Archived Industry News for Water Professionals - August, 2022
Brisbane City Council is planning to buy back homes impacted by February's devastating floods.
Bight lives detailed
Oceanographers have discovered more about why the eastern Great Australian Bight supports a year-round abundance of marine predators.
Greenland 'zombies' loom
New research suggests Greenland's rapidly melting ice sheet will eventually raise global sea level by at least 27cm.
PFAS flows continue
New stats show significant amounts of PFAS are still entering rivers from contaminated soils on the Darwin RAAF Base.
Santos halts Barossa drill
Santos has paused drilling in the offshore Barossa gas field while it waits on a federal court decision.
Feds open gas fields
The Federal Government has opened up large new offshore gas exploration and storage areas.
BOM forecasts third La Niña chance
The Bureau of Meteorology says there is a 70 per cent chance of a third consecutive La Niña year forming.
Coral window widened
Australian scientists have, for the first time, bred captive corals months outside of their natural reproductive window.
Damned dam defended
Nationals MPs are defending a NSW dam project plagued by cost blowouts and a poor business case.
Tiny water split modelled
New details have been discovered about the ability of water to split into two different liquids.
Risky mine plan ditched
South32 appears to be scrapping its controversial Dendrobium coal mine extension plans in NSW.
Seawater cement tested
Researchers say new seawater-derived cement could decarbonise the concrete industry.
More join reef scheme
Three Queensland councils have joined a research project to protect the Great Barrier Reef.
Call to expose dam case
Opponents of a new dam in NSW say it will cost several times more than the benefit it brings.
New ice loss plotted
An international research project has revealed for the first time how changes in Southern Ocean circulation are affecting the East Antarctic ice sheet.
Remote quality tested
A water suppliers’ group says almost 200,000 people in remote Australia do not have access to adequate drinking water.