Water Supply

When Luke Simpson clocked in to work at Torrumbarry Weir for his early morning inspections one of the last things he probably thought he'd be doing would be winching an enormous goanna out of the water.

In its latest effort to shore-up supply, Water Corporation is adding thousands of plastic hexagons to dams to stop drinking water from being lost to evaporation.

There is no scientific evidence that water divining works, so why are so many landholders still using it as a method to find water?

The desalination plant would service the entire Eyre Peninsular which is fast running out of water.

The First Nations people of the Eyre Peninsula are threatening legal action against SA Water to stop the construction of a desalination plant they say will cause "insurmountable damage" to fish traps that predate colonisation.

Port Douglas residents are weary after the mains water is switched off for the second time this month amid concerns for the tourist town's reputation as they are told to fill water containers.

The chair of the Ngumpan Aboriginal Community says Western Australia's Water Corporation failed to effectively notify locals after E. coli and thermophilic naegleria were detected in its water supply.

A new study finds the 98 per cent of Australians with access to reliable drinking water want to help the remaining 2 per cent going without. 

Across the globe, wastewater is treated so it's safe to drink and Sydneysiders are being told to consider it for the future.

Convincing Australians that recycled water — purified water from kitchens, showers and toilets for reuse — is safe to consume hasn't always been easy, but it's being considered again as the pressure grows on water supplies.

A prominent water engineer says a decision to abandon and rebuild the controversial Paradise Dam near Bundaberg would take years but is ultimately the "right choice".

Bundaberg's controversial Paradise Dam will need to be completely rebuilt after investigations found the wall has "too many issues" to be repaired.

After lowering Paradise Dam's wall due to safety concerns, its operator Sunwater now says a $1.2 billion plan to restore it won't be enough to make Bundaberg's main agricultural water store safe.

Locals in parts of flood-devastated Far North Queensland are left without drinking water as authorities race to fix a badly damaged water treatment plant in aftermath of ex-Tropical Cyclone Jasper.

Cairns' mayor estimates that the city was two hours away from losing its water supply during last week's torrential rain, bringing to the fore the city's urgent need to upgrade its water supply.

Steven Miles was sworn in as Queensland's 40th Premier on Friday and immediately found himself at the centre of the crisis unfolding in the far north amid record floods.

Thousands of dead barramundi could start washing up through the Redlynch Valley in Cairns over the coming days following the removal of a spillway net from Copperlode Dam, the city's main water supply.

Yass and Boorowa residents spend thousands on bottled water despite election promises to fix problem.

Bathing in dirty, smelly water is nothing new in this town where residents spend thousands of dollars on bottled water to avoid drinking the "rotten" local supply. 

SA Water says it needs the upgrades in Adelaide’s north to handle population growth and what it calls limited available capacity in its network.

South Australia's water corporation has proposed bill increases to fund four projects, and the rest of the water network, over the next four years. So what are the projects?

Unconventional gas production, including from the Northern Territory's Beetaloo Basin, will require new approvals from the Commonwealth after the government brought forward its plans to expand a so-called water trigger.

Residents of a community in north-east Arnhem Land say they had no access to running water across three days and received no communication about when the outage would be fixed.

First Nations water groups have welcomed changes to the Murray-Darling Basin Plan which will formally acknowledge their connection to water and aim to increase Indigenous ownership.  

SA irrigators are concerned about the impact of the new Murray Darling Basin plan for voluntary water buybacks, that will see hundreds of gigalitres returned to the environment.