Water Supply

Clermont residents are still being urged to conserve water, while storage levels are critically low due to multiple pump failures.

Three unions have voted for work stoppages and work bans after a new payroll system has been routinely paying employees incorrectly or late since July.

The NSW government says about 20 per cent of the 2 million megalitres of water used by schools is lost to leaks every year. 

It's just over a month since Australia's largest rice processor, SunRice, laid-off nearly 80 workers in southern NSW and already some people are struggling to pay rent.

Businesses have been hit with hefty bill increases by Tasmania's water provider, leaving some wondering if they can remain open. 

A new water recycling plant in Central NSW can process '16 times' more efficiently than existing systems, its inventor says. 

Calls to halt floodplain harvesting are mounting after NSW's chief water regulator revealed uncertainty around enforcing the state's water laws. 

Peabody's plan to keep its Metropolitan Mine south of Sydney operating until 2044 has won emphatic union backing while the Greens call for it to be rejected.

Thirty years ago, Perth's Mundaring Weir overflowed following good winter rains. The visitors who flocked to see the spectacle had no idea it would never happen again. 

If approved, a Sydney facility will pump millions of litres of treated wastewater, equivalent to 35 Olympic-sized swimming pools, into Parramatta River per day to service a growing population.

A major housing development in a fast-growing South Australian region has been put on hold due to what the housing minister has described as the state's "severely constrained" water system.

Turn on the kitchen tap in parts of outback Queensland and you'll get water that looks more at home in a puddle than a glass.  

It's the result of century-old artesian bores and ageing water infrastructure. This report from Nicole Hegarty.

In Australia's most decentralised state, water infrastructure is failing, leading residents in one town to rely on the bottled variety, but it comes at a cost.

A $31.9 billion hyper-scale data centre proposed for regional Queensland promises huge economic scale, while raising questions about energy demands and water security.

Riverina Water is diluting water from two of its Wagga Wagga bores due to elevated levels of so-called "forever chemicals" being detected, but the source of contamination is a mystery. 

Wet winter conditions across southern Australia have brought increased flows into South Australia's River Murray.

SA Water has today opened four spillway gates at Mt Bold Reservoir after its storage levels jumped from 69 per cent to 95 per cent in a matter of days.

The future of Kate Tucker’s family farm looks as murky as its waterways, which face a raft of contamination issues, but poor environmental regulation has left her with few options.

Urgent repairs to address a pending water crisis in Papua New Guinea's capital are being delayed after traditional landowners set up a blockade. 

The Victorian government and a regional water authority have admitted they did not property consult with traditional owners before approving a controversial flood plain restoration project.