Engineering effective water reform
The Productivity Commission released its final report into Australia’s progress towards reforming the water resources sector, taking into account the ...
Tag: water management
Why this engineer believes community partnerships are key to building water resilience
Environmental engineer Sarah Board has worked through severe droughts, bushfires and damaging flood events. For World Water Week (23-27 August), ...
New recommendations to improve Australia’s water management
Water security is one of the greatest issues facing Australia, and engineers have a significant role to play in helping ...
Deploying autonomous technology on water comes with extra challenges
For a robotics engineer who specialises in AI’s ability to perceive its environment, autonomous marine vehicles offer a unique challenge.
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 ...
World Engineering Day: Finding water engineering solutions in Iraq
O’Malley doesn’t work in the most glamorous of fields, but it’s his work on water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) infrastructure ...
A safer and cheaper plan to treat sodium oxalate waste
Dr Raj Kurup took an innovative approach to a seemingly intractable environmental problem – and it turned out to be ...
These exhibitions show art can bring new perspectives to engineering
Engineers, scientists and artists are teaming up to help communities connect with complex topics.
Flow of ideas: The engineer dreaming up big things for Australia’s water sector
Saskya Hunter hopes to help more engineers dream big when it comes to the water industry.
Victoria University engineering researchers tap into a source of clean energy
Engineers at Victoria University have joined forces with a water retailer to generate clean energy and reduce leaks — by ...
