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Research Papers and Patents
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Refereed Journal Papers (pressed or in press in last 5 yrs)

1. *Dotto C.B.S., Kleidorfer, M., Deletic, A., Rauch, W., McCarthy, D.T. and Fletcher, T.D. (in press) A Bayesian approach for performance evaluation of stormwater models based on long-term high-resolution measurement data, Environmental Modelling and Software, accepted 30th March 2011.[Impact Factor = 3.09, Rank 7/95 Computer Science – Interdisciplinary Applications, Rank 6/42 Environmental Engineering]

2. *Deletic A., Dotto, C.B.S., McCarthy, D.T., Kleidorfer, M., Freni, G., Mannina, G., Uhl, M., Henrichs, M., Fletcher, T.D., Rauch, W., Bertrand-Krajewski, J.L., Tait, S. (in press) Assessing Uncertainties in Urban Drainage Models. Physics and Chemistry of the Earth, accepted 14th April 2011.[Impact Factor = 0.98, Rank 43/66 Water Resources]

3. *Dotto C.B.S., Deletic, A., Fletcher, T.D., McCarthy, D.T. (in press) Calibration and sensitivity analysis of urban drainage models: MUSIC rainfall/runoff module and a simple stormwater quality model, Australian Journal of Water Resources, accepted 15th January 2011.

4. *McCarthy, D.T., Deletic, A., Mitchell, V.G. & Diaper, C. (2010) Sensitivity analysis of an urban stormwater microorganism model. Water Science and Technology, 62 (6), 1393-1400.[Impact Factor = 1.09, Rank 36/66 Water Resources, Cited 0 times]

5. *Dotto, C.B.S., Kleidorfer, M., Deletic, A., Fletcher, T. D., McCarthy, D. T., & Rauch, W. (2010). Stormwater quality models: performance and sensitivity analysis. Water Science and Technology, 62(4), 837-843.[Impact Factor = 1.09, Rank 36/66 Water Resources, Cited 0 times]

6. *Bach, P.M., McCarthy, D.T. & Deletic, A. (2010). Redefining the Stormwater First Flush Phenomenon. Water Research, 44, 2487-2498.[Impact Factor = 4.36, Rank 1/66 Water Resources, Cited 0 times]

7. *Bach, P.M., McCarthy, D.T. & Deletic, A. (2010). The development of a novel approach for assessment of the first flush in urban stormwater discharges. Water Science and Technology Journal, 61 (1), 2681-2688.[Impact Factor = 1.0, Rank 36/66 Water Resources, Cited 0 times]

8. *McCarthy, D.T. (2009) The first flush of E. coli in urban stormwater runoff. Water Science and Technology, 60 (11), 2749-2757.[Impact Factor = 1.09, Rank 36/66 Water Resources, Cited 2 times]

9. *McCarthy, D.T., Deletic, A., Mitchell, V.G., Fletcher, T.D. & Diaper, C. (2008) Uncertainties in stormwater E. coli levels. Water Research, 42 (6-7), 1812-1824.[Impact Factor = 4.36, Rank 1/66 Water Resources, Cited 12 times]

10. *Mitchell, V.G., McCarthy, D.T., Deletic, A. & Fletcher, T.D. (2008) Urban stormwater harvesting – sensitivity of a storage behaviour model. Environmental Modelling and Software, 23 (6), 782-793.[Impact Factor = 3.09, Rank 7/95 Computer Science – Interdisciplinary Applications, Rank 6/42 Environmental Engineering, Cited 8 times]

11. *McCarthy, D.T., Mitchell, V.G., Deletic, A. & Diaper, C. (2007) Escherichia coli in urban stormwater: explaining their variability. Water Science and Technology, 56 (11), 27-34.[Impact Factor = 1.09, Rank 36/66 Water Resources, Cited 4 times]

12. *Mitchell, V.G., Deletic, A., Fletcher, T.D., Hatt, B.E. & McCarthy, D.T. (2007) Achieving multiple benefits from stormwater harvesting. Water Science and Technology, 55 (4), 135-144.[Impact Factor = 1.09, Rank 36/66 Water Resources, Cited 7 times]

Refereed Conference Papers (in last 5 yrs)

13. *Mitchell, V.G., McCarthy, D.T., Fletcher, T.D. & Deletic, A. (2005) Optimising storage capacity for stormwater utilisation. In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Urban Drainage, August, 2005, Copenhagen, Denmark.

14. *McCarthy, D.T., Mitchell, V.G., Deletic, A. & Diaper, C. (2006) Escherichia coli Levels in Urban Stormwater. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling and the 4th Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, April 2006, Melbourne, Australia.

15. Mitchell, V.G., Deletic, A., Fletcher, T.D., Hatt, B.E., McCarthy, D.T. (2006). Achieving Multiple Benefits from Stormwater Harvesting. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling and the 4th Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, April 2006, Melbourne, Australia.

16. *McCarthy, D.T., Mitchell, V.G., Deletic, A. & Diaper, C. (2007) Urban stormwater Escherichia coli levels: factors that influence them. In Novatech Conference Proceedings, June 2007, Lyon, France.

17. *McCarthy, D.T., Mitchell, V. G., Deletic, A., Diaper, C. (2007) Microbial source tracking in urban stormwater. In 14th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology Conference Proceedings, September 2007, Tokyo, Japan.

18. *McCarthy, D.T., Mitchell, V. G., Deletic, A., Diaper, C. (2008) Development and testing of an urban stormwater microorganism indicator model. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, September, 2008, Edinburgh, UK.

19. *McCarthy, D.T. (2008) A traditional first flush assessment of E. coli in urban stormwater runoff. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, September, 2008, Edinburgh, UK.

20. *Bratieres, K., Fletcher, T.D., Alcazar, L., Le Coustumer, S.M., McCarthy, D.T. (2008) Removal of nutrients, heavy metals and pathogens by stormwater biofilters. In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage, September, 2008, Edinburgh, UK.

21. *McCarthy, D.T., Deletic, A., Mitchell, V.G. & Diaper, C. (2009) Sensitivity analysis of an urban stormwater microorganism model. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling (UDM), September, 2009, Tokyo, Japan.

22. *Bach, P.M., McCarthy, D.T. & Deletic, A. (2009) Debugging the myth behind the first flush phenomenon. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling (UDM), September, 2009, Tokyo, Japan.

23. *Deletic, A., Dotto, C.B.S., McCarthy, D.T., Kleidorfer, M., Freni, G., Mannina, G., Uhl, M., Fletcher, T.D., Rauch, W., Bertrand-Krajewski, J.L. & Tait, S. (2009) Defining uncertainties in modelling of urban drainage systems. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling (UDM), September, 2009, Tokyo, Japan.

24. *Kleidorfer, M., Leonhardt, G., McCarthy, D.T., Kinzel, H. & Rauch, W. (2009) CALIMERO – a model independent and generalised tool for autocalibration. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling (UDM), September, 2009, Tokyo, Japan.

25. *Dotto, C.B.S., Deletic, A., Fletcher, T.D. & McCarthy, D.T. (2009) Stormwater quality models: do they work? In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Urban Drainage Modelling (UDM), September, 2009, Tokyo, Japan.

26. *Kandra, H., McCarthy, D. T., Deletic, A., & Fletcher, T. D. (2010). Assessment of clogging phenomena in granular filter media used for stormwater treatment (Analyse du phénomène de colmatage des filtres granulaires utilisés pour le traitement des eaux pluviales). Paper presented at Novatech. Lyon, France, 27th June - 1st July 2010.

27. *Schang, C., McCarthy, D. T., Deletic, A., & Fletcher, T. D. (2010). Development of the enviss filtration system: preliminary results (Développement du système de filtration enviss™: résultats préliminaires). Paper presented at Novatech. Lyon, France, 27th June - 1st July 2010.

28. Poelsma, P., McCarthy, D. T., & Deletic, A. (2010). Changes in the filtration rate of a novel stormwater harvesting system: impacts of clogging and moisture content. IN Proceedings of NOVATECH 2010. Lyon, France, 27th June - 1st July 2010.

29. *Bach, P., Daly, E., McCarthy, D.T. & Deletic, A. (2010) Investigating pollutant variability for the development of a semi-stochastic water quality model of urban stormwater runoff. Paper presented at SPN 2010. Gold Coast, Australia, 2010.

30. *Dotto, C.B.S., Kleidorfer, M., McCarthy, D.T., Deletic, A., Rauch, W. & Fletcher, T.D. (2010) Towards Global Assessment of Modelling Errors. Paper presented at SPN 2010. Gold Coast, Australia, 2010.

Other – Patent Applications (in last 5yrs)

31. *Australian Provisional Patent Application No. 2008903208 Method and system for modelling water treatment and harvesting lodged by Water Harvesting Technologies on June 24, 2008. International Patent Application for PCT No. TBA filed on 24th June 2009, claiming priority from Australian Provisional Patent Application No. 2008093208. The inventors included McCarthy, D.T.

32. Australian provisional Patent Application No. TBA Treatment was lodged on August 12, 2009 by Water Harvesting Technologies. The inventors included McCarthy, D.T.