Public Health
Searching for a solution to contaminated water in remote Indigenous communities
Access to safe water is an issue faced by many Indigenous Australians, and two leading experts say safe water provision...
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Getting to SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation for all
By Thakshila Balasuriya, William Speirs and Courtney Brown. If you walked into 25 King Street in Bowen Hills on the...
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‘Infinite’ water improvements to public health in Bangladesh
Australian company Infinite Water has built a pilot water treatment plant in rural Bangladesh to decontaminate groundwater and improve public...
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New study traces PFAS contamination back to the source
New research could help authorities not only remediate PFAS-contaminated water, but pinpoint where the chemicals originated. Concern about PFAS (per-...
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Reflections on World Water Day
Our international day to celebrate freshwater, World Water Day, is on 22 March each year. The purpose of World Water...
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Senate committee releases final report on achieving SDGs
The Foreign Affairs, Defence and Trade References Committee has released its final report following its inquiry into the United Nations...
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Sustainable Development Goals fact sheet
The United Nations (UN) has developed 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which form a set of targets and indicators that...
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Lessons from NZ’s 2016 Havelock North water supply outbreak
A waterborne disease outbreak occurred in the town of Havelock North in the Hawkes Bay region of the North Island...
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Practical monitoring and automated reporting on Health Based Targets (HBT)
The release of the Manual for the Application of Health Based Treatment Targets (HBT Manual) and subsequent Good Practice Guide...
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Does Australia have a growing micro-pollutant problem?
Pharmaceuticals, disinfectants and personal care products are some of the perks of modern life, but research is increasingly revealing the...
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