Masters of WSUD: New WAter Ways masterclass series starting soon
Always wanted to become a Master of WSUD? Well now’s your chance: New WAter Ways have announced their first Masterclass series taking place in the first half of 2020. These […]
Category Archives: water resource management
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 […]
WSUD in the City: green infrastructure is thriving in Perth
Given there isn’t too much space for rain to infiltrate into the ground directly in a cityscape, and trees generally have limited space to grow, green infrastructure needs to be […]
New WAter Ways Bus Tour – WSUD in the City
Perth Stadium is the home of many of Western Australia’s hopes (Fremantle), dreams (Scorchers), failures (Glory) and successes (West Coast). What probably isn’t apparent to the 60,000 that regularly flock […]
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 […]
Wharf Street Basin – A Next Generation Community Park
Urbaqua has assisted the City of Canning in their successful application for Federal Government funding as part of the Smart Cities and Suburbs Program. The project includes redevelopment of the […]
The Future of Water
It’s National Water Week and the theme is ‘Water for Me, Water for All‘. Earlier this month the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released their landmark report on Global […]
A new water law (& a new prime-minister)…that’s just how we roll over here
The major difference between the two being that one of Western Australia’s key water laws (the elderly Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Act 1909 ) has not changed for […]
ARR1987 is dead! Long Live ARR2016!
Australian Rainfall and Runoff (ARR) is a national guideline used to estimate flood risk – critical for ensuring we have working drainage infrastructure that doesn’t result in flooding of roads […]
The Incoming Recyclone
Many of us here in Australia are changing our habits in a bid to be more environmentally conscious, particularly when it comes to how we produce and manage waste. At […]
