Creating a native waterwise verge
Stirling Libraries - Dianella Waverley Street, Dianella, Western Australia, AustraliaDo you have a grassed verge? Would you like to create a native waterwise verge full of wildlife this autumn? Then this workshop is for you! Planting a verge with low growing plants, either natives or even vegetables, can help address the Urban Heat Sink affect caused by losing tree canopy and installing hard stand…
Business Clean Up Day
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Site Tour – Woodman Point WRRF and Hazer Hydrogen Demonstration Plant
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre , AustraliaConnected by Water - Pre event Site Tours Site Tour Two - Woodman Point WRRF and Hazer Hydrogen Demonstration Plant Water Corporation’s Woodman Point Resource Recovery Facility is Perth’s largest, treating up to 180 megalitres per day through an advanced activated sludge process. The facility is also currently undergoing an upgrade to include thermal hydrolysis…
Site Tour – Wetlands of Boorloo (Perth) Walking Tour
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre , AustraliaConnected by Water Pre-event Site Tours Site Tour Three – Wetlands of Boorloo (Perth) Walking Tour Join Jason Barrow, proud Noongar man with Danjoo Koorliny, Nandi Chinna, researcher, poet and author of Swamp; walking the wetlands of the Swan Coastal Plain, Sarah Hill – Manager Parks at City of Vincent, and Winsome MacLaurin, lead for…
Site Tour – Water Corporation’s Advanced Water Recycling Plant and Water Research & Innovation Precinct
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre , AustraliaConnected by Water - Pre event site tours Site Tour One - Water Corporation’s Advanced Water Recycling Plant and Water Research & Innovation Precinct Water Corporation’s Advanced Water Recycling Plant is leading the way in advancing Australia’s perceptions and acceptance of treating used water to turn it into high quality drinking water. This innovative scheme…
Australian Water Association – Connected by Water Conference 2024
Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre , AustraliaThe inaugural Connected by Water conference will bring together a national and international audience to sustainable water management in the West. The bi-annual Young Water Professionals Conference is combined with Connected by Water, offering a unique opportunity for our YWPs to reach a broader audience. This cross-sector national conference will connect not only our water colleagues,…
Workshop: Integrating eDNA into bioassessment and monitoring of subterranean fauna in Western Australia
Keiran McNamara Conservation Science Centre, Kensington 17 Dick Perry Ave, Kensington, Western Australia, AustraliaWhat will the future look like? Resource companies in Western Australia are mandated to assess and monitor groundwater biodiversity as part of the State’s Environmental Protection Agency legislative requirements. However, current groundwater survey techniques rely on traditional taxonomy and DNA sequencing of individual specimens, which are time-consuming, expensive and biased towards common taxa. The ARC…
National WSUD Compliance Network – February Meeting
Online - Times in AWSTThis is the third meeting of the National WSUD Compliance Network. The Network is looking at improving WSUD compliance in Australia by regularly bringing together a range of experienced and diverse stakeholders. This meeting will look to dive deeper into the materials of the WSUD Maintenance Compliance Framework. This meeting will go for 90 minutes…
PIA PLANET Online │ Environmental Impact Assessment in WA – EPA assessment and EPBC Act
Online - Times in AWSTThe WA Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) is the peak environmental agency in WA and is responsible for carrying our environment impact assessments (EIA) of significant proposals, many of which are planning proposals or have significant planning implications: for example, the Bunbury Outer Ring Road, Kemerton Power Station, Alkimos Seawater Desalination Plant, Smiths Beach Project, Yallingup…
Parks Week Australia
Parks Week is about hundreds of organisations across Australia and New Zealand holding events to celebrate the vital role parks play in creating liveable cities and thriving communities. Parks Week 2024 will focus on the how spending time in our parks and open spaces positively influences our wellbeing.