Archived Industry News for Water Professionals
New research has found climate change and urbanisation are threatening drinking water quality.
Synthetic cell filters well
Researchers have pioneered a new filtration technique that could change the future of power.
Wastewater gives illicit insight
Australia’s wastewater has given new insights into the nation’s drug consumption.
Gas rights on outback rivers
The Queensland Government has given energy company Santos extended rights to explore environmentally significant areas for potential commercial gas extraction.
Water move cost $365k
The Federal Government has revealed that the cancellation of its plan to transfer water bureaucrats between departments cost taxpayers $365,000.
Court set for Linc leaders
Five former executives will stand trial over a failed coal gasification plant.
Aquifers could stave off evaporation
Experts say Australia should ‘bank water’ by using aquifers as giant underground storage tanks.
Diversion plan slammed
Residents are angry about a $24 million deal to help the Darling River flow again.
Forrest seeks water fix
Mining billionaire Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest is making a multimillion-dollar investment push into aquaculture.
Locals reject lowering
Protestors have demanded that Queensland’s Paradise Dam be fixed and not lowered.
Wetlands reduce storm damage
New research has found wetlands can prevent millions of dollars of storm damage.
Floods test basin plan
Flood waters are bringing the first major test of the northern projects of the Murray-Darling Basin Plan since it was struck in 2012.
Oil dig blamed for ill villagers
A mystery illness is killing Ethiopian villagers near a Chinese oil project in the country’s east.
Tasmania issues hydrogen plan
The Tasmanian Government is spending $50 million to develop a hydrogen energy industry in the state.
Anaerobic animal excites scientists
Scientists have discovered a non-oxygen breathing animal, shaking up long-held assumptions about life on Earth.
More money for EAA flows
The Federal Government will spend millions buying water from a company it has been criticised for buying from before.
Big firm buying up MDB
A pension fund owned by the Canadian Government is becoming the largest private owner of water entitlements in the Murray-Darling Basin.
Bight drill plans ditched
Equinor has become the third major fossil fuel producer to scrap plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
Mangrove tapped for new tech
Researchers are looking to steal the water-purifying ability of mangrove trees.
Oceans need deep assistance
Experts say more than a quarter of the world’s oceans are in urgent need of conservation.