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Gabi Warlang Bidi: Water quality improvement plan for the Peel-Harvey estuary system
Technical Report: This water quality improvement plan brings together our current understanding of the health of the Peel-Harvey estuary. Insights and predictions from recent modelling show where we need to…
Release of Future Drought Fund Investment Strategy
The Future Drought Fund (FDF) Investment Strategy, published January 2025, provides a roadmap of how programs will be funded and delivered during the current four-year funding cycle of the FDF. …
New WAter Ways e-news January 2025 edition
The latest news, events, training and information relating to water, stormwater management, WSUD and more can be viewed online HERE.
2024 Global Water Monitor Report released
The annual report shows changes in the global water cycle and provides background on major events worldwide. In 2024, the world broke new temperature records while precipitation extremes increased. Water-related…
New WAter Ways e-news December 2024 edition
The latest news, events, training and information relating to water, stormwater management, WSUD and more can be viewed online HERE.
Grants open for Western Australian conservation initiatives
The Cook Government is backing community efforts to conserve and enhance Western Australia’s unique environment with $7 million for local projects. Read the media statement here.
New WAter Ways WSUD Training Sessions announced for 2025
New WAter Ways WSUD Training Sessions New WAter Ways delivers a number of training sessions to build industry knowledge and optimise water sensitive urban design outcomes across our communities.…
New WAter Ways e-news: November 2024 edition
The latest news, events, training and information relating to water, stormwater management, WSUD and more can be viewed online HERE.
Water Industry Leaders Recognized at Annual Awards Showcase and Networking Event
The water industry’s top innovators and leaders gathered last month at the Stormwater WA Awards for Excellence Showcase and Networking Event, a highlight in the water sector calendar that celebrated…
New WAter Ways e-news: October 2024 edition
The latest news, events, training and information relating to water, stormwater management, WSUD and more can be viewed online HERE.
Director General formally appointed to Department of Water and Environmental Regulation
The State Government has confirmed the formal appointment of Alistair Jones to the position of Director General at the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation (DWER). Read the Media Statement…
Waterwise offer launched to ease pressure on dams
A new spring waterwise offer to help save 155 million litres of valuable water is now available, with rainfall run-off into Perth’s dams remaining significantly below average despite the wet…
New WAter Ways e-news: September 2024 edition
The latest news, events, training and information relating to water, stormwater management, WSUD and more can be viewed online HERE.
New climate projections guide to strengthen water management
A new guide has been published which will help scientists, planners and decision-makers manage our most precious resource using up-to-date climate projections and approaches. Read the press release HERE
Can we really reach net zero by 2050?
Can we really reach net zero by 2050? A new report maps out Australia’s path in more detail than ever before. A zero-carbon mindset must “become the new normal” in…
Third round of Urban Greening Grants for local governments
The Cook Labor Government’s enormously popular Urban Greening Grants Program has returned for a third round, with $1.6 million worth of grants to be made available to local governments throughout…
New WAter Ways e-news: August 2024 edition
The latest news, events, training and information relating to water, stormwater management, WSUD and more can be viewed online HERE.
New Publication: What is a water sensitive city?
Objectives, outcomes, criteria, indicators and targets for water sensitive communities. Delivering water sensitive communities for Perth and Peel This guideline outlines objectives, outcomes, criteria, indicators and targets for all aspects…
Radical solutions proposed to protect Perth’s groundwater in a warmer, drier climate
After a summer in which Perth recorded its driest six-month stretch since records began, revelations that the Coca-Cola company was extracting, free-of-charge, thousands of litres of water from a bore in Perth hills…
New WAter Ways e-news: July 2024 edition
The latest news, events, training and information relating to water, stormwater management, WSUD and more can be viewed online HERE.
New WAter Ways e-news: June 2024 edition
The latest news, events, training and information relating to water, stormwater management, WSUD and more can be viewed online HERE.
Stormwater WA Awards for Excellence 2024
Stormwater WA have announced the winners of their 2024 Awards for Excellence! The water community gathered at Hydropolis 2024 for the announcement of the Stormwater WA 2024 Awards for Excellence…
Grants available for Swan Canning Riverpark foreshore restoration
Local governments will share in up to $850,000 in funding as part of the State Government’s latest round of Riverbank grants. The program, introduced by the Gallop Government in 2002,…
WA’s largest water resource recovery facility setting standards
Work has begun on a $238.5 million upgrade of Western Australia’s largest water resource recovery facility, setting a new benchmark in sustainably converting wastewater into clean water, renewable energy, and…
Perth & Peel Urban Greening Grants now open
Round One of the Urban Greening Grant Program is now open. Local Governments in the Perth and Peel regions are eligible to apply for $1.11 million in funding to support…
Consultation – Draft Updates To The Rainfall And Runoff Guidelines
The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is seeking feedback on the updated Climate Change Considerations chapter in Australian Rainfall and Runoff: A Guide to Flood…
Code of Practice urban and peri-urban drainage modelling in Western Australia
In early 2020, key stakeholders and urban drainage practitioners in WA recommended the formation of a partnership to “prepare a ‘code of practice’ or guideline which describes the process for…
Contemporary Issues in PRME Annual Lecture 2023 – Water for Life
This lecture explores Aboriginal people’s understanding of ‘one water’ – from the sky and below – in sustaining the land and its people. The University of Western Australia Business School…
New WAter Ways e-news: September 2023 edition
The latest news, events, training and information relating to water, stormwater management, WSUD and more can be viewed online HERE.
Recipients of 2023-24 Riverbank Funding announced
The Swan and Canning rivers are set to benefit from $1.26 million in new funding for up to 20 foreshore restoration projects as part of the Cook Government’s Riverbank Program.…
