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The Australian Government has committed $3 million to co-fund a detailed business case to investigate building NSW’s first regional industrial advanced water treatment plant.

We are all united by our need for safe and reliable water for drinking, growing our food and more.

A national hydrogeological inventory that maps out Australia's major groundwater-bearing basins and geological provinces has just been released.

Over the past three years, Australia has experienced extensive rainfall and floods. But the weather event that caused these conditions – La Niña – is officially over. Climate forecasters are now monitoring what will happen next, advising a return to drier times due to an El Niño event.

Have you ever wondered what inspires someone to take up a role in science, or even a science career with the public service?

Before she retired, we sat down with our now former Branch Head of the Science Program, Dr Carol Grossman, to answer these questions and many more.

With drier times forecast and the irrigation season upon us, the completion of the Werribee Irrigation District Modernisation project, stage 4, has come at the perfect time for local residents.

An important part of water infrastructure projects is ensuring environmental impact is carefully managed. This can be done through many ways and is driven by an environmental impact assessment completed in the initial stages of a project.

Six apprentices from the Rookwood Weir project have completed a skills-based initiative to produce 2 beautiful cubby houses for Queensland families in need.

The Australian Government has committed $3.7 million to progress to the next stage of the Coliban Regional Rural Modernisation project in Victoria. This next stage will include the development of a detailed business case. 

Stage 1 of the new Dungowan pipeline has been finished. Helping to save 2.2 megalitres (ML) in water losses every day, almost the same amount of water as an Olympic swimming pool.