Archived Industry News for Water Professionals
Research predicts food production issues, water scarcity, and economic losses if the Paris goals cannot be reached.
Promising new purifier reported
Engineers have created a new water purification device that uses sunlight and ‘hydrogels’.
Councils deny state mandate
Tasmanian councils have told the State Government there is no such thing as a mandate.
Adelaide groundwater assessed
Adelaide’s groundwater supplies might be much more limited than previously believed.
Coral cover tested
A ‘sun shield’ made from an ultra-thin film shows promise as a weapon in the fight against coral bleaching.
EPA questioned on salmon science
Tasmania’s EPA has clarified claims made in the Federal Court case between salmon farms and the Commonwealth.
Giant garbage patch surveyed
The amount of plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be up to 16 times bigger than previously estimated.
Marine park block fails
An attempt by Labor and the Greens to disallow controversial new marine park management plans has failed in the Senate.
Water ministers meeting
SA’s new water minister says he will fight a cut of 605 gigalitres of Murray Darling water meant for the environment.
Saildrones set for sea data
A fleet of wind and solar-powered ocean drones will soon capture valuable data off Australian coasts.
Adani water plans attacked
Adani's plan to drain billions of litres of groundwater could destroy one of the world's last unspoiled desert oases.
TasWater takes up MONA MoU
The council-owned TasWater has signed a deal with Tasmania’s famous museum to upgrade sewerage infrastructure.
Call for change in decades-old shark laws
With over 500 sharks caught in Queensland’s nets and drumlines in a 12-month period, conservationists want change.
Experts wade into water day
March 22 is World Water Day – a day set aside to focus on one of the most important elements of life on Earth.
Fish mics reveal river health
Researchers are eavesdropping on fish to understand how healthy waterways are.
New marine park lines questioned
New marine park management plans have been labelled the “largest removal of marine area from conservation ever”.
Real reef study shows acid effect
A large-scale, real-world experiment has shown the risk of increasing ocean acidification to the Great Barrier Reef.
WA wave has big effect
Experts say a single marine heatwave has been found to have released around nine million metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) into the atmosphere – an amount equivalent to 1.6 million cars driven for 12 months.
UNSW going for graphene filters
Australian scientists have developed a world-first, graphene-based filter that can remove more than 99 per cent of organic matter ...