Archived Industry News for Water Professionals - June, 2019
Big desal order delivered
The largest-ever order of water from Victoria’s Desalination Plant has begun to flow into Melbourne’s storages.
Flood costs forecast
New global modelling has attempted to measure the cost of natural disasters to the world’s roads and railways.
Garbage patch attacked again
A giant floating device is having a second attempt at cleaning up the huge, swirling island of garbage in the Pacific Ocean.
Ord scheme slowed
Farmers say the Ord River Irrigation Scheme (ORIS) is not doing as much as it could.
Shoalhaven spill investigated
Questions are being asked about an incident in which 100,000 litres of contaminated PFAS wastewater was discharged into a NSW sewer system.
Reef groups work on restoration
Scientists are helping tourism businesses become Great Barrier Reef guardians.
Water sale in response to criticism
A group of NSW farmers want to sell their water licences to people who will not grow cotton.
Arctic thaw surprises scientists
Permafrost in the Arctic is thawing 70 years earlier than predicted.
Bradfield plan doused again
Experts have reviewed the Bradfield Scheme – a decades-old idea to pipe flood waters from Australia’s north to the arid centre.
Experts urge microbe inclusion
Most life on Earth is microbial, but experts say the tiniest lifeforms are being left out of climate modelling.
Farm lobbies watch dry WA
Water shortages and other risks have been revealed in a risk assessment of Western Australian farms.
Marine heat reviewed
Marine heatwaves appear to be influenced by climate ‘events’ that take place thousands of kilometres away.
Adani gets green light
The Queensland Government has given the final green light to Adani’s Carmichael coal mine.
NT opens gas exploration
The Northern Territory Government has cleared remaining roadblocks to exploration fracking.
BHP forms tailings taskforce
BHP has unveiled its new ‘Tailings Taskforce’ in the wake of the dam disasters in Brazil.
Bleaching hitting tourist numbers
The North Queensland tourism industry says people believe the Great Barrier Reef is dying, and have stopped visiting.
Coastal survey finds lack of concern
Half of NSW’s coastal community thinks rising sea levels will not impact them directly, a new survey finds.