Wetland to clean up Port Phillip Bay
03 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Melbourne Water
The biggest wetland ever constructed in Victoria has been completed and will play a key role in improving the health of Melbourne’s waterways, particularly Dandenong Creek and Port Phillip Bay. Water Minister Tim Holding officially opened the 48-hectare Dandenong Valley Wetland in Scoresby, which is 24 times the size of the MCG.
Aquaread Aqua Plus optical dissolved oxygen system
02 August, 2010 | Supplied by: Thermo Fisher Scientific
The Aqua Plus from Aquaread is an optical dissolved oxygen system that measures salinity directly.
Web tool to get us tanked up
21 July, 2010
Collecting urban rainwater is becoming more crucial for our fast-growing cities and towns.
Eutech economy handheld water-testing range
19 July, 2010 | Supplied by: Thermo Fisher Scientific
The Eutech economy handheld range of meters is available in a number of parameters, including pH, ORP, conductivity, TDS, salinity and dissolved oxygen, and is suitable for basic water testing.
North Shore City Council wins major Auckland-wide engineering award for stormwater project
01 June, 2010
A clever mix of stormwater management, community involvement and environmental enhancement has won the North Shore City Council the prestigious Arthur Mead Environmental Award from the Auckland Branch of the Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand.
Stormwater harvesting scheme at school
01 June, 2010 | Supplied by: Rocla
Sustainable water management and water-sensitive urban design is best achieved by a combination of underground in-system measures and pre-system surface treatments. Together with its underground solutions, Rocla now has stormwater treatment products from enviss for at-source surface treatment applications.
Dwyer Series TE Duct and Immersion Temperature Sensor
31 May, 2010 | Supplied by: Dwyer Instruments (Aust) Pty Ltd
The Series TE Duct and Immersion Temperature Sensor can be used to monitor air or water temperature throughout a building management system or an air handler unit. Flanged duct sensors monitor the supply or return air and provide a thermistor or RTD output to the digital controller. Immersion sensors, which are supplied with compression fittings, are typically used to monitor the hot or chilled water lines throughout a building. Thermowells are recommended, but not required, on the immersion sensors.
bbe DaphTox II biomonitor
31 May, 2010 | Supplied by: Technical & Scientific Equipment
The bbe DaphTox II is a biomonitor, an enhanced version of the DaphTox, which gives early warning against a wide range of toxic concentrations.
Evaluating stormwater treatment alternatives
24 May, 2010 | Supplied by: eWater Limited
Maroochy Shire on the Sunshine Coast has an extensive waterway network that adds much to the area’s splendour and makes it a desirable place to live. However, the more people migrate to the area, the greater the threat grows to its catchments and waterways. Today, stormwater and agricultural run-off as well as nutrients from treated sewage discharge pose major risks to the health of the Maroochy River estuary.
New tools to encourage the uptake of water recycling
19 May, 2010
The CEO of the National Water Commission, Ken Matthews, and the Executive Director of the Water Services Association of Australia, Ross Young, have released three new software tools to assist Australia’s water managers to safely implement water recycling schemes.
National Centre of Desalination appoints Chair
19 May, 2010
Graeme Rowley, former Executive Director of Operations at Fortescue Metals Group, has been announced as the inaugural Independent Chair of the National Centre of Excellence in Desalination.
Tenders called to build residential recycled water scheme
20 April, 2010
Sydney Water has called for tenders to construct vital infrastructure for one of the largest recycling schemes in Australia.
Tank water protection
19 April, 2010
Maintaining rainwater tanks and other storages used for drinking water in a good healthy condition is important in removing the risk of outbreaks of dengue fever - a mosquito-borne viral disease which is often symptom-less but can create fatal consequences.
Rainwater harvesting system
29 March, 2010 | Supplied by: Grundfos Pumps Pty Ltd
Grundfos Pumps’s head office, located in Regency Park, South Australia, has recently completed the installation of a rainwater harvesting system. The system comprises three 50,000 L tanks that collect rainwater from 1,500 m2 of roof catchment area.
Water leak detection
26 March, 2010 | Supplied by: Watersave Australia Pty Ltd
Holroyd High School is forty-one years old this year. The school buildings have the usual plumbing ‘issues’ you would expect in a school of this age, including pipes that may be in less than pristine condition.
