The Queensland Government has introduced legislation to support the future implementation of Local Management Arrangements (LMA) for irrigation schemes. The legislation is in response to concerns raised by irrigators about the long-term sustainability of the existing SunWater irrigation channels. If passed, LMA would place the channel irrigation schemes under the ownership and operation of local irrigators. Board members for the […]
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When a sewer reaches its flow capacity, uncontrolled spills into the surrounding environment may occur. This is why utilities across Australia are near real time monitoring sewer levels and alarming at critical thresholds. The following is an article prepared by Paul Hart and Graeme Jones from Metasphere and Colin Murphy from Pulsar Process Measurement. Many water utilities have Key Performance […]
Water Corporation has completed a 13.6km pipeline replacement project for the towns of Dongara and Port Denison in the state’s Mid-West. Water Minister Mia Davies said the $7.2 million upgrade aims to improve the capacity and reliability of water supply to both towns. “The new main is double the size of the existing pipeline, which was built about 50 years […]
Tasmanian Irrigation has appointed its new chair who has domestic and international experience in finance, marketing and strategic projects Samantha Hogg has been selected as Tasmanian Irrigation’s new chair, replacing the inaugural chairman John Lord, who is retiring after eight years in the role. Ms Hogg has been a Chief Financial Officer for Transurban Limited, and has worked overseas in […]
A Tasmanian utility and power and water consulting firm have won the Australian Engineering Excellence Awards (AEEA) Tasmania 2016 in the category ‘Control Systems, Networks, Information Processing and Telecommunications’. Tasmanian Irrigation, and consulting firm Entura received the award for the Meander Dam integrated water management system. The AEEA Tasmania 2016 Awards seek to identify, recognise and reward outstanding achievement in […]
The Victorian and Commonwealth Governments have approved the reset of the $2 billion Connections Project following a decision on the best way to secure the future of irrigated agriculture in the Goulburn Murray Irrigation District (MGID). The Connections Project aims to save 429GL of water and improve the Goulburn Murray district’s agricultural productivity and efficiency. It is estimated about 4150km […]
A Victorian water utility and its contractor project teams have won two awards for excellence in civil construction at the 2016 Civil Contractors Federation Victorian Earth Awards. South East Water and contractor Interflow’s St Kilda Road Main Renewal Project won in the $1-5 million project category, while the 6th Avenue Rising Main Renewal Project in Rosebud, delivered with Fulton Hogan, […]
Work has commenced on Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water’s (GWMWater) $80.6 million South West Loddon Rural Water Supply Project, which will connect the Wedderburn region to the Victorian water grid for the first time. Construction of 40km of the northern trunk main has begun in the areas of Yeungroon East and Woosang and will extend to Buckrabanyule, Wychitella, Korong Vale and […]
The winners of the IXOM Victorian Water Taste Test and the Victorian Operator of the Year have been announced at the Water Industry Operators Association (WIOA) Conference and Exhibition in Bendigo. The event, which took place between 31 August and 1 September 2016, named water from North East Water’s Myrtleford treatment plant as the best tasting water in Victoria, and selected Rylee […]
A third and final round of funding has been announced for broadacre irrigators in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin with $1 million available for eligible irrigators. Minister for Agriculture Leanne Donaldson said the grant funding was to help irrigators improve their measurement and management of water assets. “The areas within the Queensland Murray Darling Basin that will benefit most from this […]
Construction has begun on a $34.6 million water supply system to support MidCoast Water’s largest water scheme which supplies 36,000 customers with water from the Manning River in New South Wales. The Nabiac Inland Dune Aquifer Water Supply System project will deliver a second water source to the region and support the Manning scheme. The project has three main components: The establishment […]
A local construction company has been awarded the contract to build a new 11km pipeline to help secure water supply in Colac, in Victoria’s south-west. Victorian Minister for Water Lisa Neville announced R Slater and Sons as the successful tenderer for the pipeline portion of the Colac water supply upgrade project. The Colac water supply upgrade project involves constructing a […]
Queensland water utility Unitywater has teamed up with a global software supplier to provide the state’s smaller water utilities with access to greater insights into network events, such as leaks, bursts, supply interruptions and changes in water pressure. Unitywater and TaKaDu, a provider of integrated event management solutions for the water industry, have collaborated to enable TaKaDu to offer its […]
Water releases from the Wyangala Dam in New South Wales will be tripled to free up storage capacity ahead of significant rainfall throughout the region. In late August 2016, Wyangala storage sat at 95 per cent capacity, with 3000ML a day released from storage. WaterNSW, the state’s river system operator, have increased the dam’s releases to 10,000ML/day to achieve the available […]
The Water Corporation will expand its ten-year pressure management program to include Erskine and parts of Falcon in Western Australia. Western Australian Water Minister Mia Davies said the next stage of the program, aimed at preventing leaks and pipe breaks, was expected to help save more than 10 billion litres of water each year once completed. “Pressure management works by […]
The Australian Corrosion Association (ACA) and the Australian Pipelines and Gas Association (APGA) are co-hosting a technical seminar in Perth focusing on pipeline corrosion management. The seminar, to be held 13 September 2016 at Parmelia Hilton Perth, will bring together industry experts to discuss the challenges and solutions to prevent corrosion in pipelines. The seminar presentations will be aimed at all industry sectors […]
An experienced executive and water industry board member has been appointed Goulburn Murray Water’s (GMW) new chair following the announcement that long-serving board member Sarah Scales is stepping down. Joanne Anderson has been appointed Goulburn Murray Water’s (GMW) new chair. Ms Scales – who was appointed GMW’s director in May 2011 and chair in September 2014 – has chosen to step down from […]
Australia’s largest water utility Sydney Water has adopted a smart strategy for their meter data collection, blending automated and manual approaches to achieve the best commercial benefits. The complexity of serving a catchment of over 4.6 million people, consuming around 1.4 billion litres of drinking water every day, means deploying technology in commercially smart ways is critical to Australia’s largest […]
Manningham City Council (VIC) is seeking tenders for the construction of the Mullum Mullum Stadium water main extension. Tenders will only be considered from companies that are accredited by Yarra Valley Water for the construction of WC1 (<DN 300) reticulation water mains. The works include: The construction of about 80m of 150mm PN 16 PVC-M water main by open excavation […]
Intelligent Water Networks (IWN) has developed a risk assessment tool for Victorian water businesses considering a move to digital metering that combines data and shares it across a network. The Digital Metering Risk Assessment Tool (DMRAT) is a platform that combines the resources of multiple stakeholders and shares the results across the industry. The IWN is a partnership between 17 Victorian water corporations, […]
Victoria’s Western Water is trialing a new pipe-flushing method that can clean water mains without requiring the water supply to be turned off. The neutral output discharge elimination systems (NO-DES) aims to reduce water main downtime and decrease water wastage. Western Water Manager Field Services and Network Operations, Dean Barnett, said the water is cleaned and filtered as it recirculates through the […]
In the past utilities have been a male dominated industry, but today women are leading the way in engineering, analytics and project management across the electricity, gas and water sectors. Here, five women from metering, data and asset management company, Select Solutions, discuss the challenges they have faced, their mentors and why they love working in utilities. Alanna Pollock, Analytical […]
TRILITY is a national water utility company with a significant asset base across metropolitan and rural Victoria and a focus on building on this investment in a State where innovation and customer service are critical elements for success. Water is TRILITY’s core business across regional and metropolitan Australia and New Zealand, where the company continues to grow its footprint and […]
A management plan has been developed with input from the local community to ensure water levels in the Anglesea River, located in Victoria’s Otways region, will be maintained throughout the 2016/17 summer. Over the upcoming summer period, water will be pumped from an existing Alcoa water storage pond into the Anglesea River between November 2016 and March 2017 – maintaining adequate […]
The $4.4 million Watering WA rebates scheme has opened for farmers in dryland agricultural areas who want to develop and improve their on-farm water supplies. WA Water Minister Mia Davies said farmers could now register for the scheme, which officially begins on October 1 2016. The scheme is part of the recently launched $30 million Royalties for Regions Watering WA […]
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