A new sensor-driven wastewater monitoring system is being trialled by Unitywater in collaboration with Israeli wastewater management solution provider Kando. The smart sensors are placed in sewer manholes and can detect changes in sewage quality, to give early warning of events in the sewer, such as odour. As soon as they sense a change in conditions, the units send a [...]
The $352 million Rookwood Weir project in Central Queensland has been confirmed, with Central Queensland MPs, Glenn Butcher, Barry O’Rourke and Brittany Lauga, welcoming SunWater as proponent for the project. “The Palaszczuk Government allocated $66 million in the 2018-19 Queensland Budget to progress this much-needed infrastructure,’’ Member for Gladstone, Glenn Butcher, said. “Once constructed, Rookwood Weir will have the ability [...]
The Federal Government has invested $1.6 million in a project to understand the cultural value of water for Indigenous communities. Federal Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources, David Littleproud, said the National Cultural Flows Research Project would undoubtedly improve knowledge of Indigenous water needs. “This is a project by Aboriginal people, for Aboriginal people,” Mr Littleproud said. “For the first [...]
Eight thousand tonnes of former landfill that was uncovered at Stockton Beach after a large swell in January is now being systematically removed by Hunter Water. A specialist contractor, licenced to dispose of the material containing friable asbestos, began work at the site Wednesday 27 June. The work will involve excavators loading the material onto trucks and transporting it to [...]
It has been 60 years since the Great Southern region first benefited from a secure water supply scheme, providing reliable water supply to 44 towns and rural properties. Water Corporation Great Southern Regional Manager, Adrian Stewart, said the delivery of a reliable water supply has also contributed to the establishment and growth of many thriving communities. “A secure water supply [...]
Water entitlement holders and other stakeholders in New South Wales are being invited to provide feedback on proposed amendments to long-term diversion limit factors for the state which will replace those originally adopted in 2011. Cap factors are a water accounting tool used to measure how much water has been recovered for the environment under the Murray-Darling Basin Plan in [...]
The Australian Government have released the results of research into the impact of mining on water resources in the Hunter Region of New South Wales. Scientists assessed the potential for changes in the Hunter Region’s groundwater and surface water due to coal mining and coal seam gas extraction. The Government has invested more than $90 million to understand the risks [...]
The Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA) announced The Native Water Network as the winner of its inaugural innovation seed funding of $5000 at the Water Innovation Lab event, which took place in Melbourne last week. The Native Water Network is a team of six from Australia, Canada and the United States. Their innovation aims to resolve the problem of [...]
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