Archived Industry News for Water Professionals - August, 2016
A Queensland Government taskforce says it will cost about $8.2 billion to save the Great Barrier Reef.
Farmers' fight continues post-Caroona
The NSW Government has decided to buy back the Caroona coal mine licence from BHP, but says the nearby Shenhua mine is going ahead.
ACT water faces fire risk
Experts say action must be taken to avoid catastrophic failure at Canberra’s major water supply.
Big QLD land clearing banned
The Federal Government has blocked land clearing that may have damaged the Great Barrier Reef.
Farmers fight spill response
Indonesian seaweed farmers are fighting for more than $200 million in compensation after a 2009 oil spill in the Timor Sea.
BP Bight plans highlighted
Sea Shepherd is sending a vessel to fight plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
Call for safer tech cemetaries
The world needs to stop dumping its e-waste on developing nations, experts say.
Coal clean-up could bury QLD
Reports say Queensland taxpayers face a bill of over $3 billion to clean up the state's coal mines.
Climate cuts undone, partly
Australia appears to have a science minister again, and he appears to be in favour of science.
Bugs bustling to bite in Rio
With the Olympic Games just days away, warnings about water quality continue.
Digital meters emerge in QLD
Queensland utility Unitywater has launched a trial of digital water meters in select communities.
Dry fields and floods mark odd year
‘Abnormal’ is the best word for this year’s global weather patterns.
Quay contamination combated
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.