Water, interrupted: How water utilities manage service disruptions
Whether it’s a burst main, maintenance works or a grizzly ‘fat berg’ clogging a sewage network, managing community disruption is...
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Pumped hydro is key to Australia’s energy future
By 2040 the vast majority of Australia’s coal-fired power stations will have ground to a halt and the nation should...
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Why Melbourne Water is embracing hydropower
Melbourne Water is using one of its major waste streams – excessive hydraulic pressure – to generate power. The utility...
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Why building water literacy is more important than ever
Water scarcity, increasing droughts and changing rainfall patterns associated with climate change pose a major challenge for Australian water utilities....
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How these water utilities found success through community engagement
From potable reuse to increased water restrictions and planning for the future, as these three water utilities show, it pays...
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Communities in distress: How can the water sector help ease the social strain of drought?
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