Software modelling predicts water consumption and helps plan future investments
12 March, 2013 by Andrew CollinsWater services provider Veolia has used Australian software in a European trial of water demand prediction, achieving an accuracy rate of 99.5%.
New tool to assist with on-farm irrigation management
26 February, 2013NIWA researchers are working with five Canterbury farmers to develop and trial an innovative tool that generates tailored, site-specific weather forecasts to help manage irrigation.
Rainfall engineering for droughts and floods
14 February, 2013A University of Waikato scientist says we need to rethink the way we collect and store water.
Contemplating urban water management in cities of the future
30 January, 2013 by Professor Tony Wong*, Chief Executive Officer, Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive CitiesRecent occurrences in Australia of severe droughts, heatwave conditions and floods highlight the vulnerability of future cities (and towns) to the chronic and acute effects of climatic extremes.
Australia urged to ‘bank’ its water
29 January, 2013Australia should prepare now for dry times ahead by ‘banking’ its water underground when rainfall is plentiful, according to an important new scientific study.
Understanding the behaviour of water catchments
23 January, 2013Understanding how our water catchments react to natural disturbances may offer hydrologists greater insight into how to manage our water supplies. Key to this is an understanding of the steady state and why water responds differently in different circumstances.
Influence of the media on water use behaviour
14 December, 2012Australia’s recent drought led to unprecedented low water storage levels in many areas of the country, prompting measures such as wastewater recycling and desalination, which were widely covered in Australian newspapers. Researchers Professor Sara Dolnicar and Dr Anna Hurlimann believed it was important to look into how media reported on water-related topics.
Extreme floods recharge groundwater reserves
12 December, 2012A new study by La Trobe University and the National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training has shown that depleted groundwater reserves can be recharged very quickly by extreme floods.
Nyrstar stormwater project saves water and reduces impacts on Derwent River
16 November, 2012Senator Don Farrell, Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, has joined Senator for Tasmania Carol Brown to announce the Australian Government’s $2.9 million funding contribution to the Integrated Water Cycle Management Project at Nyrstar Hobart.
Crocodile eggs measure river health
12 November, 2012A Darwin-based scientist has converted Aboriginal knowledge of Australia’s landscape into an environmental management tool.
Getting on top of the toxins
05 November, 2012University of Waikato ecologist Professor David Hamilton has been awarded a $920,000 Marsden Grant to study toxin production found in blue-green algae in lakes.
Water efficiency is the answer
22 October, 2012The Australian Water Association has released a new position paper on water efficiency.
Sustainable water management for industrial hub
21 September, 2012Albury City Council has adopted a non-conventional approach to the provision of water and sewer infrastructure for Nexus, the city’s new 187 hectare precinct for large and heavy industry.
SEACI taps into future water availability
19 September, 2012Australia’s water resources can be better managed under a changing climate, thanks to research released last week by the South Eastern Australian Climate Initiative (SEACI).
Clean drinking water: lessons from a decade of extreme weather events
10 September, 2012While extreme weather events will inevitably impact water quality, the biggest risk to public health is not the intensity of these events but their increasingly close proximity to one another, UNSW researchers warn.
