Pioneering stormwater harvesting for potable use in Australia

Utility Journalist, August 8, 2018, Features, Stormwater, Wastewater treatment, Water, 0

The regional city of Orange is located approximately 260km west of Sydney in the central west region of NSW....

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Asset management driving Sydney Water’s future

Utility Journalist, August 6, 2018, Asset management, Features, Water, Women in Utilities, 0

by Corinne Cheeseman, Head of Asset Knowledge and Paul Higham, Head of Service Planning and Asset Strategy, Sydney Water...

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Women in Utilities: Rebecca Sayles

Utility Journalist, August 2, 2018, Engineering, Features, Interviews, Water, Women in Utilities, 0

Employed by TasWater as a Senior Engineer, Asset Strategy, Rebecca Sayles has eight years’ experience in the water and...

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Record-breaking renewables: a year in review

Utility Journalist, August 1, 2018, Asset management, Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Policy, Renewables, Solar, Wind farms, 0

In May 2018, the Clean Energy Council, the peak body for the renewable energy and energy storage industry in...

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Making waste count

Utility Journalist, August 1, 2018, Features, Wastewater treatment, 0

Yarra Valley Water, one of Australia’s largest water utilities, has built an innovative Waste-to-Energy facility, which provides an environmentally...

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Transforming the customer experience against a backdrop of change

Utility Journalist, August 1, 2018, Features, IOT Internet of Things, SCADA, 0

There was a time when customers had no choice when it came to energy. They didn’t have the option...

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Smarter pipes, longer life

Utility Journalist, July 31, 2018, Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Pipeline integrity, Pipelines, Smart Utilities, Water, 0

Smart robotics could soon be used to extend the life of pipes in Australia and around the world thanks...

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Unitywater’s award-winning horizontal directional drill

Utility Journalist, July 27, 2018, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Pipelines, Projects, Trenchless technology, 0

When a sewerage main at the mouth of the Noosa River in Queensland failed, Unitywater needed to carry out...

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Utilising sunlight for new wastewater treatment technology

Utility Journalist, July 25, 2018, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Projects, Sustainability, Water, 0

Researchers from the University of Bath in the United Kingdom have developed a new technology that uses sunlight to...

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Essential ingredients of a successful asset management plan

Utility Journalist, July 23, 2018, Asset management, Events, Features, Training, 0

The mechanisms behind developing and updating strategic asset management plans can, at times, be complex and overwhelming. Here, Kerry...

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A journey into ISO 55001 certification

Utility Journalist, July 23, 2018, Asset management, Features, 0

Evoenergy owns and operates 2358km² of electricity network and over 4563km of gas mains. Its networks supply electricity to over...

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A bold pathway to sustainability

Utility Journalist, July 23, 2018, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Inspection, Interviews, Smart meters, Solar, Sustainability, Water, 0

SA Water Chief Executive, Roch Cheroux, has 25 years experience in the water industry in design, construction, financing and...

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Content marketing 101 for the utility industry

Kirsty Hutton, June 27, 2018, Features, Opinion, Professional services, 0

Companies working in the Australian utility sector are currently faced with both growth opportunities and increasing competition for market...

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Groundwater Replenishment for Perth

Utility Journalist, May 30, 2018, Construction, Features, Projects, Pumps and valves, Technical, Water, Water efficiency, Water treatment, 0

As the south west corner of Western Australia continues to have hotter summers and low rainfall, Water Corporation is...

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Organisational resilience: what it means for the utility sector

Utility Journalist, May 25, 2018, Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Safety, Secure Utilities, Standards, Technical, Training, 0

by Col Muller, Business Continuity and Resilience Manager, SA Water and the Resilience Expert Advisory Group (REAG) Why is organisational...

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Regulatory innovation: an oxymoron or future necessity?

Utility Journalist, May 21, 2018, Billing and CRM, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Retail, Sustainability, 0

With the delivery of network services advancing at a rapid pace, do current energy sector regulatory regimes encourage the innovation...

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Raising the roof on sustainable water supply

Utility Journalist, May 17, 2018, Features, Projects, Wastewater treatment, Water, Water efficiency, Water treatment, 0

Many townships and cities around Australia are experiencing dwindling water resources. Wannon Water’s roof water harvesting project is a leading...

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Looking beyond lithium-ion in energy storage

Utility Journalist, May 11, 2018, Battery storage, Electricity, Features, 1

While lithium-based systems are currently king, the huge demand for energy storage is driving the development of alternative technologies – particularly...

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A secure water supply for Tasmania’s southern highlands

Utility Journalist, May 10, 2018, Features, Irrigation, Pipelines, Technical, Water, 0

The Southern Highlands Irrigation Scheme will deliver water to one of the driest areas of Tasmania and is vital in...

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The blockchain effect

Utility Journalist, May 9, 2018, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Projects, Technical, Water, Water efficiency, 0

A project is currently underway in Western Australia that aims to assess how cities can use blockchain technology and data...

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Our approach to vegetation management

Utility Journalist, May 8, 2018, Electricity, Features, Powerlines, Safety, Secure Utilities, 0

For the past seven years, Melbourne has been ranked the world’s most livable city. For me, it’s the environment – the...

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Using open data to locate underground assets

Utility Journalist, March 20, 2018, Asset management, Features, Utility location, Water, 0

Yarra Valley Water, Melbourne’s largest retail water utility, has made its asset data fully available online. The data is available...

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Survival of the fittest for EPC players

Utility Journalist, March 19, 2018, Construction, Electricity, Engineering, Features, Renewables, Solar, 0

Despite solid growth in the Australian utility-scale solar sector, it is expected that some engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) players...

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Kellee Ireland: Women in utilities

Utility Journalist, March 12, 2018, Features, Inspection, Interviews, Women in Utilities, 0

Kellee Ireland is the Victorian Business Development and Stakeholder Engagement Manager at Spookfish Australia, a company that provides utilities with...

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Combining solar and battery power for an off-grid solution

Utility Journalist, March 9, 2018, Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Projects, Renewables, Solar, Water, 0

Logan City Council in South East Queensland has successfully installed the first off-grid system powered by Bradford Solar and Tesla...

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Rehabilitation of a high pressure water main for Sydney Water

Utility Journalist, March 6, 2018, Features, Partner Solutions, Pipeline integrity, Pipelines, Products, Water, 0

When Sydney Water encountered the failure of one of its high pressure water mains, a range of factors meant that...

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Why is microtunnelling ideal for water and sewer pipeline installations?

Utility Journalist, March 2, 2018, Ask an expert, Features, Microtunnelling, Pipelines, Sewer, Technical, Trenchless technology, Water, 0

Unlike deep excavation, trenchless techniques such as microtunnelling bypass surface obstructions and have minimal impact on the surrounding environment. In the...