The University of Newcastle, Researcher report.

Researcher: Assoc Prof Peter Coombes
School: School of Environmental and Life Science
Commenced with Institution: 20-APR-1998
Personal URL:

Funded Projects

Please note, only grants administered through the University of Newcastle Research Office are recorded here. For a more complete picture of the researcher's grant history a Personal URL may be supplied, above.

Research Team Initial Year Duration (Years) Funding Body/Client Award Type Title of Project Collaborating Partners Total Cash $ Total Inkind $
Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Dr Steven Lucas 2008 1 Port Stephens Council Project - Research Grant Evaluating the performance of infiltration trenches in Seabreeze Estate (Port Stephens)   30000  
Dr Steven Lucas;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes 2007 1 TUNRA Administered Research Project - Research Grant/Consultancy Water cell in the urban environment   80000  
Dr Steven Lucas;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes 2007 1 TUNRA Administered Research Project - Research Grant/Consultancy Investigating rainwater quality and rainwater yield at a demonstration site in Brisbane   60000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Assoc. Prof Phillip Geary;Conjoint Pr Timothy Roberts 2007 1 University of Newcastle Project - Near Miss Characterisation of microbial and chemical contaminants, bioreaction and water quantity dynamics in rainwater harvesting systems to optimise design   20000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes 2006 4 Bonacci Group Scholarship - Postgraduate Research Scholarship Monitoring and Analysis of Performance of Water Systems   87500  
Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Conjoint Pr Timothy Roberts 2006 1 BlueScope Steel Project - Research Grant Impacts of surfaces and storages on the constituents in harvested water   92000  
Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Dr Mark Thyer 2006 2 CRC for eWater Project - Project Grant Total error framework for model calibration   321739  
Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Dr Mark Thyer;Professor George Kuczera;Dr Jose Rodriguez 2006 2 CRC for eWater Project - Project Grant Innovative WSUD intervention strategies to counter deteriorating infrastructure and environments, and evolving urban form   562756  
Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Professor George Kuczera 2006 1 CRC for eWater Project - Project Grant eWater Minor Projects (refs: 2.B.201, 2.B.202, 2.E.201, 2.E.202, 2.F.202)   4062  
Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes 2005 1 Judith Mason and Harold Stannet Williams Memorial Foundation Project - Project Grant Investigation of mosquitos as potential vectors for disease transmission   35000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan 2004 1 BlueScope Water Project - Project Grant Integrated Water Cycle Management   36000  
Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan 2004 5 BlueScope Steel Collaborative - Research Collaboration Agreement Integrated Water Cycle Management   136360  
Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Assoc. Prof Phillip Geary;Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Conjoint Pr Timothy Roberts;Mrs G Calabria;Mr R Iyadurai;Mr S Wilson;Mr B Brooker;Mr D Pensini;Ms A Kaliska;Mr B Petersen;Mr G Carter;Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki;Mr P Santoro 2003 4 Greater Taree City Council Collaborative - Linkage Partner funding The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments.   12000  
Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Assoc. Prof Phillip Geary;Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Conjoint Pr Timothy Roberts;Mrs G Calabria;Mr R Iyadurai;Mr S Wilson;Mr B Brooker;Mr D Pensini;Ms A Kaliska;Mr B Petersen;Mr G Carter;Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki;Mr P Santoro 2003 4 NSW Department of Commerce Collaborative - Linkage Partner funding The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments   35000  
Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Assoc. Prof Phillip Geary;Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Conjoint Pr Timothy Roberts;Mrs G Calabria;Mr R Iyadurai;Mr S Wilson;Mr B Brooker;Mr D Pensini;Ms A Kaliska;Mr B Petersen;Mr G Carter;Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki;Mr P Santoro 2003 4 Hastings Council Collaborative - Linkage Partner funding The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments   12000  
Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Assoc. Prof Phillip Geary;Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Conjoint Pr Timothy Roberts;Mrs G Calabria;Mr R Iyadurai;Mr S Wilson;Mr B Brooker;Mr D Pensini;Ms A Kaliska;Mr B Petersen;Mr G Carter;Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki;Mr P Santoro 2003 4 Great Lakes Council Collaborative - Linkage Partner funding The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments   12000  
Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Assoc. Prof Phillip Geary;Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Conjoint Pr Timothy Roberts;Mrs G Calabria;Mr R Iyadurai;Mr S Wilson;Mr B Brooker;Mr D Pensini;Ms A Kaliska;Mr B Petersen;Mr G Carter;Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki;Mr P Santoro 2003 5 Australian Research Council Collaborative - Linkage Projects The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments   335000  
Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Assoc. Prof Phillip Geary;Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Conjoint Pr Timothy Roberts;Mrs G Calabria;Mr R Iyadurai;Mr S Wilson;Mr B Brooker;Mr D Pensini;Ms A Kaliska;Mr B Petersen;Mr G Carter;Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki;Mr P Santoro 2003 1 Hunter Water Corporation Collaborative - Linkage Partner funding The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments   1500  
Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Assoc. Prof Phillip Geary;Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Conjoint Pr Timothy Roberts;Mrs G Calabria;Mr R Iyadurai;Mr S Wilson;Mr B Brooker;Mr D Pensini;Ms A Kaliska;Mr B Petersen;Mr G Carter;Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki;Mr P Santoro 2003 4 Analytical Reference Laboratories Pty Ltd Collaborative - Linkage Partner funding The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments   12000  
Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Assoc. Prof Phillip Geary;Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Conjoint Pr Timothy Roberts;Mrs G Calabria;Mr R Iyadurai;Mr S Wilson;Mr B Brooker;Mr D Pensini;Ms A Kaliska;Mr B Petersen;Mr G Carter;Professor Ellak Von Nagy-Felsobuki;Mr P Santoro 2003 3 Midcoast County Council Collaborative - Linkage Partner funding The characterisation of wastewater distribution patterns for the production of decision support systems for pathogenic risk analysis in water catchments   9000  
Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Emeritus Pr Jetse Kalma;Mr Brendan Berghout;Mr I Grimster 2002 3 Australian Research Council Collaborative - Linkage Projects Optimal Source Control in Urban Water Cycle Management   299142  
Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Emeritus Pr Jetse Kalma;Mr Brendan Berghout;Mr I Grimster 2002 4 Hunter Water Corporation Collaborative - Linkage Partner funding Optimal Source Control in Urban Water Cycle Management.   94000  
Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Emeritus Pr Jetse Kalma;Mr Brendan Berghout;Mr I Grimster 2002 4 Gosford-Wyong Council`s Water Authority Collaborative - Linkage Partner funding Optimal Source Control in Urban Water Cycle Management.   94000  
Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Emeritus Pr Jetse Kalma;Mr Brendan Berghout;Mr I Grimster 2002 4 Brisbane City Council Collaborative - Linkage Partner funding Optimal Source Control in Urban Water Cycle Management.   100000  
Professor George Kuczera;Assoc. Prof Peter Coombes;Assoc. Prof Richard Dunstan;Emeritus Pr Jetse Kalma;Mr Brendan Berghout;Mr I Grimster 2002 3 Hunter Region Organisation of Councils Collaborative - Linkage Partner funding Optimal Source Control in Urban Water Cycle Management.   60000  

Research Higher Degree Supervision

For a more complete picture of the researcher's supervision history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Current Student Supervision

Program Supervision Level Research Topic
PhD (Environmental Sc) Sole Supervisor Analysis of the Performance of Water Sensitive Urban Design in Coastal Estates
PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Microbial Composition of Roof Harvested Rainwater
PhD (Biological Sciences) Principal Supervisor Bacterial Biofilms
PhD (Biological Sciences) Co-Supervisor Midgut Flora of Wild Ochlerotatus Notoscriptus
PhD (Civil Surv & Environ Eng) Co-Supervisor Integrated Urban Water Management: and the Urban Cycle Modelling Framework

Total Equivalent Full-time Student Units (EFTSU):

Supervision Level EFTSU
PhD 2.050

Student Completions

NB - the completions shown here are only those for the University of Newcastle obtained since 2001.

Program Year Research Topic
PhD (Biological Sciences) 2008 Water Quality, Incidental Treatment Train Mechanisms and Health Risks Associated with Urban Rainwater Harvesting Systems in Australia

Research Publications

Please note, the publications listed here:
(1) relate to the researcher's position at the University of Newcastle only
(2) are for selected categories of publications, and
(3) relate to publication year 1998, onwards.
For a more complete picture of the researcher's publication history a Personal URL may be supplied at the top of this page.

Journal Article

Evans Craig Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Harrison Tracey Lee, Martin Anthony, Morrow Abigail Cecilia, ’Rainwater tanks and microbial water quality: Are the indications clear?’, Australian Journal of Water Resources, 12 143-152 (2008) [C1]

Shah Vikaskumar, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Geary Phillip Milton, Coombes Peter John, Roberts Timothy Kilgour, Rothkirch Tony Brian, ’Bacterial source tracking from diverse land use catchments by sterol ratios’, Water Research, 41 3667-3674 (2007) [C1]

Shah Vikaskumar, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Geary Phillip Milton, Coombes Peter John, Roberts Timothy Kilgour, Rothkirch Tony Brian, ’Comparisons of water quality parameters from diverse catchments during dry periods and following rain events’, Water Research, 41 3655-3666 (2007) [C1]

Shah Vikaskumar, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Geary Phillip Milton, Coombes Peter John, Roberts Timothy Kilgour, Von Nagy-Felsobuki Ellak Imre, ’Evaluating potential applications of faecal sterols in distinguishing sources of faecal contamination from mixed faecal samples’, Water Research, 41 3691-3700 (2007) [C1]

Evans Craig Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Harrison Tracey Lee, ’Identifying the major influences on the microbial composition of roof harvested rainwater and the implications for water quality’, Water Science and Technology, 55 245-253 (2007) [C1]

Coombes Peter John, Barry M E, ’The effect of selection of time steps and average assumptions on the continuous simulation of rainwater harvesting strategies’, Water Science and Technology, 55 125-133 (2007) [C1]

Kuczera George Alfred, Martin Lambert, Theresa Heneker, Shane Jennings, Andrew Frost, Coombes Peter John, ’Joint probability and design storms at the crossroads’, Australian Journal of Water Resources, 10 63-79 (2006) [C1]

Barry M E, Coombes Peter John, ’Optimisation of Mains Trickle Topup Supply to Rainwater Tanks in an Urban Setting’, Australian Journal of Water Resources, 10 269-276 (2006) [C1]

Lucas Steven Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Hardy Matthew James, Geary Phillip Milton, ’Rainwater Harvesting: Revealing the Detail’, Water Journal of the Australian Water Association, 33 50-55 (2006) [C1]

Spinks Anthony T, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Harrison Tracey Lee, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Thermal inactivation of water-borne pathogenic and indicator bacteria at sub-boiling temperatures’, Water Research, 40 1326-1332 (2006) [C1]

Geary Phillip Milton, Shah Vikaskumar, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Coombes Peter John, Rothkirch Tony Brian, ’Tracing faecal contributions from on-site wastewater systems’, Water, 33 48-51 (2006) [C1]

Evans Craig Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Dunstan Richard Hugh, ’Wind, rain and bacteria: The effect of weather on the microbial composition of roof-harvested rainwater’, Water Research, 40 37-44 (2006) [C1]

Coombes Peter John, ’Integrated Water Cycle Management: Analysis of Resource Security’, Water, - - (2005) [C3]

Hardy Matthew James, Kuczera George Alfred, Coombes Peter John, ’Integrated Urban Water Cycle Management: The UrbanCycle Model’, Water Science and Technology, 52 1-9 (2005) [C1]

Coombes Peter John, ’Integrated Water Cycle Management: Analysis of Resource Security’, Water, 32 21-26 (2005) [C2]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, Kalma Jetse Daniel, ’Economic, Water Quantity And Quality Impacts From The Use Of A Rainwater Tank In The Inner City’, Australian Journal of Water Resources, Vol. 7 111-120 (2003) [C2]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Moving toward systems understanding of integrated water cycle management’, South African Journal of Technological Sciences and Engineering, - - (2003) [C3]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, Frost Andrew James, Geoff O'Loughlin, Stephen Lees, ’The Impact Of Rainwater Tanks In The Upper Parramatta River Catchment’, Australian Journal Of Water Resources, Vol. 7 121-129 (2003) [C2]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, Kalma Jetse Daniel, Argue J R, ’An Evaluation Of The Benefits Of Source Control Measures At The Regional Scale’, Urban Water, Vol. 4 307-320 (2002) [C1]

Coombes Peter John, Micevski Tom, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Deterioration, depreciation and serviceability of stormwater pipes’, Waterfall, - - (2002) [C3]

Micevski Tom, Kuczera George Alfred, Coombes Peter John, Argue J R, ’Markov Model For Storm Water Pipe Deterioration’, Journal Of Infrastructure Systems, Vol. 8, No. 2 49-56 (2002) [C1]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Strategic use of stormwater’, Waterfall, - - (2002) [C3]

Kuczera George Alfred, Coombes Peter John, ’Towards continuous simulation: a comparitive assessment of the performance of volume-sensitive systems’, Waterfall, - - (2002) [C3]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Strategic Use of Stormwater’, The BDP Environment Design Guide, 44 1-10 (2001) [C1]

Coombes Peter John, Argue J R, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Figtree Place: a case study in water sensitive urban development (WSUD)’, Urban Water, Vol 1 (4) 335-343 (2000) [C1]

Chapter in Book

Coombes Peter John, Mitchell Grace, ’Urban Water Harvesting and Reuse’, Australian runoff quality : a guide to water sensitive urban design, Engineers Australia, Crows Nest, NSW, 6.1 - 6.15 (2006) [B1]

Conference Publication

Cui Lijie, Thyer Mark Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’A hidden state Markov Model for identifying the long term dynamics of indoor household water uses’, Rainwater and Urban Design Conference 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, ’A non-parametric nearest neighbourhood scheme for the development of synthetic pluviograph rainfall’, WSUD2004, Adelaide (2007) [E3]

Hardy M, Kuczera George Alfred, Coombes Peter John, Barbour E, Jurd K, ’An evaluation of the performance of the application of the urbanCycle Model to a gauged urban catchment’, Rainwater and Urban Design Conference 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Lucas Steven Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Geary Phillip Milton, Dunstan Richard Hugh, ’Assessing catchment water quality: The 'Snapshot Study'’, 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and 5th Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference. Proceedings, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Lucas Steven Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Geary Phillip Milton, Dunstan Richard Hugh, ’Centralised and decentralised water infrastructure: The best of both worlds’, Symposium: Building Across Borders Built Environment Procurement CIB WO92 Procurement Systems. Proceedings, Hunter Valley, NSW (2007) [E1]

Geary Phillip Milton, Lucas Steven Andrew, Shah Vikaskumar, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Coombes Peter John, ’Contaminant transport in surface and groundwaters from wastewater systems in a coastal catchment’, Innovation and Technology for On-site Systems: Proceedings of On-site '07 Conference, Armidale (2007) [E1]

Hardy M, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Determination of the catchment scale impacts of spatially distributed rainwater tanks’, WSUD2004, Adelaide (2007) [E3]

Geary Phillip Milton, Lucas Steven Andrew, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Coombes Peter John, ’Distinguishing wastewater contamination from on-site systems in mixed land use watersheds’, Individual and Small Community Sewage Systems XI, Proceedings of the Eleventh National Symposium, Rhode Island, NY (2007) [E2]

Coombes Peter John, Barry Michael E, ’Efficiency of roof and traditional water supply catchments subject to climate change’, Rainwater and Urban Design Conference 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Morrow Abigail Cecilia, Coombes Peter John, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Evans Craig Andrew, Martin Anthony, ’Elements in tank water - Comparisons with mains water & effects of locality & roofing materials’, Rainwater and Urban Design Conference 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Barton Andrew Frederick, Coombes Peter John, Sharma A, ’Impacts of innovative WSUD intervention strategies on infrastructure deterioration and evolving urban form’, Rainwater and Urban Design Conference 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Barry M, Coombes Peter John, ’Optimisation of mains trickle topup volumes and rates supplying rainwater tanks in the Australian urban setting’, Rainwater and Urban Design Conference 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Lucas Steven Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Geary Phillip Milton, Dunstan Richard Hugh, ’Rainwater harvesting and wastewater reuse in peri-urban areas’, 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and 5th Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference. Proceedings, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Evans Craig Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Harrison Tracey Lee, Martin Anthony, Morrow Abigail Cecilia, ’Roof harvested rainwater - Indicator organisms, water quality and risk assessment’, Rainwater and Urban Design Conference 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Thyer Mark Andrew, Hardy Matthew James, Coombes Peter John, Patterson C, ’The impact of end-use dynamics on urban water system design criteria’, Rainwater and Urban Design Conference 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Martin Anthony, Coombes Peter John, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Evans Craig Andrew, Morrow Abigail Cecilia, ’The passage of direct precipitation to rainwater storage: A case study’, Rainwater and Urban Design Conference 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Barton Andrew Frederick, Coombes Peter John, Rodriguez Jose Fernando, ’Understanding ecological response in urban catchments’, Rainwater and Urban Design Conference 2007, Sydney (2007) [E1]

Lucas Steven Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Hardy Matthew James, Geary Phillip Milton, ’A comparative study of common uses of selected modelling tools for evaluating rainwater harvesting strategies’, Proceedings, Melbourne (2006) [E1]

Lucas Steven Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Geary Phillip Milton, ’Continuous Simulation of Rainwater Tank, Wastewater Storage and Stormwater Runoff: The Influence of Climate Regimes, Water Demand and Diurnal Flow Patterns’, Conference Proceedings of Water 2006, Grand Hyatt Conference Centre, Auckland, NZ (2006) [E2]

Coombes Peter John, Jayakody Changeeka, Anson Chris, Foster Geoff, ’Development, Analysis and Monitoring of a WSUD and IWCM strategy for The Groves project in Mernda Victoria’, 30th Hydrology & Water Resources Symposium: Conference Proceedings, Launceston, Tasmania (2006) [E1]

Hardy Matthew James, Kuczera George Alfred, Coombes Peter John, ’Embedded Hierarchical Network Modelling: A Means to Integrate Across Scales and Systems’, Book of Proceedings - 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling and the 4th International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design (7UDM + 4WSUD), Melbourne (2006) [E1]

Hardy Matthew James, Kuczera George Alfred, Coombes Peter John, ’Embedded Hierarchical Network Modelling: A Means to Integrate Across Scales and Systems’, Book of Proceedings, Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (2006) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, ’Energy and Economic Impacts of Rainwater Tanks in Urban Areas on the Operation of Regional Water Systems’, 30th Hydrology & Water Resources Symposium: Conference Proceedings, Hotel Grand Chancellor. Launceston, Tasmania (2006) [E1]

Lucas Steven Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Hardy Matthew James, Geary Phillip Milton, ’Evaluating rainwater harvesting: Revealing the detail using a comparison of three models’, Conference Proceedings of Water 2006, Grand Hyatt Conference Centre, Auckland, NZ (2006) [E2]

Evans Craig Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Harrison Tracey Lee, ’Identifying the Main Influences on the Microbial Composition of Roof Harvested Rainwater and the Implications for Water Quality’, Book of Proceedings, Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (2006) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, ’Insight From A Decade Of Research Into The Quality Of Rainwater Supplies Collected From Roofs’, Programme and Abstracts Booklet, Fremantle, Western Australia (2006) [E3]

Coombes Peter John, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Spinks Anthony T, Evans Craig Andrew, Harrison Tracey Lee, ’Key Messages from a Decade of Water Quality Research into Roof Collected Rainwater Supplies’, Papers and Abstracts, Burswood Entertainment Complex, Perth, Western Aus (2006) [E2]

Shah Vikaskumar, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Geary Phillip Milton, Coombes Peter John, ’Limitations of Faecal Sterol Ratio Analyses in Distinguishing Sources of Faecal Contamination in Mixed Land Use Water Catchments’, Conference Proceedings, Melbourne, Australia (2006) [E2]

Barry M E, Coombes Peter John, ’Optimisation of Mains Trickle Topup Supply to Rainwater Tanks in an Urban Setting’, Book of Proceedings, Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (2006) [E1]

Lucas Steven Andrew, Coombes Peter John, Geary Phillip Milton, ’Realistic Simulation of Rainwater Tank Systems: Revealing the Detail’, Proceedings, Hyatt Regency Auckland, New Zeland (2006) [E2]

Coombes Peter John, Barry M E, ’The effect of selection of time steps and average assumption on the continuous simulation of rainwater harvesting strategies’, Book of Proceedings, Grand Hyatt Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia (2006) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Lucas Steven Andrew, ’Towards Sustainable Water Strategies in the Perth Region of Westerns Australia: Inclusion of Decentralised Options’, Papers and Abstracts, Perth, Western Australia (2006) [E2]

Shah Vikaskumar, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Geary Phillip Milton, Coombes Peter John, ’Use of antibiotics resistance analysis (ARA) and faecal sterol ratio analyses (FSA) to characterize sources of faecal contamination from the Myall River catchment, Australia’, Conference Proceedings of Water 2006, Grand Hyatt Conference Centre, Auckland, NZ (2006) [E2]

Coombes Peter John, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Spinks Anthony T, ’An Overview of a Decade of Research into the Quality of Rainwater Supplies Collected from Roofs’, New Delhi, India, New Delhi, India (2005) [E3]

Geary Phillip Milton, Shah Vikaskumar, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Coombes Peter John, Rothkirch Tony Brian, ’Bacterial Source Tracing Methods to Distinguish Between Faecal Contributions from On-Site Wastewater Systems’, Proceedings of the Performance Assessment for On-Site Systems: Regulation, operation and monitoring conference, University of New England, Armidale, Australia (2005) [E1]

Geary Phillip Milton, Shah Vikaskumar, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Coombes Peter John, Rothkirch Tony Brian, ’Bacterial source tracking methods to distinguish between fecal contributions from on-site wastewater systems’, On-Site 05 Conference : performance assessment for on-site systems: regulation, operation, and monitoring, Armidale, NSW (2005) [E3]

Coombes Peter John, Kozaroski P, ’Development of a regional model to understand the hydological and economic benefits of rainwater tanks across NSW’, 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, 2005 (2005) [E3]

Coombes Peter John, Kozarovski P, ’Development of a regional model to understand the hydrological and economic benefits of rainwater tanks across New South Wales’, Handbook of The 29th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Canberra, Australia (2005) [E1]

Barry Michael Edward, McAlister A B, Coombes Peter John, ’Modelling the Urban Water Cycle in South East Queensland’, Proceedings of the Environmental Engineering Society National Conference, Sydney (2005) [E3]

Barry Me, McAlister Tb, Coombes Peter John, ’A Three-Tier Approach to Urban Water Cycle Modelling in South East Queensland’, IPWEA Queensland Division Conference 2004, Warwick Aquatic Centre, Warwick, NSW (2004) [E2]

Coombes Peter John, ’A systems overview of integrated water cycle management : rainwater harvesting and water efficient appliances’, Water Efficiency 2004 Best Practice & Regulations Abstracts Book, North Sydney (2004) [E3]

Hardy Matthew James, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’An Investigation Of Estate Level Impacts Of Spatially Distributed Rainwater Tanks’, 2004 International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design, Adelaide, Australia (2004) [E1]

Hardy Matthew James, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’An investigation of estate level impacts of spatially distributed rainwater tanks’, Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design, Adelaide (2004) [E1]

Spinks Anthony T, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Bacterial Water Quality of Rainwater Fed Domestic Hotwater Systems’, IWA Leading Edge Sustainability, Sydney, Australia (2004) [E3]

Coombes Peter John, ’Development of Synthetic Pluviograph Rainfall Using a Non-parametric Nearest Neighbourhood Scheme’, Cities as Catchments: WSUD2004, Adealaide, SA, Australia (2004) [E1]

Hardy Matthew James, Kuczera George Alfred, Coombes Peter John, ’Integrated Urban Water Cycle Management: The UrbanCycle Model’, 4th World Water Congress, Not Known (2004) [E3]

Coombes Peter John, ’Integrated Water and Energy Management at the Newcastle Lighthouse Site’, Cities as Catchments:WSUD2004, Adelaide, SA, Australia (2004) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, ’Integrated water and energy management at the Newcastle lighthouse site’, WSUD2004, Adelaide (2004) [E3]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Moving towards systems understanding of integrated water cycle management’, Joint RSA - Australian Workshop on Water Resource Management, Kilmore, Australia (2004) [E1]

Jefferson Chad Edwin, Holz Linda Maree, Hardy Matthew James, Berghout Robert Francis, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Multi-Objective Optimisation Of The Urban Water Cycle Management Using A Parallel Genetic Algorithm’, 2004 International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design, Adelaide, Australia (2004) [E1]

Jefferson Chad Edwin, Holz Linda Maree, Hardy M, Berghout B, Coombes Peter John, ’Multi-objective optimisation of the urban water cycle managment using parallel genetic algorithm’, WSUD2004, Adelaide (2004) [E3]

Jefferson Chad Edwin, Holz Linda Maree, Hardy Matthew James, Berghout B, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Multi-objective optimisation of the urban water cycle mangement using a parallel genetic algorithm’, Proceedings of the 2004 International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design, Adelaide (2004) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Spinks Anthony T, Evans Craig Andrew, Dunstan Richard Hugh, ’Performance of Rainwater Tanks at an Inner City House in Carrington NSW During a Drought’, Cities as Catchments: WSUD2004, Adelaide, SA, Australia (2004) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Spinks Anthony T, Evans Craig Andrew, Dunstan Richard Hugh, ’Performance of rainwater tanks in the inner city during drought’, WSUD2004 Conference, Adelaide (2004) [E3]

McAlister T, Coombes Peter John, Barry M, ’Recent South East Queensland Developments in Integrated Water Cycle Management - Going Beyond WSUD’, Cities as Catchments: WSUD2004, Adelaide, SA, Australia (2004) [E1]

Spinks Anthony T, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Urban rainwater harvesting: a comparitive review of source water quality’, IWA State Conference, NSW (2004) [E3]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’A Sensitivity Analysis Of An Investment Model Used To Determine The Economic Benefits Of Rainwater Tanks’, 28th International Hydrology And Water Resources Symposium, Wollongong, Australia (2003) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Analysis Of The Performance Of Rainwater Tanks In Australian Capital Cities’, 28th International Hydrology And Water Resources Symposium, Wollongong, Australia (2003) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Thyer Mark Andrew, Frost Andrew James, Kuczera George Alfred, Ian Grimster, ’Development Of Stochastic Multisite Rainfall And Urban Water Demand For The Central Coast Region Of New South Wales’, 28th International Hydrology And Water Resources Symposium, Wollongong, Australia (2003) [E1]

Argue J R, Boubli D, Coombes Peter John, ’Innovative Water Cycle Design/Management at a Difficult Site: 'Heritage Mews' in Western Sydney, Australia’, Second National Conference on Sustainable Drainage, Coventry, UK (2003) [E3]

Kuczera George Alfred, Coombes Peter John, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Spinks Anthony T, Holz Linda Maree, Kalma Jetse Daniel, ’Integrated Management Of The Urban Water Cycle From The Allotment To The Regional Scale: Opportunities And Benefits’, Proceedings Of The International Conference On Water And Environment (WE-2003), Bhopal, India (2003) [E2]

Hardy Matthew James, Jefferson Chad Edwin, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Integrated Urban Water Cycle Management: Redefining The Boundaries’, 28th International Hydrology And Water Resources Symposium, Wollongong, Australia (2003) [E1]

Hardy M, Jefferson Chad Edwin, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Integrated Water Management: Towards Systems Understanding’, 28th International hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Wollongong (2003) [E3]

Coombes Peter John, Boubli D, Argue J R, ’Integrated water cycle management at the Heritage Mews development in Western Sydney’, Proceedings of the 28th International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Wollongong, Australia (2003) [E3]

Kuczera George Alfred, Martin Lambert, Theresa Heneker, Shane Jennings, Frost Andrew James, Coombes Peter John, ’Joint Probability And Design Storms At The Crossroads’, 28th International Hydrology And Water Resources Symposium, Wollongong, Australia (2003) [E2]

Coombes Peter John, Holz Linda Maree, Kuczera George Alfred, ’The Impact Of Supply And Demand Management Approaches On The Security Of Sydney's Water Supply’, 28th International Hydrology And Water Resources Symposium, Wollongong, Australia (2003) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Holz Linda Maree, Kuczera George Alfred, ’The impact of supply and demand management approaches on the security of Sydney's water supply’, 28th International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium Proceedings, Wollongong (2003) [E1]

Spinks Anthony T, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Thermal Destruction Analyses of Water Related Pathogens at Domestic Hot Water System Temperatures’, About Water, Wollongong (2003) [E1]

Spinks Anthony T, Coombes Peter John, Dunstan Richard Hugh, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Water Quality Treatment Processes in Domestic Rainwater Harvesting Systems’, About Water, Wollongong (2003) [E1]

Kuczera George Alfred, Lambert M, Jennings S, Frost Andrew James, Heneker T, Coombes Peter John, ’Are Design Rainfalls A Things Of The Past?’, 2002 NZWWA Modelling Conference, Auckland, New Zealand (2002) [E2]

Coombes Peter John, Micevski Tom, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Deterioration, Depreciation And Serviceability Of Stormwater Pipes’, Exploding The Myths: Stormwater Driving The Water Cycle Balance, Orange, New South Wales (2002) [E2]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, Kalma Jetse Daniel, ’Economic, Water Quantity And Quality Results From A House With A Rainwater Tank In The Inner City’, Hydrology And Water Resources Symposium 2002, Melbourne, Australia (2002) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Integrated Urban Water Cycle Management: Moving Towards Systems Understanding’, 2nd National Conference On Water Sensitive Urban Design, Brisbane Convention Centre, Brisbane (2002) [E2]

Micevski Tom, Kuczera George Alfred, Coombes Peter John, ’Modelling Stormwater Pipe Deterioration’, Hydrology And Water Resources Symposium 2002, Melbourne, Australia (2002) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Frost Andrew James, Kuczera George Alfred, O'Loughlin G, Lees S, ’Rainwater Tank Options For Stormwater Management In The Upper Parramatta River Catchment’, Hydrology And Water Resources Symposium 2002, Melbourne, Australia (2002) [E1]

Kuczera George Alfred, Coombes Peter John, ’Towards Continuous Simulation: A Comparative Assessment Of Flood Performance Of Volume-Sensitive Systems’, Exploding The Myths: Stormwater Driving The Water Cycle Balance, Orange, New South Wales (2002) [E2]

Kuczera George Alfred, Coombes Peter John, ’A Systems Perspective of the Urban Water Cycle: New Insights, New Opportunities’, Proceedings of the 5th Regional Conference on Urban Stormwater Management, Port Stephens, NSW (2001) [E2]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, ’Rainwater tank design for water supply and stormwater management’, Proceedings of the 5th Regional Conference on Urban Stormwater Management, Port Stephens, NSW (2001) [E2]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, Kalma Jetse Daniel, ’A Probabilistic Behavioural Model for Simulation of Exhouse Water Demand’, Hydro 2000 Proceedings Volume 1, Perth, Australia (2000) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, Argue J R, Kalma Jetse Daniel, ’Costing of Water Cycle Infrastructure Savings Arising From Water Sensitive Urban Design Source Control’, Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Decision Making, Lyon, France (2000) [E2]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, Kalma Jetse Daniel, ’Economic Benefits Arising From Use of Water Sensitive Urban Development Source Control Measures’, Hydro 2000 Proceedings Volume 1, Perth, Australia (2000) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, Kalma Jetse Daniel, Dunstan H R, ’Rainwater Quality From Roofs, Tanks and Hot Water Systems at Figtree Place’, Hydro 2000 Proceedings Volume 1, Perth, Australia (2000) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, Argue J R, Cosgrove F, Bridgeman D H, Enright K, ’Design, monitoring and performance of the sensitive urban redevelopment at figtree place in Newcastle’, Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Urban Storm Drainage, Sydney, Australia (1999) [E1]

Coombes Peter John, Kuczera George Alfred, Argue J J, Argue J R, ’Water Sensitive Urban Redevelopment: The’, Proceedings Hydra Storm '98, Adelaide, Australia (1998) [E1]

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