Archived Industry News for Water Professionals
Farmers and residents around the NSW town of Caragabal are lobbying state and federal governments for funds to secure their water supply.
Tender up to get water build firing again
Coliban Water has awarded a tender to see the completion of the beleaguered Harcourt Rural Modernisation Project, south of Bendigo.
Water trial looks at return credits
Water users in New South Wales may be able to receive a credit on their water allocations for re-injecting groundwater back into aquifers.
Maps made easier on industry request
The Federal Government has unveiled a digitised version of Australia’s vast mapping network.
Dozens dead in offshore oil blaze
Reports say up to 32 people are dead after one of the worst offshore oil disasters in history.
Fish-watch enlists producers
Two major salmon producers will join local councils, Taswater, NRM South and the Derwent Estuary program to monitor waterways in southern Tasmania.
Japan sets sail for more whale slaughter
Japan is side-stepping international law to send its ships out to kill hundreds more Minke whales.
MDBA gets permanent boss
Senior Agriculture Department official Phillip Glyde has been named as the new Murray-Darling Basin Authority (MDBA) chief executive.
Perth conference plumbs options
Perth’s water supply and options for recycling are the focus of an international water conference this week.
QLD called to answer for traditional take-back
Reports this week suggest the Queensland Government has been planning to strip native title off traditional landowners to make way for the Carmichael coal mine.
Defence contamination response slammed
New South Wales water authorities are demanding that the Defence Department remediate the Tomago Sandbeds.
Oil-eating super-sponge edging closer
Australian researchers are close to commercial trials of an exciting new material that can soak up oil spills.
Sand mine slammed for flood risk
The director of a company hoping to set up a sand mine in Queensland has referred to his own son’s battle with leukaemia to claim the mine will not harm children.
EPA says wrong river looking good
The NSW Environment Protection Authority appears to have bungled part of its investigation into water pollution on the Central Coast, by conducting water quality tests on the wrong river.
Farmers slam new SA fees
Farmers struggling in drought conditions have been hit hard by the South Australian Government's decision to raise Natural Resource Management (NRM) water levies.
International deal for urban aquifer help
The battle to recharge urban aquifers has become the focus of a two-year research collaboration between Australian and German water ecology experts.
Light talking spied in marine mantis
Australian experts have discovered that the ocean lights up with secret forms of communication between marine animals, and they might have applications in satellite remote sensing, biomedical imaging, cancer detection and computer data storage.
NSW boosted by high-tech protection
“Smart” drum lines that tell authorities when a shark is hooked are among the high-tech innovations behind rolled out on NSW beaches.
WA whale studies with high-tech edge
Australian marine experts are working on new ways to monitor whales non-invasively, sending airborne drones to have a look.
Water Act changes force more reporting
The Northern Territory Government has moved to include the mining, oil and gas sectors under the regulations of the Water Act.
Costly Brazil spill reaches coast
Toxic sludge from Samarco’s burst dam in Brazil has reached the Atlantic Ocean, in what could be the worst environmental disaster the country has seen.