Archived Industry News for Water Professionals
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...
Waste dump planner slammed
Environmentalists have questioned the independence of a key figure in SA’s nuclear waste dump plan.
Conservationists buy culling licence
WWF Australia has bought a shark hunting licence with no intention to use it.
Cyborg slugs could search sea
Researchers have combined muscles from a sea slug with a 3D-printed body to create a new ‘biohybrid’ robot.
Hard hit from ship emissions
Air pollution from shipping emissions in East Asia alone leads to to tens of thousands of premature deaths a year.
Menindee release to flood Darling
The NSW DPI will soon release water to the parched lower Darling River.
Rain falls for struggling irrigators
Recent rain has seen water allocations boosted from 36 per cent to 52 per cent for South Australia's River Murray irrigators.
Rainbowfish future put to the people
Fish and ecology experts are working to prevent the extinction of the tiny and incredibly rare native rainbowfish.
Vic. locals buy mine water
The Victorian Environmental Water Holder has spent $143,000 buying 5,000 megalitres of water for use in the Wimmera and Glenelg waterways.
Small stations see cuts in WA
The WA Government has released its long-awaited plan for remote Aboriginal communities.
Foam ban imposed in QLD
The Queensland Government has banned the chemical firefighting foams that contaminate land and ground water across the country.