Stephanie Nestor

Water Corporation has proposed a new 100 billion litre-a-year desalination plant in Western Australia, with this new plant and Perth’s two existing ones to be powered by renewables.

AEMO has provided a 30-year roadmap to speed up the transition to renewables with key investments in the National Energy Market in its 2022 Integrated System Plan.

The tender for the new Eurobodalla Dam in New South Wales has been awarded, with construction set to begin soon.

Urban Utilities and delivery partners Diona and Mott MacDonald are using augmented reality to help educate the community about a water infrastructure upgrade at Brisbane’s Queen Street Mall.

Flood warnings are set to continue in parts of New South Wales, as heavy rainfall devastates metropolitan and Western Sydney, Illawarra, and the Central Tablelands districts.

Coliban Water has invited customers to provide feedback on its draft pricing plan which details intended levels of pricing and investment over the next five years.

Due to heavy rainfall, Central Coast dam levels are at full capacity, with Central West dams being used to hold back water to reduce flooding.

The design and construction tender has been awarded for the new $20.8 million water treatment plant for Bega and Tathra, which aims to supply safe drinking water to meet growing demand in the area.

SA Water will install 600m of new water main pipe at Beaufort to improve water quality for residents and businesses in the area as part of its larger water main replacement project.

After five major flood events since March 2021, the Hunter Valley Flood Mitigation Scheme has provided key flood mitigation infrastructure to protect communities, with works and repairs underway to prepare for the next extreme weather event.