Ausgrid has contracted two specialist helicopters to carry out annual aerial inspections of the electricity network in bushfire prone parts of the Hunter, Central Coast and Sydney.
In a matter of years, data has transformed from an intermittent input to a real-time resource — and utilities are still nowhere close to taking full advantage of it.
The successful installation of a solar project at Yarra Valley Water’s Mitcham head office will allow the water authority to continue reducing its greenhouse gas emissions.
Filtec is pleased to announce the acquisition of Practical Filtration Solutions (PFS), a Melbourne-based water treatment design, installation, and servicing specialist of a variety of water treatment systems.
Seqwater’s recent advancements in robotics are transforming the way water quality is being monitored across South East Queensland. Seqwater’s newly developed Autonomous Motorised Monitoring Instrument, or SAMMI, is the result of a collaboration with robotic researchers at QUT’s Institute for Future Environments.
Contractors are faced with a number of challenges when breaking ground in urban areas. Congested underground conditions, unmarked utilities and increasingly strict regulations mean contractors need to be able to accurately locate underground assets in a timely manner.
Canberra will be the first Australian city to pilot a publicly available hydrogen vehicle refuelling station. The clean-energy facility will be built in Mildura Street, Fyshwick, by ActewAGL with the support of renewable energy generator Neoen.
The WA Government is investing $11.6 million in the installation of solar farms and energy storage in remote Aboriginal communities, with the program to be delivered by Horizon Power.
A new, digital innovation trial by Hunter Water is currently underway to assist in finding and fixing hidden leaks and predicting water main bursts before they occur.
The 44th Queensland Water Industry Operations Conference & Exhibition will be held at the Bundaberg Multiplex on 5-6 June 2019, and will once again be an important event for the water industry.
Ground-breaking climate change research conducted by SA Water has successfully demonstrated an ability to monitor and reduce nitrous oxide emissions by 30 per cent from its wastewater treatment plant at Bolivar.
