Archived Industry News for Water Professionals
Wide Bay residents are worried some tourists to the area may be overcome by more natural beauty than they intended, with concerns over plans to release dam water near a camp-site.
Frosty drilling finds ancient extremophiles
Evidence has been found of diverse life forms which have been locked in lakes buried beneath Antarctica for over one hundred thousand years.
Gauging current state below the surface
Almost everybody is familiar with the slow roll of waves at the beach, the subject of millions of cliché postcards and holiday snaps, but now scientists have recorded the breaking of waves as tall as skyscrapers - deep beneath the ocean’s surface.
Joint effort ends delay counting Manta rays
Manta rays are immense, smooth, dark, intimidating and certainly difficult to miss, but scientists in Queensland are concerned about the future of the world’s largest ray.
Sonar sweeps for swift fish survey
Fish living in a certain lagoon near Sydney are ready for their high-definition close-up, with UNSW teams monitoring entrants to the Narrabeen Lagoon in an Australian-first project.
Tapping the desert with saline solution
A team from the Murdoch University are investigating ways to protect the vital water supplies for remote desert communities.
Calls to spread lead checks
Health authorities in South Australia are considering expanding a scheme to tally the amount of lead polluting public areas and the environment.
Conservationists cement coal mine claims
There has been outrage in one NSW community after an underground coal mine was blamed for considerably damaging the nearby environment.
Dental debate dug out, some suggest asking experts
Another East Coast council has brought the fluoridation debate to the fore once more.
Desalination plan decried
A Greens party member in New South Wales has unleashed on a plan to build a desalination plant in the Hunter Valley, saying increased water prices would place a big burden on taxpayers.
Farmers see green in seaweed
Harvest time is here for one of Australia’s newest cash crops, with Tasmanian seaweed farmers reaping what the ocean has sown.
Feds called for in sandy stand-off
Three Queensland MPs have thrown their support behind continuing sand-mining operations on North Stradbroke Island despite widespread environmental and cultural opposition.
Sea dump, ice wall proposed as Fukushima spikes
Over $500 million will be spent in ongoing efforts to fix the continuous stream of irradiated water flowing around the ruined Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear reactor, the announcement of the funding has preceded the largest recorded spike in radiation levels since the disaster.
Top end tapped for farming supplies
Government authorities in Western Australia have begun surveying outside the Ord irrigation area in the Kimberly region – looking to see if the environment could sustain thousands of hectares of new farming operations.
Billions saved for big companies in gas-boat vote
The Woodside energy firm has announced that its partners in the massive Browse project have signed off on the use of floating liquid natural gas technology at gasfields off the coast of WA.
Engineering the future of safe water supplies
Environmental engineers have created a substance which can make safe, drinkable water by swiftly and easily killing off bacteria in seconds.
Questions continue over coal dust, noise
Legal action has begun over health and water safety implications of an open-cut coal mine in New South Wales.
Coal-power fish-mercury link claimed
Researchers from universities in the US say they have found a link showing coal-fired power stations are responsible for high levels of mercury in some ocean fish.
Flood and rain effects flow deep
A new report has shown it takes years for small communities to recover from disasters like floods or cyclone, with damages extending beyond the physical.
Arctic ice decline observed, implications unclear
Scientists at the University of Alaska say that warming trends and sea ice declines are leading to changes in the vegetation of arctic coastal areas.
Fiery threat to water supply continues
The water supply to a major American city has been put at risk by its long-time arch nemesis; fire.