Archived Industry News for Water Professionals - March, 2016
Illegal fishing in the Pacific Ocean costs over $600 million a year and is perpetrated largely by legal fishing vessels, a report has found.
Top minds gather to wake wave power
Australia is preparing to take the lead on an energy source that is perfect for a nation girt by sea.
SA strangled by reams of red tape
A new report says red tape on water and electricity prices in South Australia must be slashed, and the state could do with fewer government Ministers as well.
High-tech cities to take Nature's tips
The engineers of the future say new cities will be designed according to the lessons of our biological past.
Surprising stacks add to Apostles
A new discovery could see more tourists visiting one of Australia’s already best-known sites.
Approval allows new water treatment
Rural Australian towns may soon have a new option for much-needed wastewater treatment.
Locals warn of rising brain drain
Top scientists warn that the CSIRO’s “trashed” reputation will see the next generation of experts seek work somewhere else.
Scientists see more soaking
New modelling suggests that wild climate variability of the future will make the wettest land wetter, and soak dry land too.
Stagnant Sydney water site revealed
Reports say that a $99 million Sydney water recycler is sitting idle, three years after it was completed.
Victoria to fire up dormant desal
Next year, Victoria’s desalination plant will be turned on for the first time.
WA's growth pinned to new flows
Western Australian Water Minister Mia Davies says more supplies and uses of water are needed.
Brazil spill bill hits BHP
BHP’s Samarco joint venture has reached a settlement with the Brazilian government that will see it pay a minimum of $US1.7 billion over six years for a deadly tailings spill.
Utility users lose in regulatory 'arms race'
Rising utility prices are a source of concern and outrage for Australian consumers, leading experts to look at ways to keep the system honest.
Bleach alert ahead of heat peak
Far North Queensland authorities are struggling through a perfect storm of reef destruction.
Hint of lake drain excites Greens
Revelations this week show how desperate Tasmania’s energy situation is.
Locals find female dolphin cliques
Dolphin research has revealed a new social behaviour for the first time.
Murkiness surfaces in WA water deal
The WA Opposition says taxpayers have been ripped off by the $10.4 million sale of a division of the Water Corporation.
Murray farmers' needs tipped to grow
A new report says the demand for irrigation water in the southern Murray-Darling Basin is about to go nuts, because of nuts.
Silo study finds separate benefits
There is a big push to break down the ‘silos’ in science, but new research suggests it is possible to go too far.