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Water Wednesday – ‘Making consultation more effective’

Making consultation more effective will be the subject of a free public forum at the University of Adelaide this Wednesday, 13 April. Hosted by the Water Research Centre, the ‘Water Wednesday’ forum will focus on improving community and industry engagement in natural resources management. Water Research Centre Director Associate Professor Justin Brookes says there are […]

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Is storm water flowing to the sea really wasted?

Engineers Australia awarded Adelaide’s storm water infrastructure a D. We harvest more storm water than any other state yet our infrastructure is lagging and there is an increasing push to harvest more and more storm water for reuse within urban Adelaide. Yet is storm water flowing to the sea really wasted? Freshwater flows into marine […]

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Water Wednesday Podasts Now Available

Audio visual material from yesterday’s Water Wednesday presentations is now available here. Water Wednesday – Is there really spare water in the South East? A special forum presented by the Water Research Centre at the University of Adelaide on 23 June 2010. Many people in the wider community think that water is being wasted by […]

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Key Murray-Darling water sites identified.

This week the Murray-Darling Basin Authority identified the key wetlands and ecosystems which will be made a priority for water. Identification of these key environmental assets in the Murray-Darling Basin forms part of a new basin-wide plan to manage sustainably the surface and groundwater resources in the basin. “The Authority would use the environmental water […]

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Water Wednesday Forum – Podcasts Now Available

Water Wednesday forum “Is storm water flowing to sea really wasted?” now available as podcasts. The Water Research Centre presented a special forum on 24 March as part of its Water Wednesday series, entitled: “Is storm water flowing to sea really wasted?” Speakers addressed topics of alternative water sources, where storm water fits in the […]

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Clean Water for a Healthy World, World Water Day 2010

March 22 is World Water Day, 2010’s theme is “Clean Water for a Healthy World.” It is estimated that one is six people on the globe do not have access to clean drinking water, this is about 1.1 billion people whose water supplies are contaminated and unsafe to use. “More people die from unsafe water […]

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Is storm water flowing to sea really wasted?

A Water Wednesday forum will be held on March 24 to discuss: “Is storm water flowing to sea really wasted?” This special forum will be presented by the Water Research Centre at the University of Adelaide on March 24, 2010. Concerns about drought and water restrictions have heightened awareness of water spilling from storages when […]

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