Gippsland Water recently completed a $1 million upgrade to the Regional Outfall System (ROS) at Flynn, which will help...
Features
SCADA integration project delivers improved asset visibility
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Features, SCADA, Sewer, Wastewater treatment, Water, 0Unitywater provides water and sewerage services to the Moreton Bay, Sunshine Coast and Noosa regions of South East Queensland....
Ensuring a climate-resilient water supply for South East Queensland’s future
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Dams, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Projects, Sustainability, Water, Water treatment, 0Seqwater’s capital works and asset maintenance programs play a critical role in safeguarding South East Queensland's water sources.
Smart use of water cultivating cooler, greener cities
Charlotte Pordage, , Digital and smart utilities, Features, Irrigation, Smart meters, Software, Sustainability, Water, 0SA Water’s world-first heat mitigation trial with Adelaide Airport has found smart watering to maintain soil moisture and cultivate...
City West Water leads the way in stormwater harvesting
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Stormwater, Sustainability, Water, Water efficiency, 0City West Water is leading the way in developing and implementing innovative stormwater harvesting projects supporting healthy, green spaces...
The future network: demonstrating advanced integration of distributed energy resources
Charlotte Pordage, , Demand management, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Smart grid, Software, Solar, 0SA Power Networks identified an opportunity to offer Virtual Power Plant operators a higher level of export above the...
WIOA Operators of the Year
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Interviews, Sewer, Wastewater treatment, Water, Water treatment, 0Every year, the Water Industry Operators Association (WIOA) celebrates the best of the industry with its Operator of the...
Bioenergy: the missing piece in the energy puzzle
Charlotte Pordage, , Electricity, Features, Gas, Interviews, Renewables, Sustainability, Wastewater treatment, 0As the peak body representing Australia's bioenergy sector, Bioenergy Australia is working hard to increase awareness of bioenergy as...
Realigning attitudes: how Power and Water’s proactive approach is helping water sources go further
Charlotte Pordage, , Community engagement, Features, Leak detection, Sustainability, Water, Water efficiency, 0A focus on changing attitudes towards water has enabled the Northern Territory’s Power and Water Corporation to prolong the...
Smart meters and community engagement: a powerful combination for change
Charlotte Pordage, , Community engagement, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Sustainability, Water, Water efficiency, 0By Siobhan Day, Content Specialist, Utility magazine Accessing clean and reliable drinking water is an issue facing many remote...
Western Australia water projects utilise trenchless technology
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Horizontal directional drilling, Microtunnelling, Sewer, Trenchless technology, Water, 0Trenchless technologies enable the installation and rehabilitation of underground utility infrastructure with little to no excavation, minimising the impact...
Easing the load: boosting consumer participation in demand response
Charlotte Pordage, , Communications, Community engagement, Demand management, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, 0Non-network solutions are increasingly used to ensure reliability during peak demand events, requiring network distribution businesses to engage with...
Renewable generation powering a zero-cost energy future
Charlotte Pordage, , Electricity, Features, Renewables, Solar, Sustainability, Wastewater treatment, Water, Water treatment, 0The rise and scalability of renewables is creating vast opportunities for utilities to embed sustainable sources of energy generation...
Renewables for renters
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Smart grid, Solar, 0While renewable energy solutions are gaining traction in Australia, only homeowners have been able to access the benefits of...
An innovative solution to safely lifting access covers
Charlotte Pordage, , Equipment, Features, Inspection, Maintenance, Products, Safety, Water, 0Lifting access covers is a strenuous, high-frequency task that utility field workers need to undertake, and is a significant...
Predicting future vegetation risks on bushfire-prone networks
Charlotte Pordage, , Asset management, Digital and smart utilities, Disaster Management, Electricity, Features, Managing Disruption with AioT and predictive analytics, Mapping & GIS, Powerlines, 0Trees can pose a significant threat to the safety and reliability of electricity networks. A new collaborative project by...
Sydney Water treatment program tops sustainability ratings
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Projects, Sustainability, Water, Water treatment, 0Sydney Water’s Lower South Creek Treatment Program was awarded the highest design sustainability rating ever achieved for an Australian...
Dalrymple BESS: the groundbreaking energy storage initiative
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Renewables, Smart grid, 0South Australia’s principal electricity Transmission Network Service Provider (TNSP), ElectraNet, recently won Energy Networks Australia’s 2019 Industry Innovation Award...
Where city meets country
Charlotte Pordage, , Big Data, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Interviews, IOT Internet of Things, Irrigation, Sustainability, Water, Water efficiency, 0Cameron FitzGerald, Managing Director at Southern Rural Water, discusses why it's more important than ever for the rural and...
The next frontier in energy
Charlotte Pordage, , Community engagement, Features, Gas, Pipelines, Renewables, Sustainability, 0Australia is actively investigating affordable, reliable low-carbon energy options. Achieving this requires solutions that go well beyond renewable electricity.
Digital Utilities 2020: innovation in the face of adversity
Charlotte Pordage, , Big Data, Demand management, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Events, Features, IOT Internet of Things, Secure Utilities, Smart grid, Smart Utilities, Software, Spotlight, Water, 0The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in state-wide lockdowns, mass event cancellations and the closure of workplaces, as social distancing...
A new way to buy electricity and unlock the value of renewable energy
Charlotte Pordage, , Electricity, Features, Renewables, Sustainability, 0by Siobhan Day, Assistant Editor, Utility magazine Sitting on a beach in Ecuador, two friends came up with an...
Switching things up at a brownfield Alice Springs substation
Charlotte Pordage, , Construction, Electricity, Features, Maintenance, Substations, 0A brownfield high-voltage substation construction project in Alice Springs by Power and Water Corporation has seen a new lease...
New era for Australia’s iconic dial before you dig program
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, IOT Internet of Things, Smart Utilities, Software, Utility location, 0For more than 30 years, the Dial Before You Dig program has become a trusted go-to service for asset...
Drone trial for Western Power
Charlotte Pordage, , Drones, Equipment, Features, Inspection, Maintenance, Projects, Uncategorized, 0In Western Australia, Western Power connects more than two million customers over an area larger than the United Kingdom....
Positioning australia for success: Geospatial reference system upgrades
Charlotte Pordage, , Digital and smart utilities, Equipment, Features, Mapping & GIS, Products, Software, 0While global positioning systems (GPS) can currently provide 5-10m accuracy, more precise positioning is increasingly important for applications in...
The future of energy: distributed and decentralised
Charlotte Pordage, , Battery storage, Electricity, Features, Projects, Solar, 0Distributed Energy Resources can revolutionise the way Australia produces and uses electricity, and many new projects are looking to...
Leveraging big data to enable an intelligent grid
Charlotte Pordage, , Big Data, Billing, Communications, Cyber Security Content Hub, Digital and smart utilities, Electricity, Features, Software, 0Australian researchers have developed a platform to harness information from households to enable deep, real-time analysis and control of...
Rising threats and rising costs – powering towards a cyber resilient utility network
Charlotte Pordage, , Cyber Security Content Hub, Digital and smart utilities, Features, Secure Utilities, Software, 0by Grant Turvey, Utilities Lead, Accenture Australia and New Zealand, and Joseph Failla, Security Lead, Accenture Australia and New...
Industry-leading customer focus reaches new heights
Charlotte Pordage, , Features, Smart meters, Sustainability, Water, Water efficiency, 0Working together with its 1.7 million customers to shape its future plans has become an ingrained ethos for SA...
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