluent quality of municipality wastewater treatment plants using PCSWMM
• Mathematical modelling of wastewater collection systems using PCSWMM

 
Sampling sites (WWTPs) in Bangkok                Sampling Sites (STPs) in Seoul
 

Sampling points at some wastewater treatment plants WWTPs in Bangkok


Sampling points in six canals in Bangkok, Thailand


Water quality Investigations of the WWTP effluents and receiving water bodies in Bangkok


High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) equipped with UV/Vis detector and fluorescence detector, Shimizu, Japan
 

Completed Research Projects 
Principle Investigator: Visiting Professor Dr. Ranjna Jindal

• Occurrence of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) Residues in Some Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants’ Effluents in Bangkok Region.  Funded by Faculty of
• Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand.
• Comparative Study on Pharmaceuticals Residues in Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants and Receiving Waters in Thailand and South Korea – An Emerging Threat to Public Health.  Funded by Mahidol University, Thailand.
• Occurrence of Bisphenol A in Some Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plants’ Effluents in Bangkok Region.  Funded by Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University, Thailand.
• A Preliminary Study of Arsenic Contamination in Southern Thailand.  Funded by National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT).                   
• Investigations on the Heavy Metals’ Removal From Wastewater Using Constructed Wetlands. 
• Funded  by National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) & Thailand Research Fun (TRF).
• A Novel Wastewater Treated System Using A UASB  Reactor and A Downflow Hanging
• Sponge (DHS) Post Treatment Unit. Funded  by National Research Council of  Thailand (NRCT). 

Our Current Research Activities



Cha-Am Municipality Wastewater Pond System Research Site


Briefing to Students during Overnight Research trip to Cha-Am




Spot Measurements for DO Profiling Using YSIs


YSIs Cleaning for Reinstalling in the Aeration Pond


24 Hours Sampling at Cha-Am Municipality Wastewater Treatment Pond System




Water Quality Analyses in Laboratory 

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