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Hydropolis 2020

19 November, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

Stormwater WA‘s annual showpiece, the Hydropolis conference (10-11 November 2020), was finally held (in person!) after a number of COVID and other-related delays. The conference’s theme ‘Water Sensitive Stormwater is […]

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conference, industry, innovation, Perth, planning, recognition, Water, water resource management, WSUD

Kaya! It’s NAIDOC week

13 November, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

Kaya (hello)! – how many words do you know of the Aboriginal language group from your part of Australia? If you happen to live in the southwest of Australia you […]

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Aboriginal heritage, community, recognition

World Rivers Day!

30 September, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

World Rivers Day is a global celebration of our waterways that occurs on the fourth Sunday of September every year. This year it was on 29 September 2020 (we missed […]

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recognition, Water, water resource management

In This Together, 20 years on

12 June, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

Twenty years ago, more than a quarter of a million people walked across the Sydney Harbour Bridge calling for change and a more reconciled Australia. And in recent days another […]

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Aboriginal heritage, community, environment, recognition, Water

National Water Week: ‘It’s time to change the world’

24 October, 2019by urbaqua Leave a comment

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 […]

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climate change, community, environment, industry, planning, recognition, Water, water resource management, WaterAid

Aqua nullius no more? Happy NAIDOC week 2019

12 July, 2019by urbaqua Leave a comment

NAIDOC Week (originally standing for National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) is an annual time to recognise and celebrate the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait […]

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community, environment, recognition

WA Water Awards 2017 – Good luck to all finalists!

20 October, 2017by urbaqua Leave a comment

The 2017 AWA Western Australian (45th Anniversary) Water Awards are on tonight, with winners to be announced at a dinner at the Pan Pacific Hotel. It promises to be a big […]

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recognition, WSUD

Essential Environmental’s Young Water Professional of 2016: Halinka Lamparski

24 October, 2016by urbaqua 2 Comments

Essential Environmental is proud to say that their own Environmental Engineer, Halinka Lamparski, has taken out top honours at last Friday’s 2016 WA AWA Water Awards dinner – winning Young Water […]

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Drainage & densification – IPWEA 2016

8 March, 2016by urbaqua Leave a comment

The annual State Institute of Public Works Engineering Australiasia (IPWEA) conference is on this week (9th – 11th March 2016, at the Esplanade Hotel in Fremantle) and the eminent Helen […]

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conference, essential projects, recognition, water resource management

Double whammy: plaudits for water champions of WA

30 November, 2015by urbaqua Leave a comment

It’s been a huge week for the WA water industry as plaudits were handed out at the recent Stormwater Industry Association awards night (17th November 2015) AND the Australian Water Association […]

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essential projects, recognition

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