University of Sydney engineers have used electricity to clean up heavily polluted industrial wastewater. They hope the findings will help wineries, pharmaceutical manufacturers and other industries that
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Major Brisbane water treatment plant to receive $35 million upgrade
A $35 million filtration upgrade is to be carried out at the Mt Crosby East Bank Water Treatment Plant in Brisbane’s west to improve its resilience to extreme weather events and to enhance water supply
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Melbourne Water to install IoT devices for pipe protection and air monitoring
Melbourne Water has developed a pipe protection and air monitoring device to help protect its infrastructure network and provide information on air quality.
Developed in collaboration with the Environment
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Researchers find water treatment application for graphene technology
UNSW researchers have developed a graphene filter that can purify methane from biogas produced in wastewater plants.
The research team, led by Dr Rakesh Joshi of the UNSW School of Materials Science and
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Federal government launches new water security infrastructure body
The federal government has launched a new national water infrastructure body that it says will help ensure water security for inland Australia.
The National Water Grid Authority (NWGA) is to provide a
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Scientists to work with farmers to improve regional water quality
Scientists utilising advanced technologies will work with grazing farmers in Western Australia over the next four years to reduce nutrient loss off farms and improve water quality in local waterways and
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UNSW water engineers develop new groundwater analysis technique
UNSW Sydney water engineers have revealed that investigating and managing groundwater resources more sustainably can be achieved at lower cost by using existing Earth and atmospheric tidal data.
Groundwater
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Seqwater and QUT develop autonomous water monitoring robot
Seqwater, the statutory water authority of the Queensland government, has worked with robotic researchers at QUT’s Institute for Future Environments to develop the Autonomous Motorised Monitoring Instrument,
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WA’s Water Corporation to roll out solar panels
Western Australia’s principal water supplier, Water Corporation, will install solar rooftop systems on its buildings across the state and build a renewable energy generator to reduce its energy footprint.
Water
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Soaking up the water and the sweat – a new super desiccant
UNSW scientists have developed a new carbon-based material that could revolutionise moisture control in applications as diverse as electronics, packaging and air conditioning – and which could even be
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