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Dr Grace Mitchell

Title: Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Water Resources

Contact Information:

E-mail:grace.mitchell@eng.monash.edu.au
Phone:+61 3 9905 4947
Fax:+61 3 9905 8902
Room:116
Building:36
Campus:Clayton

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Qualifications:

Degree/Award

Year

Discipline/Field

Institution and country

PhD

1998

Hydrology/Environmental Engineering

Monash University, Australia

B.E. (Hons)

1992

Civil Engineering

University of Canterbury, New Zealand

Research:

  • Total urban water and energy balance analysis
  • Integrated Urban Water Cycle management
  • Sustainable urban planning and development
  • Stormwater utilisation
  • Water end use modelling

Post-Graduate Supervision

Student

Project Title & Description

Mirela Magyar

“Design and maintenance requirements to enhance water quality from roof collected rain water”

Publications:

Chapters

Mitchell, V.G. (2004) Integrated Urban Water Management: A Review of Current Australian Practice, In Australian Water Conservation and Reuse Research Program Stage 1 Review, CSIRO, CMIT-2004-075 April 2004.

McAlister, T., Mitchell, G., Fletcher, T. and Phillips, B. (2003) Modelling Urban Stormwater Management Systems, Chapter 13 of the Draft Australian Runoff Quality Guidelines, The Institute of Engineers Australia.

Coombes, P, Mitchell, G. and Breen, P. (2003) Roofwater, Stormwater and Wastewater Reuse, Chapter 5 of the Draft Australian Runoff Quality Guidelines, The Institute of Engineers Australia.

Newton, P.W., Baum, S., Bhatia, K., Brown, S.K., Cameron, A.S., Foran, B.D., Grant, T., Mak, S.L., Memmott, P.C., Mitchell, V.G., Neate, K.L., Pears, A., Smith, N., Stimson, R.J., Tucker, S.N. and Yencken, D. (2001) Human Settlements Theme Report, Australian State of the Environment Report 2001, CSIRO Publishing on behalf of the Department of Environment and Heritage, Canberra.

 
Refereed Journal Papers

 Mitchell, V.G., McMahon, T.A. and Mein, R.G. (2003) Components of the Total Water Balance of an Urban Catchment, Environmental Management Vol 32 (6) pp 735-746.

Argent, R.M. and Mitchell, V.G. (2003) Development and Adoption of a Simple Non-Point Source Pollution Model for Port Phillip Bay, Australia, Environmental Management, Vol 32 (3) pp 360-372.

Mitchell, V.G., Shipton, R.J. and Gray, S.R. (2003) Assessing Innovative Urban Water Servicing Options for a Greenfield Development Site in Brisbane, Australian Journal of Water Resources, Vol. (2), pp 139-154, ISSN 1324-1583.

Mitchell, G., Gray, S. and Shipton, B., Woolley, R., Erbacher, J., Egerton, G. and McKnoulty, J. (2003) Evaluating Integrated Urban Water Systems Alternatives for Brisbane, Water Science and Technology, Vol 47 (7-8) pp 1-9.

Mitchell, V. G., Mein, R. G., & McMahon, T. A. (2002) Utilising Stormwater and Wastewater Resources in Urban Areas. Australian Journal of Water Resources, Vol. 6 (1) pp 31-43.

Mitchell, V. G., Mein, R. G., & McMahon, T. A. (2001) Modelling the Urban Water Cycle. Journal of Environmental Modelling & Software, Vol. 16 (7) pp 615-629.

Mitchell, V. G., Mein, R. G., McMahon, T. A., (1997) Evaluating the Resource Potential of Stormwater and Wastewater; An Australian Perspective. Australian Journal of Water Resources, IEAust, Vol. 2 (1), pp 19-22.

 
Non-Refereed Journal Papers

Tucker, S. N., Mitchell, V. G., & Burn, L. S. (2000) Life Cycle Costing of Urban Water Systems. Water, Vol. 27 (5), pp 12.

Mitchell, V. G., & Gray, S. R. (2000) UVQ: A Water and Contaminant Balance Model. Water, Vol. 27 (5), pp. 14.

Mitchell, G., Mein, R., McMahon, T., (1999) Aquacycle: An urban water reuse computer model, Water. Vol. 26 (3) pp17-19.

Mitchell, V. G., Mein, R. G., McMahon, T. A., (1998) Stormwater and wastewater use within an urban catchment. International Water & Irrigation Review, Vol. 18 (3), pp 11-15

 
Conference papers

 Mitchell, V.G., Bui, E., Cleugh, H., Diaper, C., Grant, A., Gray, S.R., Sharma, A., Toze, S. (2004) Delivering Planning and Performance Assessment Tools for Integrated Urban Water Management, the International Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design: Cities as Catchments, WSUD2004, Adelaide, 21-25 November 2004 

Mitchell, V.G. and Diaper, C. (2004) UVQ – A tool for assessing the water and contaminant balance impacts of urban development scenarios, IWA 4th World Water Congress, Marrakech, Morocco, 19-24 September 2004.

Goonery, C.M., Lechte, P., Maheepala, S., Mitchell, V.G. and Perera, B.J.C. (2003) A review of Current Practices in and Impediments to using Stormwater and an Alternative Supply Source within Urban Areas, 28th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, The Institution of Engineers Australia, 10 – 14 November, Wollongong, NSW, Vol 2, pp 315-322

Mitchell, V.G., Diaper, C, Gray, S.R. and Rahilly, M (2003) UVQ: Modelling the Movement of Water and Contaminants through the Total Urban Water Cycle, 28th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, The Institution of Engineers Australia, 10 – 14 November, Wollongong, NSW, Vol 3, pp 131-138

Maheepala, S., Speers, A., Booker, N. and Mitchell, V.G., (2003) A Framework for Assessing the Sustainability of Urban Water Systems, 28th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, The Institution of Engineers Australia, 10 – 14 November, Wollongong, NSW, Vol 2, pp 131-138

Burn, S. DeSilva, D., Tjandraatmadja, G., Mitchell, G., Diaper, C., Dillon, P. and Eiswirth, P. (2003) The role of Urban Infrastructure on groundwater contamination – the EU AISUWRS project, PIPES 2003 – Back to Basics: Design and Innovation, 21-23 October 2003, Wagga Wagga NSW.

Mitchell, V.G. (2003) Total Water Cycle Management: A Tool for Our Cities and Towns, AWA Victorian Regional Conference, Lorne, 24-25 October 2003.

Mitchell, G., Gray, S. and Shipton, B., Woolley, R., Erbacher, J., Egerton, G. and McKnoulty, J. (2002) Evaluating Integrated Urban Water Systems Alternatives for Brisbane, In World Water Congress 2002, 7-12 April, Melbourne, IWA.

Mitchell, V.G. (2002) Developing and Assessing New Approaches to Urban Water Services Provision, In 2nd National Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design, 2-4 September 2002, Brisbane.

Mitchell, V.G. (2002) Informing the Decision Process to Improve the Sustainability of an Urban Greenfield Development Water System, In IEMSS, 24-27 June 2002, Lugano, Switzerland, International Environmental Modelling and Software Society.

Mitchell, G., Gray, S. and Shipton, B. (2002) Assessing Innovative Urban Water Solutions, In 27th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, 20-23 May, Melbourne, IEAust.

Gray, S., Becker, N., Mitchell, G., Woolley, R. and Egerton, G. (2002) Water service options; A water and contaminant balance approach, In World Water Congress 2002, 7-12 April, Melbourne, IWA.

Eiswirth, M. Hotzl, H., Burn, L.S., Mitchell, V.G. and Gray, S.R. (2001) Contaminant loads within the urban water system – Scenario analyses and new strategies. In New Approaches Characterising Groundwater Flows, Germany. Editors: Seiler KP, Wohnlich S, Vol 1 & 2, pp493-498.

Maheepala, S., Perera, B.J.C., Jones, R., Mitchell, G., and Wisener, T. (2001) Assessing Impact of Climate Change on Urban Water Supply Systems, Proceedings of the Australian Water Associations Victorian Branch Regional Conference, 18-20 October, Moama-Echuca on the Murray, Victoria.

Abbs, D., Maheepala, S., McInnes, K., Mitchell, G., Shipton, B., & Trinidad, G. (2000) Severe Weather and the Built Environment in Coastal Regions. In 10th NSW Coastal Management Conference. 20-24 November, Yamba, NSW:

Abbs, D., Maheepala, S., McInnes, K., Mitchell, G., Shipton, B., & Trinidad, G. (2000) Climate change, urban flooding, and infrastructure. In Hydro 2000 3rd International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium. 20-23 November, Perth: IEAust. pp 686-691.

Booker, N., Gray, S., Mitchell, G., Priestley, A., Shipton, R., Speers, A., Young, G., & Syme, G. (2000) Sustainable Alternatives in the Provision of Urban Water Services - An Australian Approach. In Xth World Water Congress , 12-17 March 2000.  . Melbourne: IWA.

Burn, L.S., Tucker, S.N., Maheepala, S. and Mitchell. V.G. (2001). The application of Lifecycle Analysis in Urban Water Systems. 4th International Conference on Water pipeline Systems, York UK, 28-30 March 2001

Mitchell, V. G. (2000) Integrating Stormwater Drainage into the Total Urban Water System. In Hydro 2000 3rd International Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, November 20-23. Perth: IEAust.  pp 863-868.

Argent, R. M., Stuart, N., Mitchell, V. G., & Carter, R. (2000) Enhancing understanding and problem solving capacity in multi-jurisdictional catchment management: an approach using components of GIS and simulation modelling software. In 4th International Conference on Integrating GIS and Environmental Modeling (GIS/EM4): Problems, Prospects and Research Needs, September 2-8, Banff, Alberta, Canada:

Speers, A., & Mitchell, G. (2000) Integrated Urban Water Cycle. In National Conference on Water Sensitive Urban Design, 30-31 August, Melbourne: Melbourne Water.

Mitchell, V. G., Gray, S., and Farley, T., (2000) Accounting for water and contaminants in urban areas, In Xth World Water Congress, Melbourne, 12-17 March 2000, IWA.

Argent, R.M. and Mitchell, V. G. (1999) Putting GIS to Work in Catchment Management: A Case Study from Port Phillip Bay, In Proc. 25th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Brisbane, 6-8 July 1999, pp 1041-1046.

Mitchell, V.G., McMahon, T.A., Mein, R.G., (1998) Reuse Potential within an Urban Catchment. Proc. 6th Recycled Water Seminar, Sydney, 3-4 November 1998. pp 104-110.

Mitchell, V. G., Mein, R. G., McMahon, T. A., (1998) Performance of Aquacycle, a model of the Integrated Urban Water Cycle.  HydraStorm 98, International Symposium in Stormwater Management, Adelaide, 27-30 September 1998, pp 183-188.

Mitchell, V. G., McMahon, T. A., Mein, R. G., (1997) The Utilisation of Stormwater and Wastewater to Transform the Supply and Disposal Requirements of an Urban Community. Proc. 24th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Auckland, 24-27 November 1997. pp 417-422.

Mitchell, V. G., Mein, R. G., McMahon, T. A., (1997) Modelling the possible utilisation of stormwater and wastewater with in an urban catchment.  Australian Water and Wastewater Association 17th Federal Convention Conference, Melbourne, 16-21 March 1997. AWWA, Vol. 2, pp 65-72.

Mitchell, V. G., Mein, R. G., McMahon, T. A., (1996) Evaluating the Resource Potential of Stormwater and Wastewater; An Australian Perspective.  In 7th International Conference on Urban Storm Drainage, Edited by. Sieker, F., Verworn, H-R., Hannover, Germany, 9-13 September 1996. Vol. 3, pp 1293-1298.

Mitchell, V. G., McMahon, T. A., Mein, R. G., (1996) The Urban Water Balance - An Approach to Evaluating the Potential Uses of Stormwater and Wastewater. Proc. 23rd Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium, Hobart, 21-24 May 1996. I.E. Aust. NCP96/05, Vol. 1, pp73-79.


Reports

Mitchell, V.G and Maheepala, S. (2004) Demographics in the Greater Melbourne Region, Melbourne Water Climate Change Study - Technical Report 2, CSIRO and Melbourne Water, May 2004.

Jones, R.,Durack, P., Howe, C., Maheepala, S., Mitchell, G., Rhodes, B., Yurisich, R., Kularathna, U., Esler, S., Gardiner, G., Watkinson, R., Price, M., Wotten, M. (2004) Melbourne Water Climate Change Study - Implications of Potential Climate Change for Melbourne Water Resources, CSIRO and Melbourne Water, May 2004.

Diaper, C., Sharma, A., Gray, S., Mitchell, G., Howe, C. (2004) Technologies for the Provision of Infrastructure to Urban Developments – Canberra Case Study, (unpublished consultancy report for Environment ACT) MIT Doc. CMIT(C) 2003-183, CSIRO September 2003

Blackmore, J., Diaper, C., Maheepala, S., Hatton MacDonald, D., Mitchell, V.G., Picon, B. and Speers, A. (2002) Freshwater Beach Integrated Water Management: Phase 1 – Project Initiation and Data Collection. MIT Doc. Number 02/343, December 2002 (unpublished).

Mitchell, V.G., Shipton, R.J. and Gray, S.G. (2002) Heathwood/Brazil Development Study: Stage 3 Summary Report, CSIRO Urban Water, MIT Doc 02/286, Oct 2002.

Mitchell, V.G., Gray, S.G. and Becker, N.S.C. (2002) Heathwood/Brazil Development Study: Water and Contaminant Balance Analysis of Stage 3 Scenarios, CSIRO Urban Water, MIT Doc 02/285, Oct 2002.

Maheepala, S., Mitchell, G., Suppiah, R. and Whetton, P. (2002) Development of a Weather Adjustment Process for Urban Water Use, MIT Doc 02/218, Confidential Report, CSIRO Urban Water, August 2002.

Mitchell, C., Mitchell, G., Shipton, R., Speers, A., Turner A. and White, S. (2002) Edmondson Park Feasibility Study, CSIRO Urban Water, July 2002 (unpublished).

The Institute for Sustainable Futures and CSIRO Urban Water (2002) The Greenfield Manual – Version 1, July 2002  (unpublished).

Gray, S.R., Shipton, R,J., Mitchell, V.G, and Becker, N.S.C. (2002) Heathwood/Brazil Development Study: Stage 3 Sensitivity Analysis of Development Scenarios, CSIRO Urban Water, May 2002.

Thomas, J.F., Robinson, J. and Mitchell, V.G. (2002) Heathwood/Brazil Development Study: Water Services Externalities and Pricing Options, Confidential Report, CSIRO Urban Water, May 2002.

Robinson, J., Cordell, D., Day, D., Milne, G., Sarac, K., White, S., Shipton, R., Maheepala, S., Mitchell, G. (2002) Melbourne End Use and Water Consumption Influences Study: Report to Water Resources Strategy Committee, Yarra Valley Water.

Ambrose, M., Dillon, P., Gray, S.R., Maheepala, S., Mitchell, V.G., Nancarrow, B., Shipton, R.J. and Syme, G. (2001) Brazil Development Study: Other benefits, costs and opportunities explored in Stage 2, CSIRO Urban Water Program, BCE Doc 01/348, September 2001.

Shipton, R,J. Maheepala, S., Gray, S.R., Mitchell, V.G. and de Silva, D. (2001) Brazil Development Study: Stage 2 Preliminary Design and Costing, CSIRO Urban Water Program, BCE Doc 01/347.

Mitchell, V.G, Gray, S.R., and Becker, N.S.C. (2001) Brazil Development Study: Water and contaminant balance analysis of Stage 2 scenarios, CSIRO Urban Water Program, BCE Doc 01/346, November 2001.

Mitchell, V.G., Shipton, R.J., Gray, S.R., Becker, N.B.S. and Maheepala, S. (2001) Brazil Development Study: Stage 2 Summary Report, CSIRO Urban Water Program, BCE Doc 01/345, November 2001.

Maheepala, S., Mitchell, G., Jones, R., Shipton, B. and Speers, A. (2001) Review of Yarra Valley Water’s Weather Adjustment Process for Daily Water Use, CSIRO Urban Water Program, BCE Doc 01/298, August 2001 (unpublished).

CSIRO Urban Water Program (2001) Brazil Development Study: Initial Scenario Identification Stage Report, BCE Doc. 01/033, February 2001.

Zoppou, C., Maheepala, S., Cuddy, S.M., Coleman, J., Farley, T.F.N., Gray, S.R., Marquez, L., Mitchell, V.G., Rahilly, M. and Reed, M. (2000) Final Report on Application & Refinement of Assessment Tolls for the CSIRO UWP Feasibility Study, CSIRO Urban Water Program, CSIRO Land & Water Consultancy Report (unpublished).

Tucker, S.N., Mitchell, V.G., Rahilly, M., DeSilva, D., Burn, L.S., Mathes, P., Booker, N. (1999) Life Cycle Costing Of Urban Water Systems, Urban Water Program Final Report, CSIRO Building Construction and Engineering and CSIRO Molecular Science (unpublished).

Farley, T., Zoppou, C., Gray, S., Mitchell, G. (1999) Development and Implementation of the Water and Contaminant Balance Model Urban Volume And Quality (UVQ) Urban Water Program Final Report, CSIRO Building Construction and Engineering and CSIRO Land and Water (unpublished).

Maheepala, S., Mitchell, V.G. and Shipton, R.J. (1999) Urban Water Balance Study, Urban Water Program Final Report, BCE Doc. 99/249, CSIRO Building Construction and Engineering (unpublished).

Mitchell, V.G. and Maheepala, S. (1999) Urban Water Balance Modelling, Urban Water Program Final Report, BCE Doc. 99/195, CSIRO Building Construction and Engineering  (unpublished).

Mitchell, V. G., Mein, R. G., McMahon, T. A., (1999) Assessing the Reuse Potential of Stormwater and Wastewater in Urban Areas.  Industry Report 99/14, CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne.

Mitchell, V.G. and Argent, R.M., (1999) Port Phillip Catchment Decision Support and Water Quality Management Investigation – Final Report, Centre for Environmental Applied Hydrology (CEAH), The University of Melbourne, January 1999, Report 07/98  (unpublished).

Mitchell, V.G., Smolenska, K.A. and Argent, R.M. (1998) Nutrient and Sediment Loads and Generation Rates in the Port Phillip Catchment, Centre for Environmental Applied Hydrology (CEAH), The University of Melbourne, December 1998, Report 03/98  (unpublished).

Mitchell, V.G., Argent, R.M. (1998) Nonpoint Source Pollution Modelling Approaches for Port Phillip Bay Catchment, Centre for Environmental Applied Hydrology (CEAH), The University of Melbourne, December 1998, Report 02-98. ISBN 0 7340 1597 6.

Mitchell, V. G., (1998) Assessment of the Little Trimmer Cave Data Set, Centre for Environmental Applied Hydrology (CEAH), The University of Melbourne, CEAH Report 04-98 (unpublished).

 

User Manuals

Mitchell, V. G., C. Diaper (2004) UVQ User Manual, CSIRO Urban Water

Mitchell, V. G. (2004) Aquacycle User Manual (Version 1), CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne.

Mitchell, V. G. (2000) Aquacycle User Manual (beta version), CRC for Catchment Hydrology, Melbourne.

Short Resume:

Position held

Institution

Department

Period

Senior Research Fellow

Monash University

Institute for Sustainable Water Resources

2004-current

Project Leader, Water Smart Communities

CSIRO

Water for a Healthy Country Flagship

2002-2004

Senior Research Scientist

CSIRO

Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology

2002-2004

Research Scientist

CSIRO

Manufacturing and Infrastructure Technology

1999-2002

Research Fellow

University of Melbourne

Civil & Environmental Engineering

1998