Archived Industry News for Water Professionals
Indonesian seaweed farmers are fighting for more than $200 million in compensation after a 2009 oil spill in the Timor Sea.
BP Bight plans highlighted
Sea Shepherd is sending a vessel to fight plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
Call for safer tech cemetaries
The world needs to stop dumping its e-waste on developing nations, experts say.
Coal clean-up could bury QLD
Reports say Queensland taxpayers face a bill of over $3 billion to clean up the state's coal mines.
Climate cuts undone, partly
Australia appears to have a science minister again, and he appears to be in favour of science.
Bugs bustling to bite in Rio
With the Olympic Games just days away, warnings about water quality continue.
Digital meters emerge in QLD
Queensland utility Unitywater has launched a trial of digital water meters in select communities.
Dry fields and floods mark odd year
‘Abnormal’ is the best word for this year’s global weather patterns.
Quay contamination combated
Filtration upgrades at Perth’s Elizabeth Quay water park are complete, but there is no word on when the $13 million facility might reopen.
Survey gauging watery views
Australians’ attitudes to water use and security will be laid bare with the launch of the 2016 Australian Water Survey.
Waste reveals WA drug use
Wastewater tests have revealed a lot about the private lives and habits of Perth.
Santos' CSG water plan defended
Conservationists have failed in their bid to stop a coal seam gas wastewater treatment project near the Pilliga State Forest.
Drought stress sensors detected
Australian experts have found out how plants like rice and wheat can sense and respond to extreme drought stress.
Friendlier fracking on the way
Industrial researchers at CRCMining say they have come up with a safer alternative than gas fracking.
Lake levels pushed down Darling
Water will be released from the Menindee Lakes to the parched lower Darling River on Thursday.
Little Ice Age shows new carbon link
Australian scientists have proved that a warming Earth holds less carbon dioxide.
Sewage spill from unpaid bills
Sewage has flooded a WA Indigenous community whose future was already “being considered”.
Small town sips cannabis contamination
Water supplies in one US town have been tainted with THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
TasWater councils could take less
Councils should give up more revenue from TasWater, according to...