Held in Brisbane on 12-13 March 2020, the Australian Water Association and International Water Association Young Water Professionals Conference will bring together future leaders of industry, research and government around a central theme - “What's your water story?”. Water connects us all irrespective of location, race, gender, culture and identity. Water supports our lives, our…

Looking for ideas to help your Local Government become more Waterwise? This 2-part free webinar series (via zoom) aims to showcase waterwise actions by local government that helped each Council achieve Platinum Waterwise Council status. The first session will include an introduction to the goals and indicators of a Water Sensitive City, as defined by…

Please join us for City of Melbourne's first ever Virtual Canopy Green Roof Forum as we launch City of Melbourne's Green Factor Tool. The Melbourne Green Factor Tool is an Australian-first online green infrastructure assessment tool aimed at landscape designers and architects, planners and developers. It has been developed to help aid better inclusion and…

The WA Branch of the Australian Water Association invites you to join us for a webinar on The Role of Water in Renewable Hydrogen to be held in Wednesday 27 May 2020. Renewable hydrogen will play a prominent role in securing a sustainable, carbon free future as the world diverges from the traditional, fossil fuel…

Looking for ideas to help your Local Government become more Waterwise? This 2-part free webinar series (via zoom) aims to showcase waterwise actions by local government that helped each Council achieve Platinum Waterwise Council status. The first session will include an introduction to the goals and indicators of a Water Sensitive City, as defined by…

Re-examining the of history Aboriginal land management – Why this is important for environmental professionals Environmental practitioners know too well the damage that has been wrought on our environment over the last 240 years. In this webinar, Bruce will explain why our profession will need to better understand and draw on 65,000 years of Aboriginal…

The Healthy Waterways Strategy (HWS) was released in 2018 and provides direction towards a regional vision for the health of rivers, estuaries and wetlands in the Port Phillip and Westernport region. It is a strategy that is shared across Melbourne Water, state and local government, water corporations and the community. It builds on a long-term…

On May 28, Australia’s city and community makers will gather to learn about the latest trends, technologies and thinking when it comes to creating the cities, towns and suburbs of the future. Now, more than ever, our need to stay digitally connected is critically important, and the smart cities community has a vital role to…

To celebrate and commemorate National Reconciliation Week, Australian Water Association is hosting a webinar next Friday, 29 May called Talking Water Together. To give you some background, National Reconciliation Week runs from 27 May to 3 June every single year. These dates commemorate two significant milestones in the reconciliation journey — the successful 1967 referendum,…