Skip to menu Skip to content Skip to footer

2026

Journal Article

Weekend highs: Rising ketamine levels in Australian wastewater

Keller, Emma, Tscharke, Ben, Peake, Brock, Verhagen, Rory, Bade, Richard, O’Brien, Jake, Thai, Phong, Thomas, Kevin, Mueller, Jochen, White, Jason, Simpson, Bradley and Gerber, Cobus (2026). Weekend highs: Rising ketamine levels in Australian wastewater. Environmental Advances, 23 100687, 100687. doi: 10.1016/j.envadv.2026.100687

Weekend highs: Rising ketamine levels in Australian wastewater

2026

Journal Article

Monitoring Population Exposure to Low‐ and No‐Calorie Sweeteners via Pooled Urine Analysis

Schröter, Nicole S., O'Brien, Jake W., Bade, Richard, Toms, Leisa‐Maree L., Hobson, Peter, Langguth, Daman and Mueller, Jochen F. (2026). Monitoring Population Exposure to Low‐ and No‐Calorie Sweeteners via Pooled Urine Analysis. Food Science & Nutrition, 14 (4) e71795, 4. doi: 10.1002/fsn3.71795

Monitoring Population Exposure to Low‐ and No‐Calorie Sweeteners via Pooled Urine Analysis

2026

Journal Article

Changes in wastewater measures of alcohol consumption in Alice Springs, Australia, 1 year after the introduction of restrictions on alcohol sales

Tscharke, Ben, Livingston, Michael, Clifford, Sarah, Zheng, Qiuda, Thai, Phong K., Verhagen, Rory, Bade, Richard, O'Brien, Jake W., Gerber, Cobus, Keller, Emma, Simpson, Bradley S., Thomas, Kevin V., Hall, Wayne and Mueller, Jochen F. (2026). Changes in wastewater measures of alcohol consumption in Alice Springs, Australia, 1 year after the introduction of restrictions on alcohol sales. Addiction, 121 (4), 851-860. doi: 10.1111/add.70262

Changes in wastewater measures of alcohol consumption in Alice Springs, Australia, 1 year after the introduction of restrictions on alcohol sales

2026

Journal Article

Surveillance of phenibut in wastewater during a Brazilian carnival

Gomes, Bruna R. de S., De Oliveira, Ana Flavia B., Vieira, Aline de Melo, Nadarajan, Dhayaalini, Bade, Richard and Santos, Jandyson M. (2026). Surveillance of phenibut in wastewater during a Brazilian carnival. Drug Testing and Analysis, 18 (2) dta.70002, 192-197. doi: 10.1002/dta.70002

Surveillance of phenibut in wastewater during a Brazilian carnival

2026

Journal Article

Wastewater analysis as a global toxicovigilance tool for the monitoring of new psychoactive substances

Nadarajan, Dhayaalini, Laimou-Geraniou, Maria, Chappell, Andrew, Baduel, Christine, Bijlsma, Lubertus, Boogaerts, Tim, Burgard, Daniel A., Castiglioni, Sara, Ceolotto, Nicola, Driver, Erin M., Sodre, Fernando Fabriz, Kassinos, Despo Fatta, Quintana, Harold Flores, Gerber, Cobus, Gracia-Lor, Emma, Gracia-Marín, Elisa, Halden, Rolf U., Heath, Ester, Huchthausen, Julia, Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara, Keller, Emma L., Lai, Foon Yin, Löve, Arndís Sue-Ching, Matias, João, Ocenaskova, Vera, Oh, Jeong-Eun, Oluseyi, Temilola, Phung, Kaitlyn, Pineda-Castro, Marco ... Bade, Richard (2026). Wastewater analysis as a global toxicovigilance tool for the monitoring of new psychoactive substances. Water Research, 289 (Part A) 124847, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2025.124847

Wastewater analysis as a global toxicovigilance tool for the monitoring of new psychoactive substances

2026

Journal Article

National Wastewater Surveillance of Illicit Tobacco and Vaping Use Trends in Australia

Wang, Zhe, Zheng, Qiuda, Thai, Phong K., Gartner, Coral, O’Brien, Jake W., Bade, Richard, Verhagen, Rory, Hall, Wayne, Stjepanović, Daniel, Simpson, Bradley S., Keller, Emma L., Thomas, Kevin V., Mueller, Jochen F. and Tscharke, Ben (2026). National Wastewater Surveillance of Illicit Tobacco and Vaping Use Trends in Australia. JAMA Network Open, 9 (2) e2557319, e2557319-2. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.57319

National Wastewater Surveillance of Illicit Tobacco and Vaping Use Trends in Australia

2025

Journal Article

Cannabis consumption in Australia 2018–2025: Socio‐economic and regional trends from wastewater and survey data

Verhagen, Rory, Gerber, Cobus, Thai, Phong, Bade, Richard, O'Brien, Jake, Keller, Emma L., Simpson, Bradley S., Hall, Wayne, Leung, Janni, Thomas, Kevin V., Mueller, Jochen F. and Tscharke, Benjamin J. (2025). Cannabis consumption in Australia 2018–2025: Socio‐economic and regional trends from wastewater and survey data. Addiction, 121 (4) add.70277, 861-869. doi: 10.1111/add.70277

Cannabis consumption in Australia 2018–2025: Socio‐economic and regional trends from wastewater and survey data

2025

Journal Article

Spatiotemporal trends of new psychoactive substances in Slovenia through influent wastewater analysis

Laimou-Geraniou, Maria, Nadarajan, Dhayaalini, Bade, Richard and Heath, Ester (2025). Spatiotemporal trends of new psychoactive substances in Slovenia through influent wastewater analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials Advances, 19 100781, 100781. doi: 10.1016/j.hazadv.2025.100781

Spatiotemporal trends of new psychoactive substances in Slovenia through influent wastewater analysis

2025

Journal Article

Early identification of the use of potent benzylbenzimidazoles (nitazenes) through wastewater analysis: two years of data from 22 countries

Bade, Richard, Nadarajan, Dhayaalini, Hall, Wayne, Brown, Jared A. and Schumann, Jennifer (2025). Early identification of the use of potent benzylbenzimidazoles (nitazenes) through wastewater analysis: two years of data from 22 countries. Addiction, 120 (9), 1739-1746. doi: 10.1111/add.70027

Early identification of the use of potent benzylbenzimidazoles (nitazenes) through wastewater analysis: two years of data from 22 countries

2024

Journal Article

Wastewater‐based evaluation of the efficacy of oxycodone regulations in Australia

Verhagen, Rory, Gerber, Cobus, Thai, Phong K., Connor, Jason, Loveday, Bill, Bade, Richard, O'Brien, Jake, Jaunay, Emma L., Simpson, Bradley S., Chan, Gary, Hall, Wayne, Thomas, Kevin V., Mueller, Jochen F. and Tscharke, Benjamin J. (2024). Wastewater‐based evaluation of the efficacy of oxycodone regulations in Australia. Addiction, 119 (12), 2153-2161. doi: 10.1111/add.16653

Wastewater‐based evaluation of the efficacy of oxycodone regulations in Australia

2024

Journal Article

Application of design of experiment for quantification of 71 new psychoactive substances in influent wastewater

Nadarajan, Dhayaalini, O’Brien, Jake, Cresswell, Sarah, Kele, Ben, Mueller, Jochen and Bade, Richard (2024). Application of design of experiment for quantification of 71 new psychoactive substances in influent wastewater. Analytica Chimica Acta, 1321 343036, 1-14. doi: 10.1016/j.aca.2024.343036

Application of design of experiment for quantification of 71 new psychoactive substances in influent wastewater

2024

Journal Article

Assessing daily patterns in stimulant use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Melbourne, Australia using wastewater analysis

Chen, Shuo, Bade, Richard, Tscharke, Ben, Hall, Wayne, Thai, Phong, He, Chang, Ahmed, Fahad, Zheng, Qiuda, Choi, Phil M., O'Brien, Jake W. and Mueller, Jochen F. (2024). Assessing daily patterns in stimulant use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Melbourne, Australia using wastewater analysis. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 476 135130, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.135130

Assessing daily patterns in stimulant use during the COVID-19 pandemic in Melbourne, Australia using wastewater analysis

2024

Journal Article

Seven-years of alcohol consumption in Australia by wastewater analysis: exploring patterns by remoteness and socioeconomic factors

Tscharke, Ben, Livingston, Michael, O'Brien, Jake W., Bade, Richard, Thomas, Kevin V., Mueller, Jochen F., Hall, Wayne, Simpson, Bradley S., Jaunay, Emma, Gerber, Cobus, White, Jason M. and Thai, Phong K. (2024). Seven-years of alcohol consumption in Australia by wastewater analysis: exploring patterns by remoteness and socioeconomic factors. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 259 111317, 111317. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2024.111317

Seven-years of alcohol consumption in Australia by wastewater analysis: exploring patterns by remoteness and socioeconomic factors

2024

Journal Article

Workflow to facilitate the detection of new psychoactive substances and drugs of abuse in influent urban wastewater

Bade, Richard, van Herwerden, Denice, Rousis, Nikolaos, Adhikari, Sangeet, Allen, Darren, Baduel, Christine, Bijlsma, Lubertus, Boogaerts, Tim, Burgard, Dan, Chappell, Andrew, Driver, Erin M., Sodre, Fernando Fabriz, Fatta-Kassinos, Despo, Gracia-Lor, Emma, Gracia-Marín, Elisa, Halden, Rolf U., Heath, Ester, Jaunay, Emma, Krotulski, Alex, Lai, Foon Yin, Löve, Arndís Sue Ching, O’Brien, Jake W., Oh, Jeong-Eun, Pasin, Daniel, Castro, Marco Pineda, Psichoudaki, Magda, Salgueiro-Gonzalez, Noelia, Gomes, Cezar Silvino, Subedi, Bikram ... Mueller, Jochen (2024). Workflow to facilitate the detection of new psychoactive substances and drugs of abuse in influent urban wastewater. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 469 133955, 1-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2024.133955

Workflow to facilitate the detection of new psychoactive substances and drugs of abuse in influent urban wastewater

Featured

2024

Journal Article

Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival

Puljević, Cheneal, Tscharke, Benjamin, Wessel, Ellen Leslie, Francis, Cameron, Verhagen, Rory, O'Brien, Jake W., Bade, Richard, Nadarajan, Dhayaalini, Measham, Fiona, Stowe, M.J., Piatkowski, Timothy, Ferris, Jason, Page, Robert, Hiley, Sarah, Eassey, Christopher, McKinnon, Ginny, Sinclair, Genevieve, Blatchford, Emily, Engel, Liam, Norvill, Alice and Barratt, Monica J. (2024). Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival. Science of The Total Environment, 921 170934, 1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170934

Characterising differences between self-reported and wastewater-identified drug use at two consecutive years of an Australian music festival

2024

Journal Article

Wastewater-based monitoring of the nitazene analogues: First detection of protonitazene in wastewater

Bade, Richard, Nadarajan, Dhayaalini, Driver, Erin M., Halden, Rolf U., Gerber, Cobus, Krotulski, Alex, Hall, Wayne and Mueller, Jochen F. (2024). Wastewater-based monitoring of the nitazene analogues: First detection of protonitazene in wastewater. Science of The Total Environment, 920 170781, 1-4. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170781

Wastewater-based monitoring of the nitazene analogues: First detection of protonitazene in wastewater

2024

Journal Article

Improving wastewater-based epidemiology for new psychoactive substance surveillance by combining a high-throughput in vitro metabolism assay and LC−HRMS metabolite identification

Bade, Richard, Huchthausen, Julia, Huber, Carolin, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Tscharke, Benjamin J., Verhagen, Rory, Puljevic, Cheneal, Escher, Beate I. and O'Brien, Jake W. (2024). Improving wastewater-based epidemiology for new psychoactive substance surveillance by combining a high-throughput in vitro metabolism assay and LC−HRMS metabolite identification. Water Research, 253 121297, 1-8. doi: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121297

Improving wastewater-based epidemiology for new psychoactive substance surveillance by combining a high-throughput in vitro metabolism assay and LC−HRMS metabolite identification

2024

Journal Article

Monitoring the use of novel psychoactive substances in Australia by wastewater-based epidemiology

Jaunay, Emma L., Bade, Richard, Paxton, Kara R., Nadarajan, Dhayaalini, Barry, Daniel C., Zhai, Yuze, Tscharke, Benjamin J., O'Brien, Jake W., Mueller, Jochen, White, Jason M., Simpson, Bradley S. and Gerber, Cobus (2024). Monitoring the use of novel psychoactive substances in Australia by wastewater-based epidemiology. Science of The Total Environment, 919 170473, 1-7. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170473

Monitoring the use of novel psychoactive substances in Australia by wastewater-based epidemiology

2024

Journal Article

The use of wastewater based epidemiology to detect synthetic opioids in the community

Bade, Richard and Hall, Wayne (2024). The use of wastewater based epidemiology to detect synthetic opioids in the community. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 384 q5, q5. doi: 10.1136/bmj.q5

The use of wastewater based epidemiology to detect synthetic opioids in the community

2024

Book Chapter

Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater by various treatment technologies in wastewater treatment plants

Rousis, Nikolaos I., Bade, Richard, Dewapriya, Pradeep, Li, Jiaying, Duan, Haoran and Thomaidis, Nikolaos S. (2024). Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater by various treatment technologies in wastewater treatment plants. Sustainable technologies for remediation of emerging pollutants from aqueous environment. (pp. 389-409) edited by Mohammad Hadi Dehghani, Rama Rao Karri and Inderjeet Tyagi. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/b978-0-443-18618-9.00020-6

Removal of emerging contaminants from wastewater by various treatment technologies in wastewater treatment plants