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A thirst for recycled water (South Australian Policy Online)

A national survey carried out by Flinders University researchers has found a high level of acceptance towards the use of treated wastewater in non potable applications.
http://www.sapo.org.au/opin/opin6944.html

Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment, Australia

• All about Australia’s drinking water
  Includes information about collecting, storing and treating water.
  http://www.waterquality.crc.org.au/DWFacts/DWFact_All_About_Water.pdf

• Drinking water treatment
  Includes the history of water treatment and water treatment processes.
  http://www.waterquality.crc.org.au/DWFacts/DWFact_Treatment_Water.pdf

• Keeping water safe: chlorination and disinfection by-products
  Covers water disinfection methods and by-products of disinfection.
  http://www.waterquality.crc.org.au/dwfacts/dwfact_keep_water_safe.pdf

Water made clear (National Health and Medical Research Council, Australia)

Provides an overview of the supply of drinking water. Includes possible sources of water contamination, storage, treatment options and sampling for analysis of water quality.
http://www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/_files/eh33.pdf

What is water quality? (New South Wales Environment Protection Authority, Australia)

Discusses aspects of water quality used for drinking, irrigation and maintaining aquatic ecosystems.
http://www.epa.nsw.gov.au/envirom/waterqual.htm

Wastewater (Queensland Government’s Environmental Protection Agency, Australia)

Lists some questions and answers about wastewater.
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/environmental_management/water/wastewater

Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation, Australia

• To drink... or not to drink?
  Describes research investigating consumer attitudes to drinking recycled water.
  http://www.csiro.au/science/ps1co.html

• Without water: the economics of supplying water to five million more Australians
  A comprehensive report on the possible effects of an increasing population on the cost of water.
  http://www.clw.csiro.au/publications/waterforahealthycountry/2006/withoutwater.pdf

Dry and getting drier (Melbourne University Up Close Podcast, Australia)

Transcript of an interview with Professor Langford and Professor Millis. Discusses the need for radical changes in water management in Australia. The audio is also available for download.

About Water Futures (Water Futures – Toowoomba, Australia)

Provides information on the Water Futures project, recycled water and other water options considered for the town’s drinking water supply.
http://www.toowoombawater.com.au/introduction.html

Introduction to desalination technologies in Australia (Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries)

Summarises desalination methods and their potential use in Australia.
http://www.affa.gov.au/content/publications.cfm?Category=Natural%20Resource%20Management&ObjectID=AD7668EF-0BA2-492B-AB47C41D49BD810E

How does reverse osmosis work? (How Stuff Works, USA)

Summarises the process of reverse osmosis.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/question29.htm

Desalination of brackish water with wind-powered reverse osmosis (Water Resources Research Center, University of Hawaii, USA)

Looks at the use of wind power to supply fresh water.
http://www.wrrc.hawaii.edu/research/project_liu/desalination.html

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

• Recycling advocates pooh-pooh 'no' vote (News in Science, 31 July 2006)
  Comments on the rejection of a water recycling plant by Toowoomba.
  http://abc.net.au/science/news/tech/InnovationRepublish_1701698.htm

• Water crisis (Ask an Expert)
  Provides answers to common questions about water.
  http://www.abc.net.au/science/expert/realexpert/watercrisis/