Lara Olsen (left), Shaun Cumming (centre), and Daniel Sullivan (right). Image: Barwon Water Barwon Water is teaming up with Iota to meet the shared challenges facing the Victorian water sector with smart water-saving tech developed in the state. With support from a technology platform developed at South East Water, Barwon Water will accelerate and expand its digital meter rollout to save water following successful trials in Apollo Bay and Birregurra. The trial in Apollo Bay, part of Barwon Water’s Smart Networks project, involved installing 300 digital meters with integrated vibration sensors ..read more

Image: zhang yongxin/stock.adobe.com Builders and developers are urged to safeguard their construction materials from high wind and other strong weather events to prevent pollution of local waterways as this year’s Get the Site Right campaign kicked off on Wednesday, 1 May. Now in its eighth year, Get the Site Right is a joint task force between the Cooks River Alliance, Georges Riverkeeper, NSW Dept of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure (DPHI), NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), Parramatta River Catchment Group, Sydney Coastal Councils Group, WaterNSW, and councils across NSW. As p ..read more

Dr Lisa Ehrenfried Image: Yarra Valley Water Yarra Valley Water has unveiled a new map-based tool to show the threat climate change may have on its infrastructure in the future. The water utility has warned that extreme weather events, including bushfires, flooding and droughts, are increasingly impacting our water supply and essential infrastructure. Yarra Valley Water announced the tool at the OzWater ‘24 conference in Melbourne this week. Dr Lisa Ehrenfried, Manager Resilience and Liveability at Yarra Valley Water, said this work marks a significant step towards Yarra Valley Water proactive ..read more

Image: Bird Photographer TH/stock.adobe.com Water is central to everything we do in life. It supports communities and businesses, being the lifeblood of Australia. Do you have a solution that supports the circular economy? The future of water is here, and it’s circular. Our industry faces a critical juncture: embrace a closed-loop approach or risk rising costs and environmental pressures. The good news is that the circular economy offers numerous innovative solutions, from wastewater reuse to resource recovery. However, showcasing these advancements requires a platform. This is your exclusive ..read more

Image: bellass/stock.adobe.com On-site activities are ramping up on Burdekin Falls Dam, as part of the Queensland Government’s project to raise the dam by two metres and improve its resilience against extreme weather. These on-site activities will support 22 jobs over the coming months, the majority of which will be from North Queensland. The project will create more than 350 jobs during construction. Drilling and trenching will examine the dam’s foundations, main structure and saddle dams. The project team will also assess clay and sand from the area. These on-site activities will help the pr ..read more

Image: DiegoCalvi/stock.adobe.com A new study from Charles Darwin University (CDU), Monash University and The University of Newcastle has presented almost 100,000 estimates of groundwater recharge rates across Australia, by far the largest known database of its kind. Groundwater recharge is the rate at which groundwater resources are replenished by rainfall, in millimetres per year (mm/y). The recharge rates estimated for the Perth area typically ranged between 20 and 100 mm/y, compared to values typically less than 2 mm/y around Kalgoorlie. In both cases, these values are only a fraction of t ..read more

Images: Rafael Ben-Ari/stock.adobe.com A $37 million Western Australian Government infrastructure project to support growth in Perth’s northern suburbs by providing reliable wastewater and drainage services has been completed. Delivered by Water Corporation, the project’s final stage saw almost 2 kilometres of wastewater pipeline installed in Clarkson. The pipeline passed under the Mitchell Freeway into Neerabup, where it completed the 11.6km northern wastewater network in the City of Wanneroo. The project will support long-term growth in the area. Between 2024 and 2041, the City of Wanneroo ..read more

L:R Clare McCartin, Managing Partner Search & Advisory at Davidson; Priscilla Chung, South East Water Group Manager Asset and Program Delivery, Tracey Slatter, CEO Transport Accident Commission, and Deputy President IPAA Victoria Board. Image: Laura Manariti, supplied by IPAA Victoria South East Water’s Group Manager Asset and Program Delivery, Priscilla Chung, has been recognised as an Emerging Leader at the annual Institute of Public Administration Australia (IPAA) Top 50 Public Sector Women Awards. The IPAA Emerging Leader Award recognises women at all levels of government for their lea ..read more

Image: Photopia Studio/stock.adobe.com Major construction of two Aldoga Reservoirs has commenced as part of the $983 million Fitzroy to Gladstone Pipeline. Located at the southern section of the pipeline, the two reservoirs will hold up to 100 megalitres of water and feed Gladstone Area Water Board’s (GAWB) existing water network. The 117-kilometre pipeline will run from the Fitzroy River near Rockhampton and connect to Gladstone Area Water Board’s existing water network at Yarwun. The project has supported 400 jobs during peak construction and 25 apprenticeships. Local content has been c ..read more

Image: Andrii Yalanskyi/stock.adobe.com Sydney Water is launching a new ‘smart irrigation program’ trial to help local councils reduce their water use by up to 20 per cent, ensuring parks stay cool and green. Four Councils, including the City of Sydney, have signed up, giving Sydney Water access to 22 parks and reserves with more than 160 sensors installed as part of the trial. Sydney Water Segment Manager Circular Economy Greg Ingleton said we want to reduce water waste, and the intelligent irrigation project uses technology to enable Councils to use the right amount of water at the right tim ..read more