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Category Archives: Water

A low carbon future for WA

2 December, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

The long-awaited Western Australian Climate Policy was released earlier this week; it sets out the State Government’s plan to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, and a climate-resilient, […]

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climate change, environment, innovation, Perth, Pilbara, planning, Water, water resource management

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

Dry: free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist (see Perth).

15 October, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

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 […]

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climate change, community, environment, Perth, Water, water resource management

Hotham-Williams all wRAPped up

9 October, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

Urbaqua has had the opportunity to work closely with the Peel Harvey Catchment Council (PHCC) this last year on a number of partnership projects monitoring and assessing the health of […]

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biodiversity, community, environment, monitoring, urbaqua projects, Water, water resource management

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

National Water Week: 19-25 October 2020

23 September, 2020by urbaqua 1 Comment

Australia gets a whole week to build awareness around the value of water: National Water Week, coordinated by the Australian Water Association (AWA), was created to remind us how hugely […]

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community, Water, water resource management, WaterAid

Wharf St smart park now online

16 September, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

The ribbon has officially been cut and the turtles have been released at the Wharf Street Basin Next Generation Community Park in Cannington, and the City of Canning‘s first smart […]

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Aboriginal heritage, biodiversity, community, environment, monitoring, Perth, Smart cities, technology, Water, water resource management, WSUD

It’s World Water Week (At Home)

26 August, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

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 […]

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climate change, conference, 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

Masters of WSUD: New WAter Ways masterclass series starting soon

7 February, 2020by nikitikkitavi Leave a comment

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 […]

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industry, Perth, planning, training, Water, water resource management, WSUD

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