Dry: free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist (see Perth).
As the mercury in our thermometers here in spring-y Perth start to expand, and the almost-summer warm air starts to drift into town, the (sort of) rains of our winter […]
Category Archives: climate change
It’s World Water Week (At Home)
We’re right in the middle of World Water Week (24 – 28 August 2020) – organised for almost 30 years by the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI). This week been […]
Positives of a pandemic?
The impact of the raging COVID-19 pandemic should not be understated, with half a million people infected, tens of thousands dying from the virus and epicentres shifting around us. It […]
BOM drops latest data review
Whew… what a hot summer… isn`t it? If you thought that the weather has been hotter than usual, it turns out you’re right. According to the Bureau of Meteorology’s (BoM) […]
National Water Week: ‘It’s time to change the world’
If you didn’t know it already, we’re nearing the end of National Water Week 2019! It happens every October to build awareness of water environments and resources, and to remind […]
Buneenboro: the draft Perth Water Precinct Plan is out for comment
Buneenboro is the Nyoongar name for the area of Perth Water between the Narrows Bridge in the west and the Causeway (Windan Bridge) in the east. It is the great, […]
Forests: a good news story (for a change)
I don’t think anyone is going to argue about how awful it is to hear about the current state of the world’s forests. Not just the loss of forests and […]
Will your house flood? Floodplain management in Perth
When people think of Perth they tend not to think of flooding like that which happened in Brisbane in January 2011. However, many Perthites do live in and around the […]
Cape Town – Where Are They Now?
Coming up to the end of May and we’re well below our average annual rainfall in Perth and Sydney is about to implement level 1 water restrictions for the first […]
‘Sponge Cities’ and urban drainage design in Ancient China
Come along and hear about ingenuity in water management and drainage design on Water Industry Night 2019! It is an international water journey through time and off the beaten track, […]
