Glowing viral: Luminescent bacteria used to detect E.coli in drinking water 10 Oct Scientists have engineered a virus that can find and destroy E.coli in drinking water within hours.
The Australian water quality specialist improving supply overseas 2 Oct Yarra Valley Water (YVW)’s Asoka Jayaratne is on a mission to help utilities across south east Asia deliver safe drinking water to their … Read more
Drought-affected community gets first ever water supply connection 28 Sep Residents of a small town in northern New South Wales (NSW) will have a potable water supply connected to their homes for the first time.
Bottled water no better than tap 26 Sep Consumer advocacy group Choice has called out health claims made by bottled water companies, saying tap water is just as good – and comes at a … Read more
WASH expert Juliet Willetts on a decade’s worth of progress 25 Sep After more than a decade of research and advocacy in the water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) sector, Professor Juliet Willetts remains … Read more
Reimagining water tank design in the Amazon nets students international water prize 30 Aug A group of students in Peru has developed an innovative system to harvest rainwater in the Amazon, where two-thirds of the population lives … Read more
