Making every drop count
Useful sites
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.
Cooperative Research Centre for Water Quality and Treatment, Australia
All about Australia’s drinking water
Includes information about collecting, storing and treating water.
Drinking water treatment
Includes the history of water treatment and water treatment processes.
Keeping water safe: Chlorination and disinfection by-products
Covers water disinfection methods and by-products of disinfection.
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.
Water quality (New South Wales Government Department of Environment and Climate Change, Australia)
Discusses aspects of water quality used for drinking, irrigation and maintaining aquatic ecosystems.
Wastewater (Queensland Government’s Environmental Protection Agency, Australia)
Lists some questions and answers about wastewater.
Commonwealth Scientific Industrial Research Organisation, Australia
To drink... or not to drink?
Describes research investigating consumer attitudes to drinking recycled water.
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.
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.
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.
Australian Government Department of Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
Introduction to desalination technologies in Australia
Summarises desalination methods and their potential use in Australia.
Water for the future: Australian water education toolkit
A central location that provides links to hundreds of water education resources. Resources may be searched for by school level, region, concept and/or keyword.
How does reverse osmosis work? (How Stuff Works, USA)
Summarises the process of reverse osmosis.
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.
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.
Water crisis (Ask an Expert)
Provides answers to common questions about water.
Page updated April 2010.