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Recently this publication included an announcement of the Australian Water Association / Deloitte State of the Water Sector Survey. The survey has now been completed and the results will be launched at the Association’s 1st National Water Leaders Summit, 17 November 2010, Canberra (pre-summit dinner 16 November). Presenters at the…

Despite diverging opinions over the implications of climate change, one thing is clear: the scientific evidence points towards a drier future for many parts of the world. Water security and management is already a significant challenge for countries like Australia, whose water reserves were depleted by more than a decade…

Sydney Water first developed a water conservation strategy in 1995 to reduce demand and meet targets set in the 1995 Operating Licence. The strategy was significantly expanded in late 1999. Sydney Water's program relies on an adaptive management process and learning from experience, involving a planning, delivery, evaluation and review…

Few discussions on water management in Australia are made without reference to our continent's highly variable climate, which by global standards is significant. Climatic variability, however, is not the sole challenge facing water managers across the country. Australia's high per capita water use, widely distributed and growing population, ageing infrastructure,…

"More than any time in our history, it is fundamental that water is used more wisely and more efficiently, for both human and environmental purposes," Professor Jones said. "To achieve this requires the ability to understand the myriad physical, environmental and socioeconomic interactions influencing modern water resource management as well…

WetSide is the first of its kind blending water education with outdoor fun through a zero-depth park that spurts with hundreds of fountains supplied with recycled stormwater treated on site. It's fun, it's free and it's a phenomenal success for the water authority which supplies water services to the Hervey…

Three large-scale world class constructed wetlands at West Byron, Lismore and Casino now have wastewater quality that regularly approaches ANZECC water quality guidelines. These systems are the best performing in Australia and overseas.î said David Pont, head wetland designer for the Water and Carbon Group. Each system is different reflecting…

Over the course of the 20th century the water industry made great strides towards the provision of safe, reliable and affordable water and sanitation services, building incrementally on a paradigm developed in the previous century. Current leaders developed their solid management and leadership skills in that environment of incremental improvement.…