Australia must develop a catchment management mentality to successfully manage and optimise its water resources, according to Peter Crawford, former top public servant, water authority head and author.

The top five global growth markets for water and wastewater technologies and products are China, India, Mexico, Egypt and Australia, according to technical market research report, The Market for Nonwoven Filter Materials – AVM043B from BCC Research.

Australian researchers at the Advanced Wastewater Management Centre will receive extra backing from the International Science Linkages fund for the development of a more efficient method of processing wastewater.

Australia’s International Centre of Excellence in Water Resources Management (ICE WaRM) has launched an important initiative to help tackle the water crisis head-on – a post-graduate program to train the new leaders who will spearhead the management of our scarce water resources.

The third round of the Tarac Environmental Future Fund (TEFF) has been launched in Adelaide during the Wine Industry Technical conference.

The Gippsland region of Victoria is embarking on a new era in water sustainability with construction underway on the Gippsland Water Factory project.

ABB has secured key contracts to supply motors and drives to the Gold Coast desalination plant. The plant, which is owned by the Queensland state government and Gold Coast City Council, claims to be the largest desalination plant on the eastern seaboard and is located at Tugun on the Gold Coast.

The ‘Mobile Muster’ scheme is seriously flawed, according to two recent reports by the mobile phone industry and a survey conducted by the Total Environment Centre.

Motu Economic and Public Policy Research has been awarded close to $1.7 million of Foundation for Research, Science and Technology funding for nearly four years of research on the economics of climate change and its impact on New Zealand.

Impact: a changing land is a free exhibition at the State Library of NSW, 3 November 2007 - 24 February 2008. The exhibition exposes the controversial history of both harm and affection for the environment since the disappearance of the Norfolk Island Mount Pitt bird over 200 years ago.

Arnold Schwarzenegger was announced as the winner of the Banksia International Award, recognising the huge inroads the Californian Governor has made in generating environmental discussion and taking action to halt climate change both in the United States and around the world.

Waste from the Sydney Entertainment Centre will get a new lease of life and reduce the centre’s impact on climate change.

One smart and scientific way of helping to solve the world's problem of reducing carbon release through energy use is to put the carbon back where it came from — in the ground.

The Waste to Art Design Competition showcases creative artworks made solely from re-used and recyclable waste materials — turning rubbish into art.

The nation’s first Climate Change legislation has become law. The Climate Change and Greenhouse Emissions Reduction Act 2007 makes South Australia the first place in Australia to legislate targets to reduce greenhouse emissions.