AQUEST Aquatic Environmental Stress Research Group
AQUEST The Aquatic Environmental Stress Research Group at RMIT (formerly the research team at CAPIM - Centre for Aquatic Pollution Identification & Management) is Victoria's premier aquatic research group, which aims to identify and address the ecological impacts of pollution in aquatic environments.
Our research informs water management policies and practices to achieve improved waterway health, greater biodiversity, and environmental and industrial sustainability.
AQUEST has a proven track record of working with government agencies to improve policy. In recent years, our research has contributed to improvements in the EPA State Environment Protection Policy, the Yarra River Action Plan, the Port Phillip Bay Environmental Management Plan, the Victorian Water Sensitive Urban Design guidelines and filling knowledge gaps in the Healthy Waterways Strategy.
We respect client confidentiality and encourage the private sector and government agency customers to enquire.
Contact AQUEST@rmit.edu.au for further information.
Find out more about the journal articles, technical reports, and books we've produced about our research. For a copy, please email: aquest@rmit.edu.au
Meet our research team as they star in videos about topics close to our heart, share Webinars we've delivered including the wrap-up of our Pesticide Detectives project, Conference presentations and some “how-to” videos for pollution sampling.
Into the future, we’ll add videos from our recent Waterways Annual Forum with our A3P partnership which presents how our research supports the Healthy Waterways Strategy in our region.
Follow us on Twitter @RMIT_aquest
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business - Artwork 'Luwaytini' by Mark Cleaver, Palawa.
Acknowledgement of Country
RMIT University acknowledges the people of the Woi wurrung and Boon wurrung language groups of the eastern Kulin Nation on whose unceded lands we conduct the business of the University. RMIT University respectfully acknowledges their Ancestors and Elders, past and present. RMIT also acknowledges the Traditional Custodians and their Ancestors of the lands and waters across Australia where we conduct our business.
