Report 15 of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program

The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) has commissioned The University of Queensland, and through it the University of South Australia, to undertake the data collection and analysis that underpins the report.

Report 15 of the National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program (the Program) covers around 57 per cent of the Australian population, which equates to about 13.3 million people. Fifty-eight wastewater treatment plants across Australia participated in the August 2021 collection, which monitored the consumption of 12 substances. In October 2021, when only capital city sites were sampled, there were 20 sites.

Key findings and additional data are available, by state and territory and drug type, as a guide to trends over the period the respective drugs have been monitored by the Program.

Full report

• National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Report 15.PDF14.83 MB

Media material

• Report 15 Media Snapshot.pdf929.15 KB
• Media release

Key findings by state and territory

• Key findings Australian Capital Territory—Report 15 .pdf157.29 KB
• Key findings New South Wales—Report 15 .pdf166.88 KB
• Key findings Northern Territory—Report 15 .pdf163.16 KB
• Key findings Queensland—Report 15 .pdf164.79 KB
• Key findings South Australia—Report 15 .pdf165.39 KB
• Key findings Tasmania—Report 15 .pdf163.69 KB
• Key findings Victoria—Report 15 .pdf162.67 KB
• Key findings Western Australia—Report 15 .pdf164.32 KB

Additional longitudinal data figures, by state and territory and drug type

• Australian Capital Territory—Report 15.pdf35.77 KB
• New South Wales—Report 15.pdf54.38 KB
• Northern Territory—Report 15.pdf55.62 KB
• Queensland—Report 15.pdf53.61 KB
• South Australia—Report 15.pdf52.7 KB
• Tasmania—Report 15.pdf55.31 KB
• Victoria—Report 15.pdf53.25 KB
• Western Australia—Report 15.pdf53.39 KB

View previous National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program reports