Environment
Carbon offsets
VicWater, together with Melbourne Water, is forming a working group to develop an industry position on the purchase of carbon offsets including setting principles for balancing carbon offset quality and…
Read MoreSecuring the water supply for Moe and Newborough
Gippsland Water has completed works to secure the water supply for Moe and Newborough Completed in November the $1.8 million project has a 20-megalitre capacity basin and supplies water to…
Read MoreCould you solve an international water, sanitation or hygiene problem?
Registration for 2020 Winnovators program is now open! The program begins Wednesday 1 April and runs until the end of September with the winners announced in October 2020. This year’s program is really exciting – teams will be…
Read MoreMagnesium hydroxide liquid for odour control
A catchment dosing approach Mission Beach is a mixed residential and tourist area and is home to the iconic Cassowary. A sewerage scheme was commissioned by Cassowary Coast Regional Council…
Read MoreEmerging contaminants risk assessment
Draft Emerging Contaminants Risk Assessment report were circulated to water corporations prior to Christmas. The reports will be finalised very early in February. This risk assessment of emerging contaminants and…
Read MoreRecreational Access
VicWater is working with DELWP to finalise a scope for a consultant project to provide a state-wide inventory of water storages, and identify cost and timing implications of providing recreational…
Read MoreAustralian research on cyanobacteria
Recent Australian research on cyanobacteria with implications for risk management within the water industry Cyanobacteria, also known as blue-green algae, are a diverse group of photosynthetic bacteria with the ability…
Read MoreA new draft Buffer Overlay
DELWP has commenced public consultation on a new Buffer Overlay for water assets. DELWP developed the draft Buffer Area Overlay, in response to water industry feedback during 2019. The overlay…
Read MoreNew draft Buffer Overlay
DELWP has commenced public consultation on a new Buffer Overlay for water assets. DELWP developed the draft Buffer Area Overlay, in response to water industry feedback during 2019. The overlay…
Read MoreRed tape reduction – revised statutory land use terms
During 2018 VicWater prepared a submission to the DELWP Land Use Terms Advisory Committee: https://vicwater.org.au/news-publications/industry-guides-submissions/vicwater-submission-land-use-terms A focus area for the submission, and subsequent negotiate with DELWP, was the definition of…
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