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CIEAM and AGIC Collaborative Research Featured
Friday, 28 October 2011 23:19 Written by Staff Writers
The AGIC National Sustainability Rating Scheme covers the design, construction and operational aspects of infrastructure. The AGIC Board identified the need for supporting research in the area of operations of infrastructure due to the many challenges presented in the sustainable management of this phase during an asset’s life. As a…
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A water quality and quantity tool that models the amount of water and contaminants flowing into rivers, wetlands, lakes or estuaries is being used on the World Heritage listed Great Barrier Reef of Australia’s Queensland coast to reverse the decline in water quality on the reef.
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The conference will examine where disparities exist across NRM scales and sectors; and the challenges and impacts this has on NRM goals and outcomes. It will also ignite discussions surrounding the need to integrate goals and objectives to collaboratively design, plan and implement effective NRM programs. In addition, the different…
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SunWater places dam safety as top priority Featured
Tuesday, 12 April 2011 11:13 Written by SunWater
In recent years, SunWater – one of Australia’s leading bulk water infrastructure owners and managers – undertook safety assessments on all 19 of its dams in response to extreme rainfall projections for Queensland that were announced by the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM).
The assessment, undertaken using national industry guidelines, identified…
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Harnessing all potential water sources Australia’s population growth and rapid urbanisation is steadily increasing the demand for water in our cities. Climate change is exacerbating these issues, with the recent drought dramatically highlighting the vulnerability of existing urban surface water and groundwater supplies.
To continue providing high quality water services…
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Disasters such as bushfire, hurricane, earthquake, flood and drought often require quick deployment of water storage capacity. Fresh water is needed for drinking, fire-fighting, stock feeding or just cleaning up. One of the challenges for responsible agencies has been the ability to rapidly deploy emergency water storage capacity to those…
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Secure your water supply with a Bartlett onsite liner
Thursday, 07 April 2011 11:00 Written by Bartlett Water Services
Bartlett manufactures and distributes a wide range of industrial, agricultural, domestic and commercial products including Dam and Channel Liners, Tank Liners, Bladder Tanks, Flexible Water Tanks, E-vapCap floating covers and a range of Fluming products used for irrigation and water transfer.
Innovators in its field, Bartlett has evolved and developed…
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The future is safe, crystal clear, drinking water
Thursday, 07 April 2011 10:48 Written by Dematec Water
Designed for potable water and approved by the world’s most rigorous testing regimes*, the Bridgestone GRP tanks have been engineered and developed in Japan with the single purpose of storing water with uncompromising levels of quality and reliability.
*Approved ASNZS 4020 in Australia and NSF/ANSI 61 in the USA.
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