New guidelines to keep chemicals out of our waterways
19 November, 2018 | Supplied by: The University of QueenslandEnvironmental water quality is set to improve in Australia and New Zealand, thanks to a new method to set the maximum acceptable concentration of chemicals in waterways.
Liquid waste management at Williamtown
01 November, 2018 | Supplied by: WashboxIn sensitive environments, it is critical for a builder to ensure that there is no risk of construction chemicals from finishing trades leaching into the ground or surrounding waterways.
ECD H10C handheld conductivity, salinity, TDS and temperature meter
01 November, 2018 | Supplied by: AMS Instrumentation & Calibration Pty LtdThe H10C Handheld Conductivity, Salinity, TDS and Temperature meter from ECD is a microprocessor-based instrument.
Thermo Fisher Scientific MACE FloPro stormwater monitoring solution
01 November, 2018 | Supplied by: Thermo Fisher ScientificThe MACE FloPro stormwater monitoring solution uses a doppler ultrasonic area velocity sensor that can measure bidirectional flows in open channels, pipes and stormwater culverts without the need for civil works or weirs and flumes, etc.
New technology enables better stormwater treatment
31 October, 2018 | Supplied by: Curtin UniversityA new design of catch basin insert treats stormwater at the source by removing gross pollutants such as leaves and plastic, as well as smaller dissolvable pollutants.
Changing stormwater management charges would reduce runoff
24 October, 2018Changing the way Melbourne charges for stormwater management could reduce stormwater runoff volumes by 59 billion litres and annual management costs by $191m by 2050.
Vic govt moves to improve stormwater management
19 October, 2018The changes are intended to protect rivers, reduce the burden on drinking water supplies, and deal with the challenges of climate change and a future with less rainfall.
Seeking ideas on reducing emissions from WWTPs
15 October, 2018 | Supplied by: Melbourne WaterMelbourne Water is launching a competition where entrants can submit ideas on how to reduce wastewater emissions and potentially share in an AU$200,000 prize pool.
Dwyer Instruments Series PUF Portable Ultrasonic Flowmeter Kit
01 October, 2018 | Supplied by: Dwyer Instruments (Aust) Pty LtdThe Series PUF Portable Ultrasonic Flowmeter Kit utilises the transit-time difference for measuring flow rates in pipes non-invasively.
Smart water meters to roll out across Telstra's NB-IoT network
26 September, 2018 | Supplied by: WaterGroup Pty LtdWater savings company WaterGroup is expected to undertake its biggest rollout of NarrowBand Internet of Things (NB-IoT) enabled smart water meters.
New nanofilter rapidly cleans dirty water
24 September, 2018 | Supplied by: RMIT UniversityResearchers have designed a nanofilter that can clean dirty water over 100 times faster than current technology, filtering both heavy metals and oils at an impressive speed.
Boneo Water Recycling Plant gets a $130m upgrade
21 September, 2018 | Supplied by: South East Water LtdThe upgrade will include the capture of biogas generated during the treatment process to power the plant's operations and implementation of the nitrite-shunt nutrient removal process.
Major desalination study finds minimal marine impact
20 September, 2018The six-year study looked at the effects on marine invertebrate recruitment of the pumping and 'diffusing' of high-concentration salt water back into the ocean.
Stormwater recycling scheme gets underway in Sydney
06 September, 2018An urban stormwater recycling scheme has been switched on in the City of Sydney's Green Square, enabling residents to save tens of thousands of litres of drinking water.
TECTA-PDS TECTA B16 Enterococci ENA test
01 September, 2018 | Supplied by: Thermo Fisher ScientificTECTA-PDS has launched the Enterococci ENA test for the TECTA B16 automated microbial detection solution
