Archived Industry News for Water Professionals - January, 2019
Dozens are dead and hundreds are missing after a tailings dam burst at a Brazilian mine.
Feds fund water-trading upgrade
The Federal Government has put up $13 million for South Australian irrigators to get easier access to the water they buy.
Food shock study has dark warning
Researchers expect sudden losses in food production will increase, threatening global food security.
Labor makes river bid
The Opposition says it would spend $200 million on restoring urban rivers and waterways, if it wins the next election.
Menindee locals want real response
NSW Regional Water Minister Niall Blair has visited the site of mass fish deaths.
Salination study finds intriguing river
Flinders University researchers have some new ideas about how to desalinate local waterways.
WA cattle death investigated
The deaths of hundreds of cows on a remote WA station have been blamed on a “catastrophic failure of management”.
Neurotoxin spotted in NSW
Researchers have found significant levels of the neurotoxin BMAA in NSW water supplies.
Minister misses crisis meeting
Mayors from rural NSW have travelled to Sydney to discuss their water crisis, but the Water Minister did not appear.
Global groundwater stress checked
Experts are investigating how sensitive global groundwater systems are to climate change.
Labor launches hydro plan
Labor has announced a $1.1 billion plan to build up Australia’s hydrogen industry.
SA Water reaches requirements
SA’s Essential Services Commission (ESCOSA) says SA Water is improving outcomes for customers.
Swamp saved by land grab
A private conservation group has spent $55 million protecting a Murray-Darling swamp.
Experts to inspect fish deaths
The Australian Academy of Science is preparing an independent report on the Murray-Darling Basin fish deaths.
Report reveals Reef grant failures
The controversial $444 million grant to an obscure Great Barrier Reef charity did not comply ...
Aerators arranged for sick river
Water authorities are rushing to respond to mass death events in the Murray-Darling basin.
Antarctic melt measured
Experts say Antarctica is melting more than six times faster than it did in the 1980s.