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Currently national and state governments are considering the Murray Darling Basin Plan (MDBP) and in the cities, desalination is proliferating. Both have the capacity to influence the water using and conserving practises of the future in a fundamental way.
Not enough water
For a hundred years we have been debating…
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Westernport Water Uses WaterGEMS® to Achieve an Automated Distribution System
Thursday, 27 October 2011 02:35 Written by Bentley
Accurate Decision Tool Was Way to Go
Westernport Water provides water, wastewater, and recycled water services to nearly 16,000 properties on Phillip Island, in the state of Victoria, Australia, and an area of the mainland from The Gurdies to Archies Creek. Using Bentley’s WaterGEMS water distribution modeling software integrated with…
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Queensland University of Technology Featured
Thursday, 27 October 2011 01:01 Written by Staff Writers
QUT Architecture lecturers Glenda Caldwell and Lindy Osborne lead the projects by second and fourth year students to design flood-proof housing and resilient urban structures, which culminated in the Bouncing Back: Resilient Design for Brisbane exhibition.
Ms Caldwell said the project focused on both preparing houses for floods as well…
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Specialist Recruiters for a Specialist Industry
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 23:24 Written by Eco Recruitment
According to Downes, “Our focus is on sourcing professionals with the appropriate qualifications, skills and experience to work for organisations within the Water, Sustainability, Design and Environmental fields.”
Eco Recruitment has quickly established itself as an organisation focussed on delivering excellent results to a narrow segment of the Australian market.…
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WIOA provided the Foreword and an article in the Australian Water Management Review 2011 to alert the water industry to what in our view are significant deficiencies in the approach the Australian water industry has taken towards training the staff responsible for operating our water treatment plants.
To provide safe…
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Associate Professor Tan Yigitcanlar, course leader for QUT’s Master of Urban Development, took separate study tours to Gallipoli and Istanbul in May and to Taipei in July.
In Turkey, 30 students spent a fortnight conducting a field survey of the Gallipoli Peninsula to prepare a theoretical strategic regional development plan…
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Queensland University of Technology Featured
Wednesday, 26 October 2011 01:29 Written by Alita Pashley
As the Brisbane River broke its banks 100m from the QUT Gardens Point campus in the devastating floods of January this year, Professor Brown and a team of researchers braved the waters in order to collect the unique data.
Thankfully for the sake of the university, it suffered only minor…
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Water metering: To be smart or not to be smart
Thursday, 20 October 2011 01:56 Written by Siobhan Boyle
Rising costs of infrastructure development are driving water utilities to consider new technologies, technologies which include automated meter reading (AMR) to provide more granular levels of water capacity based data to support infrastructure investment decisions. The current deployment of smart meters across Tasmania is a good case in point.
Mapping…
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