World on course to run out of water, warns Ban Ki-moon Freshwater supply and water quality under pressure, warns UN secretary general on International Day of Biological Diversity Share 123 inShare4 Email John Parnell for RTCC, part of the Guardian Environment Network guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 22 May 2013 12.20 BST Jump to comments (17) Woodland stream Continue Reading →
Dirty water turbidity at Mt Crosby water treatment plant. Photo: Supplied Directors-general of three state government departments have been called in to urgent meetings to discuss the threat which silt in the Brisbane River poses to Brisbane’s water supply.
The 2011 Queensland Floods report confirms the concerns of locals Diane and Mark Bruhn about the lunacy of the flood measures being taken by local and state governments. Published in The Generator last week they provided new evidence that they are bulldozing and burning, increasing the speed and ferocity of the floods and the subsequent Continue Reading →
Diane and Mark Bruhn live in the Lockyer Valley and are alarmed by the mismanagement of the waterways that continues to make floods worse through landclearing. They have been trying to communicate their views to State Government about possible land management factors which may have played a part in the recent unbelievable flood they’ve had Continue Reading →
AN AQUATIC veterinarian critical of the dredging project in Gladstone Harbour has attacked testing and reporting methods used by authorities. Dr Matt Landos has written a long list of criticisms of testing by Gladstone Ports Corporation (GPC) and the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (EHP). Those departments yesterday went on the front foot, delivering Continue Reading →
Store water underground: scientists AAPNovember 26, 2012, 6:08 pm tweet0 Email Print Surplus rainwater should be stored underground instead of in dams to prepare for drought, a scientific study says. The National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training has made the recommendation as the federal government tables Australia’s first national Murray-Darling Basin plan in parliament. Continue Reading →