Despite its long idle, Melbourne’s desalination plant plays a vital role in providing water in a drying climate.
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Australians eat a lot of water. Nearly 500 L is required to produce the food each of us eats every day.
There’s enough water under the ground to form a lake 100m deep over the earth.
California’s drought is dragging on into its fifth year. What can the state learn from Australia’s 15-year millennium drought?
The Millennium Drought ended more than five years ago, but several years of below-average rainfall and El Niño have brought drought back to many parts of Australia. Our latest report on water in Australia shows rainfall is continuing to decline in eastern Australia and increase in the north.
We have all the tools to achieve economic growth and environmental sustainability - we just have to choose to use them.
With El Niño upon us and the prospect of water scarcity ahead, how well positioned are we to make accurate and timely decisions about water resources?
Would you drink recycled water? New surveys suggest Australians concerned about water shortages are ready for alternative sources.
Geosciences can be a valuable tool in the fight to provide Sub-Saharan Africa with safe drinking water.
Papua New Guinea is now facing a drought and frosts that look set to be worse than 1997, when hundreds of people died. So how can memories of 1997 save lives over the next few months?
Climate change leads to increased likelihood of drought, but strategies for mitigation could make things even worse. How can we resolve the conundrum?
The Bureau of Meteorology recently released for the first time comprehensive national data on recycling and desalination.
Growth can be predicted and droughts can be planned for. So why did Brazil’s largest water utility get caught out?
Imagine a future where the yearly flow into one of the largest water reservoirs of a major Australian city could halve within 70 years. This is a scenario that Adelaide could face if the world continues…
The Australian Constitution says residents have the right to water from the rivers for irrigation and conservation purposes but governments have brought in laws that are restricting this – One Nation’s…
Some 27 irrigation and dam projects are highlighted in the green paper for agricultural competitiveness released this week by agriculture minister Barnaby Joyce. Six of the projects – five in Tasmania…
Summer is coming and, with it, dry conditions for many parts of Australia. While it may be difficult to imagine for city dwellers, parts of regional Australia will likely face severe water shortages over…
The critical links between water, sanitation, and our global consumption of energy – the “energy-water nexus” are more obvious than ever before. But how many of us will take direct action at the most basic…
Exactly a year ago, the world was wrestling with the possibility of another US-led military assault on an Arab state, following the horrific gas attacks in Damascus, Syria. When US military action did…
Should we pick and choose our climate strategies based on how water-wise they are? As our new research published in Climatic Change shows, some activities aimed at tackling greenhouse emissions can also…
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