Could pencils purify water and get us closer to solving the water crisis?
The water crisis is worsening, but a pencil made from 2D crystals could improve access to clean water in some ...
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This World Water Day, we spotlight our most precious resource — groundwater
World Water Day 2022: We demystify Australia’s most precious resource, groundwater, and why it’s so important we future proof it ...
An enduring Indigenous engineering project illuminates a path to a sustainable future
Budj Bim is a sophisticated and complex aquaculture system comprising weirs, dams and stone canals designed to manipulate water levels ...
These exhibitions show art can bring new perspectives to engineering
Engineers, scientists and artists are teaming up to help communities connect with complex topics.
Details about groundwater supplies surface thanks to new research facility
A new facility is looking into the past to help researchers measure and manage Australia’s groundwater supplies.
6000-year-old Aboriginal engineering feat named to World Heritage list
One of the finest examples of ancient aquaculture and hydraulic engineering is right in Australia’s backyard.
Sustainable water management challenges make engineers “essential”, says expert
Water recycling and the water-energy nexus are two major challenges for Australia's water engineers. But they also provide opportunities to ...
Australia’s water security issues require engineering interventions
The prospect of national and global water shortages is no longer a narrative from a sci-fi movie like Blade Runner, ...
Inside the mammoth tunnelling effort to clean one of the world’s most polluted rivers
An ambitious engineering project in Argentina hopes to clean up the 64 km Riachuelo, which exposes more than 4 million ...
New water treatment method traps BPA particles like a Venus flytrap
Engineers have pioneered an innovative water treatment method that captures and breaks down BPA, commonly found in plastic containers.
