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AUSTRALIA – When water is scarce, Australians might face steep charges for usage rather than traditional restrictions imposed during times of drought. The National Water Commission is also considering locational pricing as an option to regulate water consumption, ABC News reports. “The basic mechanism is that as prices go up, people will respond to that,” […]
SYDNEY – According to a recent government-commissioned report in Australia, the country’s droughts and heatwaves are expected to escalate significantly. According to the Guardian newspaper, the study attributes the increase to climate change. A spell of dry weather renders current public funding for crop irrigation inadequate. “If we failed to review drought policy, if we […]
BRISBANE, Australia – South-East Queensland’s combined dam capacity is expected to reach 40 per cent sometime in the next two days, signaling the end to level six water restrictions. Hosing will be permitted for 30 minutes per week on either Saturday or Sunday and bucket watering will be allowed after 4pm everyday. Residents will also […]
DARWIN, Australia – In a bid to prevent a resource grab in Australia’s Northern Territory, researchers at the Charles Darwin University’s symposium on water have reported that shipping water from the “Top End” will be too costly. Instead, environmental and ecological economist Adam Drucker proposed building desalination plants closer to where the water was needed. […]
MCLAREN VALE, Australia – In South Australia’s parched outback, award winning wines are being grown with the help of recycled water. World winning winemaker Michael Fragos pioneered the idea of waste water reclamation nearly 5 years ago. Since, the practice has spread to other small vineyards throughout McLaren Vale. “I think the severity of drought […]
AUSTRALIA –Australia’s failed rice crop — the country will export barely one-tenth of its usual average this year — has been blamed for contributing to global shortages and a more than doubling of the global rice price. But Sunrice chief executive Gary Helou says the accusation against Australia is “terribly ill-informed,” adding, “Australia is an […]
Australian government leaders ordered an audit of skills shortages in water management to be completed by June after a government report warned it was the most critical capacity-building issue. Kevin Rudd’s Government has run hard on climate change and water, signing the Kyoto Protocol on carbon emissions and ending a year-long impasse over the Victorian […]
Australian government leaders ordered an audit of skills shortages in water management to be completed by June after a government report warned it was the most critical capacity-building issue. Kevin Rudd’s Government has run hard on climate change and water, signing the Kyoto Protocol on carbon emissions and ending a year-long impasse over the Victorian […]
MELBOURNE – HIGH levels of lead, zinc, cadmium and other heavy metals have been found in rainwater tanks across Melbourne, research shows. One-third of tanks assessed in the study had lead levels above Australian Drinking Water Guidelines, including one tank with lead 35 times above recommended safe levels of 0.01mg/L. Read More here. Source : […]
MELBOURNE – HIGH levels of lead, zinc, cadmium and other heavy metals have been found in rainwater tanks across Melbourne, research shows. One-third of tanks assessed in the study had lead levels above Australian Drinking Water Guidelines, including one tank with lead 35 times above recommended safe levels of 0.01mg/L. Read More here. Source : […]
SOUTH AUSTRALIA — Since November 2007, SA Water has granted more than $2 million worth of rebates to householders who have bought water-saving appliances. Read more here. source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation News
Severe flooding in Iowa, South Dakota, Nebraska, and parts of Minnesota has submerged neighborhoods and killed at least two people, prompting disaster declarations and widespread evacuations.
