Disaster Management

New South Wales Water Minister, Melinda Pavey, has welcomed the Water Supply (Critical Needs) Bill 2019 passing through State Parliament....

Approximately 60 Lake Cargelligo community members have attended a WaterNSW information session on future contingency measures should drought conditions persist...

Ausgrid has cancelled planned outages for maintenance at locations across its network due to the catastrophic fire danger forecast for...

Essential Energy has mobilised more than 150 personnel from across New South Wales to restore power to thousands of homes...

Despite recent heavy rainfall elsewhere in the state, drier than usual conditions are forecast for the Moree Plains for November...

As large-scale agriculture, drought, bushfire and introduced species reduce Australia’s biodiversity and long-term prosperity, Indigenous academics are calling for a...

The NSW Government is taking the next step in drought resilience planning for the Hunter, with Hunter Water lodging its...

Barwon Water is calling on the Anglesea borefield to supplement water supplies for customers in Anglesea, Aireys Inlet, Torquay, the...

The energy industry has welcomed the announcement of a $1 billion Grid Reliability Fund by the Federal Government. The fund...

Solutions to escalating global water supply issues are demanding innovative scientific investigation, like the research Flinders University’s Professor Adrian Werner...

The 2019–20 disaster season is already upon us, with bushfires and other extreme weather events impacting the way utilities and...

Power and Water Corporation took home three of five awards at the annual Northern Territory Water Awards, as part of...

Coliban Water is warning the Kyneton community that unfavourable weather conditions could result in further non-compliant water releases from its...

You can’t plan for the unexpected but, when disaster strikes, having well-established contacts; the ability to mobilise necessary personnel, tools...

This paper considers how the rehabilitation of concrete tanks can be executed to effectively extend service life and maintain safe...

All energy utilities have a plan in place for when any range of natural disasters hit, but what do you...

Developed after inspecting over 90,000km of powerlines using beyond visible line of sight (BVLOS) flights, the Terra Drone solution suite...

Ausgrid has completed a comprehensive safety program to ensure the electricity network is ready for what is already proving to...

At approximately 9:45am on 20 April 2010 on the British Petroleum-operated Macondo Prospect (Macondo), a bubble of methane gas escaped...

Queensland’s State Emergency Service (SES) will be well equipped to face future disasters and emergencies with the renewal of its...

From 20–21 August at Swissôtel in Sydney, Australia’s leading experts across the utility and infrastructure sectors will assemble to take...

Ausgrid has contracted two specialist helicopters to carry out annual aerial inspections of the electricity network in bushfire prone parts...