Professor Ashantha Goonetilleke
Queensland University of Technology
Professor, Engineering & Technology
Australia
My co-authors include
Dr Warish Ahmed
Dr Prasanna Egodawatta
Mrs Nayomi Kankanamge
My Publications
Engineered technologies for the separation and degradation of microplastics in water: A...
Chemical Engineering Journal
June 2021
A Bayesian approach to model the trends and variability in urban stormwater quality ass...
Water Research
June 2021
Physico-chemical properties of sediments governing the bioavailability of heavy metals ...
The Science of The Total Environment
April 2021
Application of Chlorella pyrenoidosa embedded biochar beads for water treatment
Journal of Water Process Engineering
April 2021
Removal of heavy metals from water using engineered hydrochar: Kinetics and mechanistic...
Journal of Water Process Engineering
April 2021
Source quantification and risk assessment as a foundation for risk management of metals...
Journal of Hazardous Materials
April 2021
New conceptualisation of first flush phenomena in urban catchments
Journal of Environmental Management
March 2021
Catchment based estimation of pollutant event mean concentration (EMC) and implications...
Journal of Environmental Management
February 2021
Assessing social resilience in disaster management
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
January 2021
Influence of photolysis on source characterization and health risk of polycyclic aromat...
Environmental Pollution
January 2021
Influence of the hierarchical structure of land use on metals, nutrients and organochlo...
Ecological Engineering
January 2021
A Framework for Stormwater Quality Modelling under the Effects of Climate Change to Enh...
Sustainability
December 2020
Influence of surface hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity of biochar on the removal of emergin...
Chemical Engineering Journal
December 2020
Kinetic modelling and performance evaluation of vertical subsurface flow constructed we...
Journal of Water Process Engineering
December 2020
Particulate matter exchange between atmosphere and roads surfaces in urban areas
Journal of Environmental Sciences
December 2020
Influential factors on microplastics occurrence in river sediments
The Science of The Total Environment
October 2020
How engaging are disaster management related social media channels? The case of Austral...
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
September 2020
Assessing the effect of surface hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity on pollutant leaching pot...
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
September 2020
Mathematical modelling of the influence of physico-chemical properties on heavy metal a...
Chemosphere
September 2020
Optimized simultaneous pressurized fluid extraction and in-cell clean-up, and analysis ...
Analytica Chimica Acta
August 2020
Influence of microplastics on nutrients and metal concentrations in river sediments
Environmental Pollution
August 2020
Impact of global warming on urban stormwater quality: From the perspective of an altern...
Journal of Cleaner Production
July 2020
Application of multivariate data techniques in photochemical study of polycyclic aromat...
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
June 2020
The synergistic effect of ultrasound power and magnetite incorporation on the sorption/...
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science
June 2020
How can gamification be incorporated into disaster emergency planning? A systematic rev...
International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
April 2020
Pharmaceuticals, personal care products, food additive and pesticides in surface waters...
Marine Pollution Bulletin
April 2020
Selection of surrogates to assess social resilience in disaster management using multi-...
International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
February 2020
Surrogate Measures to Assess Mobility of People as a Resilience Indicator in Disaster M...
International Journal of Disaster Risk Science
February 2020
Application of quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) model in comprehensi...
Journal of Hazardous Materials
February 2020
Dataset for the quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) modeling of the tox...
Data in Brief
February 2020
Transformation and degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in urban road...
Environmental Pollution
February 2020
Determining disaster severity through social media analysis: Testing the methodology wi...
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
January 2020
Abundance, distribution patterns, and identification of microplastics in Brisbane River...
The Science of The Total Environment
January 2020
Transformation Processes of Metals in Urban Road Dust
January 2020
Creating a hierarchy of hazard control for urban stormwater management
Environmental Pollution
December 2019
Influence of physicochemical properties of road dust on the build-up of hydrocarbons
The Science of The Total Environment
December 2019
Taxonomy of influential factors for predicting pollutant first flush in urban stormwate...
Water Research
December 2019
Removal of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from wastewater using dual‐mode ultrasound ...
Water and Environment Journal
November 2019
Behaviour of metals in an urban river and the pollution of estuarine environment
Water Research
November 2019
Fees and governance: Towards sustainability in water resources management at schools in...
Sustainable Cities and Society
November 2019
Nitrate-dependent Uranium mobilisation in groundwater
The Science of The Total Environment
November 2019
Quantifying the influence of surface physico-chemical properties of biosorbents on heav...
Chemosphere
November 2019
Engaging residents from different ethnic and language backgrounds in disaster preparedness
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
October 2019
Biochar-supported nanomaterials for environmental applications
Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry
October 2019
Rethinking hydrocarbons build-up on urban roads: A perspective on volatilisation under ...
Environmental Pollution
September 2019
Role of adsorption behavior on metal build-up in urban road dust
Journal of Environmental Sciences
September 2019
UNCERTAINTIES IN THE ASSESSMENT OF VOLATILE HYDROCARBON POLLUTION OF URBAN STORMWATER
September 2019
Nutrients and metals interactions between water and sediment phases: An urban river cas...
Environmental Pollution
August 2019
Climate change adaptation in the management of public buildings: an Indonesian context
International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation
April 2019
Can volunteer crowdsourcing reduce disaster risk? A systematic review of the literature
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
April 2019
Effective degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls by a facultative anaerobic bacterial...
The Science of The Total Environment
April 2019
A critical review of social resilience assessment frameworks in disaster management
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
April 2019
Transformation processes of metals associated with urban road dust: A critical review
Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology
March 2019
A Novel Approach for Delineation of Homogeneous Rainfall Regions for Water Sensitive Ur...
Water
March 2019
Re-thinking classical mechanistic model for pollutant build-up on urban impervious surf...
The Science of The Total Environment
February 2019
Solubilization and degradation of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) by naturally occurri...
The Science of The Total Environment
February 2019
Decision Making with Uncertainty in Stormwater Pollutant Processes
January 2019
Factors influencing volatile hydrocarbon pollution in urban areas
Emerging Contaminants
January 2019
Stormwater Quality, Pollutant Sources, Processes, and Treatment Options
January 2019
Urban Water Quality
January 2019
Assessing mercury pollution in Amazon River tributaries using a Bayesian Network approach
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
December 2018
Climate Change Risk Management for Public Assets in Semarang, Indonesia
December 2018
Improving Sustainability of Indonesian Public Building: Challenges and Policy Strategy
December 2018
Heavy metals transport pathways: The importance of atmospheric pollution contributing t...
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
November 2018
Influence of urbanisation characteristics on the variability of particle-bound heavy me...
Environmental Pollution
November 2018
Variability and uncertainty of particle build-up on urban road surfaces
The Science of The Total Environment
November 2018
Disaster awareness and information seeking behaviour among residents from low socio-eco...
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
October 2018
Assessment of ecological and human health risks of metals in urban road dust based on g...
The Science of The Total Environment
September 2018
Health risk assessment of heavy metals in atmospheric deposition in a congested city en...
Journal of Environmental Management
August 2018
Understanding re-distribution of road deposited particle-bound pollutants using a Bayes...
Journal of Hazardous Materials
August 2018
Linking source characterisation and human health risk assessment of metals to rainfall ...
Environmental Pollution
July 2018
An inclusive and adaptive framework for measuring social resilience to disasters
International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction
June 2018
Role of residence time on the transformation of Zn, Cu, Pb and Cd attached to road dust...
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
May 2018
Understanding the relationship in land use and surface water quality
Environmental Pollution
March 2018
Internal and external factors which influence metal adsorption to road dust
The Science of The Total Environment
March 2018
Use of easy to measure indicators for evaluating potential health risks due to poor wat...
Environmental Pollution
February 2018
Influence of Traffic and Land Use on Urban Stormwater Quality
January 2018
Using Bayesian Networks to study the Influence of traffic on PAH build-up on urban road...
Environmental Pollution
December 2017
The viability of stormwater reuse
Economic Analysis and Policy
December 2017
Relationships between geochemical parameters and particle size on metal adsorption to r...
Environmental Pollution
November 2017
Influence of land use layout on river sediment pollution
Environmental Pollution
October 2017
Catchment scale assessment of risk posed by traffic generated toxic pollutants
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
October 2017
Factors influencing organochlorine pesticides distribution in the Brisbane River sediment
Marine Pollution Bulletin
October 2017
Review of treatment technologies for emerging water contaminants
Chemical Engineering Journal
September 2017
Research Program
July 2017
Predicting Stormwater Quality Resulting from Traffic Generated Pollutants
July 2017
Implications for Engineered Applications and Recommendations for Future Research Direct...
July 2017
Influence of Traffic and Land Use on Pollutant Transport Pathways
July 2017
Primary Traffic Related Pollutants and Urban Stormwater Quality
July 2017
Distribution of trace hydrocarbons in Brisbane River estuary
Marine Pollution Bulletin
July 2017
Monitoring of a mixed land use catchment to identify pollutant sources
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
June 2017
Investigation of landscape factors to assess potential public health risk due to poor s...
Journal of Environmental Management
May 2017
Ranking factors influencing PAHs build-up on urban roads
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
May 2017
Water Resources Management: Innovation and Challenges in a Changing World
Water
April 2017
Modelling resilience of a water supply system under a range of pressures
Water Resources Management
April 2017
Ranking of factors which influence PAHs distribution in river sediments
Environmental Pollution
April 2017
Assessing risk associated with using urine as a liquid fertilizer
Microbial Risk Analysis
April 2017
Microorganisms and heavy metals associated with atmospheric deposition in a congested e...
The Science of The Total Environment
April 2017
Potential risks posed by heavy metals in the Brisbane River sediment
Marine Pollution Bulletin
April 2017
Assessment andmanagement of human health risk from toxic pollutants in urban stormwater
The Science of The Total Environment
February 2017
Source attribution and risk assessment of PAHs in Brisbane River sediment
Ecological Indicators
February 2017
Quantitative assessment of human health risk posed by PAHs in urban road dust
The Science of The Total Environment
January 2017
Environmental Impacts of Road Vehicles
January 2017
Comparison of pollution indices for the assessment of heavy metal in Brisbane River sed...
Environmental Pollution
December 2016
Assessing the accuracy in stormwater quality modelling
Water Research
October 2016
Spatial response surface modelling in the presence of data paucity for the evaluation o...
The Science of The Total Environment
October 2016
Understanding the uncertainty associated with pollutant processes
Water Research
September 2016
Quantitative assessment of resilience of a water supply system under rainfall reduction...
Journal of Hydrology
September 2016
Sources of hydrocarbons in urban road dust: Identification, quantification and prediction
Environmental Pollution
September 2016
Human health risk assessment of heavy metals in urban stormwater
The Science of The Total Environment
July 2016
Selecting rainfall events for effective stormwater treatment design
Ecological Engineering
July 2016
Taxonomy of factors which influence heavy metal build-up on urban road surfaces
Journal of Hazardous Materials
June 2016
Assessing uncertainty in pollutant build-up and wash-off processes
Environmental Pollution
May 2016
Comparison of partial extraction reagents for assessing potential bioavailability of he...
Marine Pollution Bulletin
May 2016
Build-up of toxic metals on the impervious surfaces of a commercial seaport
Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
May 2016
Water resources: Embed stormwater use in city planning
Nature
April 2016
Optimization of in-cell accelerated solvent extraction technique for the determination ...
Talanta
April 2016
Influence of uncertainty in heavy metal build-up and washoff
Water Research
March 2016
Assessment of Risk to Human Health from Urban Stormwater Pollution due to Heavy Metals ...
February 2016
Understanding the importance of roofs as a pollutant source
CLEAN - Soil Air Water
February 2016
Use of physicochemical signatures to assess the sources of metals in urban road dust
The Science of The Total Environment
January 2016
Assessing Constructed Wetland Treatment Performance
January 2016
Implications for Engineering Practice
January 2016
Storm Water Treatment
January 2016
Assessing Bioretention Basin Treatment Performance
January 2016
Enhancing the Storm Water Treatment Performance of Constructed Wetlands and Bioretentio...
January 2016
Creating Conceptual Models of Treatment Systems
January 2016
Assessing the significance of climate and community factors on urban water demand
International Journal of Sustainable Built Environment
December 2015
Incorporating process variability into stormwater quality modelling
The Science of The Total Environment
November 2015
Determination of refractive and volatile elements in sediment using laser ablation indu...
Analytica Chimica Acta
October 2015
Influence of pollutant build-up on variability in wash-off from urban road surfaces
The Science of The Total Environment
September 2015
Process variability of pollutant build-up on urban road surfaces
The Science of The Total Environment
June 2015
Development of a hybrid pollution index for heavy metals in marine and estuarine sediments
Environmental Monitoring and Assessment
April 2015
Sectional analysis of stormwater treatment performance of a constructed wetland
Ecological Engineering
April 2015
Sources and transport pathways of common heavy metals to urban road surfaces
Ecological Engineering
April 2015
Performance characterisation of a stormwater treatment bioretention basin
Journal of Environmental Management
March 2015
Weak acid extractable metals in Bramble Bay, Queensland, Australia: Temporal behaviour,...
Marine Pollution Bulletin
February 2015
Adsorption and mobility of metals in pollutant build-up
Chemosphere
January 2015
Role of Rainfall and Catchment Characteristics on Urban Stormwater Quality
January 2015
Stormwater Treatment Design
January 2015
Practical Application of Study Outcomes for Stormwater Treatment Design
January 2015
Urbanisation and Stormwater Quality
January 2015
Case Studies
January 2015
Implications for Engineering Practice and Identification of New Areas for Knowledge Cre...
January 2015
Temporal trends and bioavailability assessment of heavy metals in the sediments of Dece...
Marine Pollution Bulletin
December 2014
Assessing uncertainty in pollutant wash-off modelling via model validation
The Science of The Total Environment
November 2014
Guest editorial
International Journal of Disaster Resilience in the Built Environment
September 2014
Bayesian regression approach to assess uncertainty
The Science of The Total Environment
May 2014
Influence of traffic characteristics on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon build-up on urb...
International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
April 2014
Enrichment, distribution and sources of heavy metals in marine sediments
Marine Pollution Bulletin
April 2014
Mathematical relationships for metal build-up on urban road surfaces
Chemosphere
March 2014
Time as the critical factor in the investigation of the relationship between pollutant ...
Ecological Engineering
March 2014
Sectional analysis of the pollutant wash-off process based on runoff hydrograph
Journal of Environmental Management
February 2014
Sustainable Urban Water Environment
January 2014
Role of particle size and composition in metal adsorption by solids deposited on urban ...
Environmental Pollution
January 2014
Reply to comment on “Characterising metal build-up on urban road surfaces” by Egodawatt...
Environmental Pollution
November 2013
Performance characterisation of a constructed Wetland
Water Science & Technology
October 2013
Characterisation of atmospheric deposited particles during a dust storm in urban areas ...
The Science of The Total Environment
September 2013
Adsorption of heavy metals by road deposited solids
Water Science & Technology
June 2013
Characterising metal build-up on urban road surfaces
Environmental Pollution
May 2013
Role of Land Use and Seasonal Factors in Water Quality Degradations
Water Resources Management
May 2013
Characterising nutrients wash-off for effective urban stormwater treatment design
Journal of Environmental Management
May 2013
Uncertainty analysis of pollutant build-up modelling based on a Bayesian weighted least...
The Science of The Total Environment
April 2013
Atmospheric deposition as a source of heavy metals in urban stormwater
Atmospheric Environment
April 2013
Influence of rainfall and catchment characteristics on urban stormwater quality
The Science of The Total Environment
February 2013
Fecal indicators and bacterial pathogens in bottled water from Dhaka, Bangladesh
Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
January 2013
A Multivariate Approach to the Identification of Surrogate Parameters for Heavy Metals ...
Water Air & Soil Pollution
November 2012
Taxonomy for rainfall events based on pollutant wash-off potential in urban areas
Ecological Engineering
October 2012
Impact of roof surface runoff on urban water quality
Water Science & Technology
October 2012
Role of traffic in atmospheric accumulation of heavy metals and polycyclic aromatic hyd...
Atmospheric Environment
July 2012
Role of Solids in Heavy Metals Buildup on Urban Road Surfaces
Journal of Environmental Engineering
April 2012
Source characterisation of road dust based on chemical and mineralogical composition
Chemosphere
April 2012
Prediction of the wash-off of traffic related semi- and non-volatile organic compounds ...
Journal of Hazardous Materials
April 2012
Inadequacy of Land Use and Impervious Area Fraction for Determining Urban Stormwater Qu...
Water Resources Management
March 2012
Exploratory Investigation of Atmospheric Total Suspended Particulate Matter and Heavy M...
February 2012
Inherent Errors in Pollutant Build-Up Estimation in Considering Urban Land Use as a Lum...
Journal of Environmental Quality
January 2012
Effects of climate change on the wash-off of volatile organic compounds from urban roads
The Science of The Total Environment
September 2011
Analysis of build-up of heavy metals and volatile organics on urban roads in gold coast...
Water Science & Technology
May 2011
Prediction Model of the Buildup of Volatile Organic Compounds on Urban Roads
Environmental Science & Technology
April 2011
Analysis of the build-up of semi and non volatile organic compounds on urban roads
Water Research
April 2011
Influence of Physical and Chemical Parameters on the Treatment of Heavy Metals in Pollu...
Journal of Water Resource and Protection
January 2011
Determination of a set of surrogate parameters to assess urban stormwater quality
The Science of The Total Environment
November 2010
Impacts of Traffic and Rainfall Characteristics on Heavy Metals Build-up and Wash-off f...
Environmental Science & Technology
October 2010
Quantitative PCR assay of sewage-associated<i>Bacteroides</i>markers to assess sewage p...
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
October 2010
Health Risk from the Use of Roof-Harvested Rainwater in Southeast Queensland, Australia...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
September 2010
Distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in urban stormwater in Queensland, Aus...
Environmental Pollution
September 2010
Human and bovine adenoviruses for the detection of source-specific fecal pollution in c...
Water Research
September 2010
Pollutant characteristics on roof surfaces for evaluation as a stormwater harvesting ca...
Desalination and Water Treatment
July 2010
Implications of faecal indicator bacteria for the microbiological assessment of roof-ha...
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
June 2010
Understanding nutrient build-up on urban road surfaces
Journal of Environmental Sciences
June 2010
Evaluating Sewage-Associated JCV and BKV Polyomaviruses for Sourcing Human Fecal Pollut...
Journal of Environmental Quality
January 2010
Prevalence and occurrence of zoonotic bacterial pathogens in surface waters determined ...
Water Research
November 2009
Evaluation of multiple sewage-associated Bacteroides PCR markers for sewage pollution t...
Water Research
November 2009
Comparison of molecular markers to detect fresh sewage in environmental waters
Water Research
November 2009
Understanding the physical processes of pollutant build-up and wash-off on roof surfaces
The Science of The Total Environment
March 2009
Faecal pollution source identification in an urbanising catchment using antibiotic resi...
Water Research
March 2009
Evaluation of pollutant build-up and wash-off from selected land uses at the Port of Br...
Marine Pollution Bulletin
February 2009
Detection and source identification of faecal pollution in non-sewered catchment by mea...
Water Science & Technology
August 2008
Population similarity analysis of indicator bacteria for source prediction of faecal po...
Marine Pollution Bulletin
August 2008
Real-Time PCR Detection of Pathogenic Microorganisms in Roof-Harvested Rainwater in Sou...
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
July 2008
Understanding road surface pollutant wash-off and underlying physical processes using s...
Water Science & Technology
April 2008
Mathematical interpretation of pollutant wash-off from urban road surfaces using simula...
Water Research
July 2007
Rainfall Simulation to Evaluate Pollutant Build-Up and Wash-Off from Selected Land Uses...
March 2007
Determination of Surrogate Indicators for Phosphorus and Solids in Urban Stormwater: Ap...
Water Air & Soil Pollution
January 2007
Water Quality Profile of an Urbanising Catchment
January 2007
Yield performance and adaptation of some Australian-grown rice varieties through multiv...
Australian Journal of Agricultural Research
January 2007
Translating a risk-based land-use planning issue to a decision making tool using simple...
January 2007
Role of organic matter in framboidal pyrite oxidation
The Science of The Total Environment
August 2006
Analysis of heavy metals in road-deposited sediments
Analytica Chimica Acta
July 2006
Integrated Risk Framework for Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems
Environmental Management
June 2006
Using Multivariate Analysis to Predict the Behaviour of Soils Under Effluent Irrigation
Water Air & Soil Pollution
March 2006
Assessment via discriminant analysis of soil suitability for effluent renovation using ...
Geoderma
March 2006
Using undisturbed columns to predict long term behaviour of effluent irrigated soils un...
Australian Journal of Soil Research
January 2006
Sourcing faecal pollution from onsite wastewater treatment systems in surface waters us...
Journal of Applied Microbiology
September 2005
Understanding heavy metal and suspended solids relationships in urban stormwater using ...
Journal of Environmental Management
July 2005
Assessment of Physical and Chemical Attributes of Sub-Tropical Soil to Predict Long Ter...
Soil and Sediment Contamination An International Journal
May 2005
Rainfall Simulation as a Tool for Urban Water Quality Research
Environmental Engineering Science
May 2005
Assessment of high density of onsite wastewater treatment systems on a shallow groundwa...
Environmetrics
January 2005
Understanding the role of land use in urban stormwater quality management
Journal of Environmental Management
January 2005
Framework for soil suitability evaluation for sewage effluent renovation
Environmental Geology
April 2004
Use of chemometrics methods and multicriteria decision-making for site selection for su...
Analytica Chimica Acta
March 2004
INVESTIGATION OF URBAN WATER QUALITY USING ARTIFICIAL RAINFALL
Proceedings of the Water Environment Federation
January 2004
A new fuzzy multicriteria evaluation method for group site selection in GIS
Journal of Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis
November 2003
An Investigation into the role of site and soil characteristics in onsite sewage treatment
Environmental Geology
July 2003
Estimating Peak Runoff for Risk-Based Assessment in Small Catchments
Australasian Journal of Water Resources
January 2002
The Role of Geographical Information Systems in Urban Hydrological Modelling
Water and Environment Journal
June 1999
Sustainable Water Provision
Traffic and Climate Change Impacts on Water Quality
Traffic and Climate Change Impacts on Water Quality
Urban Traffic Characteristics and Urban Stormwater Quality
Sustainable Water Provision
ASSESSING CHANGES IN SOIL PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES UNDER LONG TERM EFFLUENT DIS...
ASSESSMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH RISK OF ON-SITE WASTEWATER TREATMENT SYSTEMS
USE OF UNDISTURBED SOIL COLUMNS TO EVALUATE SOIL CAPABILITY TO RENOVATE ON-SITE SEWAGE ...
Traffic and Climate Change Impacts on Water Quality
Urban Traffic Characteristics and Urban Stormwater Quality
Water and Soil Pollution Implications of Road Traffic
