Melbourne Water releases final plan for contaminated creek 20 Sep A year after runoff from a factory fire contaminated Melbourne’s Stony Creek, the focus is shifting from clean-up to ongoing conservation.
New regulator and reforms to improve water quality in New Zealand 5 Aug New Zealand’s (NZ) Havelock North campylobacter outbreak in 2016, in which four people died and 5000 fell ill, prompted an inquiry into the … Read more
DNA technology used to detect harmful bacteria in drinking water 9 Jul Scientists at SA Water’s Australian Water Quality Centre (AWQC) are applying cutting-edge DNA technology to identify potentially dangerous … Read more
Student combines sugar and shells to filter contaminated water 4 Jul Mussel shells and sugar were all 18-year-old Uriah Daisybell needed to start engineering a solution to contaminated water in his community.
Aussie researchers lead breakthroughs on PFAS, wastewater contamination clean-up 11 Jun Australian scientists are leading the way when it comes to cleaning contaminated water, with two new discoveries that could change how PFAS … Read more
New study traces PFAS contamination back to the source 5 Apr New research could help authorities not only remediate PFAS-contaminated water, but pinpoint where the chemicals originated.
