Ballarat Mayor Judy Verlin has thrown her support behind the fluoridation of the city’s water supply.
The Department of Health will add fluoride to the water supply from November 16.
Councillor Verlin says she has listened to both sides of the fluoride debate and personally believes that adding fluoride to Ballarat’s water supply is a good idea.
“I [...]

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The Wimmera-Mallee pipeline project has won an environmental sustainability award.
Grampians Wimmera Mallee Water is one of 67 organisations to win an Australian Business Award, from a field of almost 1,000 entrants from various industries.
Manager director Jeff Rigby says the award acknowledges the company’s commitment to preserving and protecting the environment.
He says this has been achieved [...]

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Doctors in the Blue Mountains town of Lithgow have signed a letter to the local council raising concern about the safety of its water.
Doctor John Dearin, says the GPs’ fears were sparked by an article in the New South Wales Public Health Journal last year, which raised concerns about elevated nickel levels in the water [...]

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The Queensland Department of Environment says millions of megalitres of floodwater has been recorded in Western Queensland this year, 30 times the volume of Sydney Harbour.
Downpours in January and February caused massive flooding in the Gulf and north-west river systems, flowing into the state’s south-west and then into South Australia’s Lake Eyre.
Department spokesman Peter Gordon [...]

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Fluoride will be added to Coffs Harbour’s water supply tomorrow.
In 2004 the Department of Health ordered that fluoride be added, however the council wanted to wait until the new water filtration plant was up and running.
That plant was officially opened yesterday at Karangi.
From tomorrow all homes connected to the town water supply on the coastal [...]

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An outbreak of toxic blue-green algae has been confirmed in the Lower Darling River placing the area around Burtundy on a red level alert for algae.
The algae can cause gastroenteritis and skin and eye irritations and the water is unsuitable for recreation or domestic use and may also pose a threat to livestock.
Blue-green algae levels [...]

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Water allocation projections have been revised by the South Australian Government this year.
In the last July forecast, there was an even chance that allocations would rise to 52 per cent by the end of November.
That has now been changed to an even chance of a 28 per cent allocation.
The Water Department says the change is based on [...]

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AAAI’s new website
The AAAI Group has launched its new website at www.aaai.com.au. They have made their website easier to navigate, more user friendly and have added a range of new features. The new site features a streamlined navigation system which now only contains four main sections, helping candidates get to what you want faster. They [...]

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The first water allocations for 2008 to 2009 have been announced for the Murray and Murrumbidgee valleys.
There is an available water determination of 25 per cent for high security users in the Murray Valley and 30 per cent for those in the Murrumbidgee Valley, say the Department of Water and Energy.
In a statement, the department’s [...]

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The Victorian Government is making it mandatory for all government schools to audit their water use in an attempt to reduce unnecessary water usage and encourage efficient water use habits.
Roughly 400 schools have voluntarily taken part in the schools water efficiency program and on average, they have cut their water use by 13 per cent.
The program will cost [...]

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