Fire Protection Recycled Water Pipeline for Mornington Peninsula
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council today said the 350 million litres a day of Class A recycled water, treated at the Eastern Treatment...
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Sep 11, 2018
Piping recycled wastewater to farmers is enticing, but is it economically feasible?
As drought tightens its grip calls have been mounting for the 100,000 megalitres of wastewater that is released by treatment plants into...
Jun 27, 2018
Perth dodged a water crisis like Cape Town's Day Zero — but the city's still not out of the
Imagine having to wait in a queue to collect a 25-litre daily ration of water because your city's taps have run dry. That is a doomsday...
Jun 5, 2018
Where water is scarce, communities turn to reusing wastewater
When California’s Orange County Water District began distributing drinking water derived from sewage in the mid-1970s, it acted out of...
May 2, 2018
Rating the taste of recycled water
In drought areas, treated wastewater is added back to the potable water stream. It's safe, and one study says it even tastes better....
Mar 20, 2018
Recycled water becoming a common component of Australian tap water
The world is watching as Cape Town's water crisis approaches "Day Zero". Questions are being asked about which other cities could be at...
Mar 18, 2018
Australians will have to get used to drinking recycled water
Drinking treated sewage has always been on the nose in Australia. The "ick" factor has led successive state governments across the...
Feb 7, 2018
How to prevent cities from drying up
The South African city of Cape Town, home to more than four million people, is set to run out of water in a matter of weeks. It is a...
Jan 17, 2018
On-site system turns toilet water into purified drinking water
A company in Northeast Ohio has made clean water production the foundation of its existence. "Our goal is to change the way the world...
Dec 7, 2017
Dublin residents to get recycled sewage water in their taps
In the next number of years, houses in Dublin could potentially be pumped with recycled sewage water. A new report published in the Irish...
Nov 7, 2017
Mandatory for Industries to reuse treated sewage water
The Maharashtra government has made it the primary responsibility of urban local bodies (ULBs) — municipal corporations and municipal...
Nov 5, 2017
University reuses sewage as biogas using Hyacinths
A group of biotechnologists from Vignan University have developed a model for conversion of domestic sewage water into biogas and...
Oct 28, 2017
Recycled water for car washing in Karnataka, India
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), which pushed service centres here into offering water washes only if they have...
Sep 15, 2017
Apartment dwellers to 'micro-trade' rainwater
Future Melbourne apartment dwellers may trade unused rainwater from rooftop tanks with their neighbours, cutting down on their water...
Aug 29, 2017
A new sewage treatment plant proposed for Doncaster, Victoria
A $25 million sewage treatment plant will be built in Manningham to supply recycled waste water to new homes in the booming Doncaster...
Aug 22, 2017
Economic and environmental benefits of the Adelaide irrigation project
An irrigation project that could create up to 3700 jobs in northern Adelaide will go ahead after the Federal Government promised to...
Aug 15, 2017
San Diego to recycle sewage into drinking water
Federal and state water-quality regulators have cleared the way for the city of San Diego to avoid costly upgrades to an outdated...
Aug 14, 2017
Drinking recycled sewage water: soon to be a reality in Perth
PERTH households could soon be drinking recycled sewage after health regulators gave Water Corporation the all-clear to start production...
Jun 18, 2017
Perth's recycled water groundwater replenishment doubled
Perth is pumping recycled water into the underground aquifers that provide its drinking water supply as part of a strategy to...
May 24, 2017
Water recycling gains momentum in South Africa
A massive behavioural change has been witnessed in water conservation and usage amongst South Africans following extensive campaigns by...
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