Water

Guidance materials for small-scale decentralised wastewater systems
ISF research project for Water Environment Research Foundation (WERF) launches guidance materials for businesses to manage small-scale and decentralised wastewater systems.

Sewage dumped in the deep loo sea
Newcastle Herald, 4 May 2009. p4.

Study of surf zone health risks
Newcastle Herald, 4 May 2009. p4.

Radio interview with Stuart White on the need for flexibility to deal with uncertainty over water
ABC North Coast NSW (Lismore), Statewide Afternoons, 25/05/2009 03:42PM Compere: Fiona Wyllie

When saving water costs energy
ABC Science Online, 27 May 2009.

Radio interview with Simon Fane
ABC Newcastle, Day Shift, 8 April 2009.

Hunter lags on urban water rules
Newcastle Herald, 16 March 2009, p61.

Re-use the key to sustainable supply
Weekend Australian, 7 March 2009, p6.

Calculating real-life water use
Facility Management, 1 March 2009, p52.

Radio interview with Stuart White about desalination
Triple J (Melbourne) 17 February 2009, 5.48pm, Kate O'Toole

Useful checklist
Water Engineering Australia (letters), February 2009, p4.

Water Quality Research Australia Limited (WQRA)
Water, 1 February 2009, p60

The sanitation and water conference 2008, SE Asia and Pacific
Water, 1 February 2009, p112

Toilet scheme hot on flushes
Illawarra Mercury, 2 February 2009, p2.

Radio interview with Stuart White about the toilet rebate scheme.
ABC 702 Sydney (Sydney), Drive, 02/02/2009 05:20PM Compere: Richard Glover

Telling any 'dam' one who'll listen
Fraser Coast Chronicle, 9 December 2008, p4.

Radio interview with Prof Stuart White about rainwater harvesting.
ABC 612 Brisbane, Mornings, 19 November 2008. 9.44am

The restorative paradigm
Water Engineering Australia, November 2008, p33.

News Alert: International water industry warned off Aussie desalination folly
An Australian water expert questioned the widespread construction of desalination plants in Australia at an international forum today.

Admit you're wrong and can dam plan: Professor
Fraser Coast Chronicle, 31 October 2008. p5.

Water worries temporary: report
Sunday Age, 26 October 2008. p2.

Parched city first to draw water from 'exploited' basin
Australian, 17 October 2008. p6.

Radio interview with Prof. Stuart White on national water programs
ABC South Western Victoria (Warrnambool), Vic Country Hour, 8 September, 12.38pm

Dam protest surges: GetUp's aboard with climate torch in Traveston dam fight.
Sunshine Coast Daily, 16 August 2008, p22.

AWA conference on urban water reform: governance and structures in a challenging climate
Water, 1 August 2008, p30.

Radio interview with Stuart White about emissions and Traveston Crossing Dam
ABC Sunshine & Cooloola Coasts (Sunshine Coast), Mornings, 08/07/2008 08:38AM Compere: Annie Gaffney

Dam emissions won't stack up financially
The Courier Mail, 8 July 2008, 04.

Radio interview with Stuart White on the future of energy
ABC New England North West (Tamworth), Mornings, 16/07/2008 10:09AM

Restorative water: beyond sustainable
Waste Management & Environment, Tuesday 1 July 2008, p20.

Dam emissions won't stack up financially
Courier Mail, Tuesday 8 July 2008, p4.

Proposed dam to create 400,000T of greenhouse gas: study
AAP Newswire

Dam to be big polluter
Sunshine Coast Daily, Wednesday 9 July 2008, p9.

Greenhouse gas thumbs down to dam
Fraser Coast Chronicle, Wednesday 9 July 2008, p8.

Radio interview with Stuart White on Traveston Dam and emissions trading scheme
ABC Sunshine & Cooloola Coasts (Sunshine Coast), Mornings, 08/07/2008 08:38AM Compere: Annie Gaffney

Radio interview with Alex Kazaglis on Traveston Dam and GHG emissions
ABC Western Queensland (Longreach), Qld Country Hour, 08/07/2008 12:16PM Compere: Jane Paterson

Radio interview with Stuart White on emissions associated with Traveston Dam
SEA FM Sunshine Coast (Sunshine Coast), 06:30 News, 09/07/2008 06:33AM Compere: Newsreader

Radio interview with Alex Kazaglis on Traveston Dam
ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg), Rural Report, 09/07/2008 06:15AM Compere: Scott Lamond

Dam's $8million a year Greenhouse emissions
Gympie Times, Thursday 10 July 2008, p3.

Traveston emissions grossly underestimated: study
Brisbane Times, 9 July 2008

Engineers say no to dam
Gympie Times, Thursday 26 June 2008, p7.

Enviro08 The Sustainability Conference
Water, Vol 35, No 4, June 2008, p38

No 'dam'idea
Gympie Times, 4 June 2008, p8.

Radio interview with Stuart White on water scarcity
ABC North Coast NSW (Lismore) Statewide afternoons, Fiona Wyllie, 17 June 2008, 3.18pm.

Radio interview with Dana Cordell on peak phosphorous
Bush Telegraph, ABC Rural, Friday 20 June 2008

To paradise and beyond
Cities on the Edge, Griffith Review, Winter 2008.

Dam fight goes to Garrett's territory
Gympie Times, 29 May 2008, p5.

Desalination: the solution?
Age, Saturday 17 May 2008, p3.

Is desalination the solution?
Independent Weekly, 23 May 2008, p10.

Plan to turn old Sydney brewery into $2b green precinct
AAP Newswire, Tuesday 8 April 2008

Greener vision for CUB site
Australian Financial Review, Wednesday 9 April 2008, p66.

World's biggest home brew - and room for 13,000 at the inn
Sydney Morning Herald, Wednesday 9 April 2008, p3.

Why Tillegra Dam?
Dungog Chronicle, Wednesday 2 April 2008, p5.

Flood for dam debate
Newcastle Herald, 11 April 2008, p4.

Councils scrutinise implications of inquiry into country water utilities
Narrabri Courier, 10 April 2008, p25.

The dam we can do well without
Dungog Chronicle, 16 April 2008

From brewery to sophisticated city precinct: $2bn green dream
The Daily Telegraph, Wednesday 9 April 2008, p12.

Plan to turn old Sydney brewery into $2b green precinct
AAP Newswire, Tuesday 8 April 2008.

Submissions to inquiry closing
Northern Daily Leader, 30 April 2008, p11.

Celebrating our true achievers
Waste Management & Environment, April 2008, p49.

Radio interview with Stuart White
Radio 2GB (Sydney) Breakfast, 28 March 2008, 7.21am

From the Mayor's desk
Warren Weekly, 12 March 2008. p1.

Grey water and red tape
G magazine, 1 March 2008, p62.

Experts predict water prices to double
Coonabarabran Times, 13 March 2008, p13.

To Dam, or Not to Dam?
Australian Geographic, February 2008

Cheap and nasty economics
Courier Mail, 1 February 2008, p26.

Mayor backs hard line on dam report
Sunshine Coast Daily, 6 February 2008, p7.

Water use down
Inner West Suburbs Courier, 29 January 2008, p13.

Dam EIS lacks detail: Greenhouse emissions 100 times stated levels
Sunshine Coast Daily, 29 January 2008, p3.

Dam greenhouse 'sleight of hand'
Gympie Times, 26 January 2008, p8.

Radio interview on greenhouse impacts associated with Traveston Crossing Dam
4GY (Sunshine Coast) 24 January 2008, 7am.

Iemma too stupid or too proud
Sydney Morning Herald, Friday 25 January 2008, p15.

Radio interview about Traveston Crossing Dam
4GY (Sunshine Coast), 22 November 2007, 9am News

Television interview on the proposed Traveton Dam
ABC Channel 2 (Brisbane) Stateline, 16 November 2007.

City rejects 'cruel dam hoax': Greens
Gympie Times, 15 November 2007, page 4.

Fight's not over
St George & Sutherland Shire Leader, 23 October 2007, p8.

Desalination plant a 'costly mistake' says water expert
UTS Newsroom

River Science
Gympie Times - letters, 22 September 2007.

Taking the P out of pee
Glasshouse Country News, 19 September 2007.

Brisbane deserves a better water supply
Gympie Times, 18 September 2007.

Idle desalination plant to cost $50m a year
Sydney Morning Herald, 17 September 2007

Desal review to be limited
St George & Sutherland Shire Leader, 11 September 2007.

Nutrients wasted through 'poo taboo'
National Marketplace News, August 2007, p50.

Recycled poo 'the next big thing'
news.com.au, 13 July 2007.

Radio interview with Stuart White
PM, Radio National, 14 August 2007, 5.44pm.

$1.4m for water projects
Daily Telegraph, 8 August 2007, p13.

Sunshine News
Seven Sunshine Coast News, 2 July 2007, 6.05pm

Radio interview with Cynthia Mitchell
ABC Newcastle, 19 July 2007, 2.09pm.

Radio interview with Cynthia Mitchell
ABC (Central Australia), Morning Show 16 July 2007, 9.10am.

Radio interview with Cynthia Mitchell
ABC Central Australia (Alice Springs), 16 July 2007, 9.10am.

Oh, poo!
Gundagai Independent, 16 July 2007.

Get over the 'poo taboo it's time for a revolution.
Armidale Express, 13 July 2007, p3.

Get over the "Poo Taboo" - expert warns
UTS Newsroom

Radio interview with Cynthia Mitchell
ABC Tropical North (Mackay) 12 July 2007, 8.45am

Planet down the toilet?
Sydney Morning Herald, 10 July 2007

Aussie scientist calls for human urine fertiliser
ABC news online, 10 July 2007. Posted Tue Jul 10, 2007 5:33pm AEST

Television documentary 'Fish out of Water'
Fox 8. 5 July 2007, 9.45pm. compere: Ian Thorpe. Interviewees: Prof Stuart White, UTS and Matt Ruchell, ACF.

Water Options for South-Eastern Queensland
Issues, volume 29, June 2007.

No stopping desalination even if dam spills over
Sydney Morning Herald, 27 June 2007, p7.

Desal plant is 'unnecessary'
St George & Sutherland Shire Leader, 22 May 2007, page 14.

Radio interview with Stuart White about drought in South East Queensland
ABC Coast FM - Sunshine Coast, 17 May 2007, 8.43am

Wrong on desalination
Sydney Morning Herald letters, 17 May 2007, page 10.

Calls for water aid in Asia.
SBS World News Headline Stories, 22 March 2007.

Dam inquiry told of 'secrecy, lies and bad data'.
Gympie Times, 19 April 2007, page 4.

Dam doesn't figure
Sunshine Coast Daily, 18 April 2007, page 7.

Radio interview: ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg) 18 April 2007
Morning Show, David Dowsett interviews Barnaby Joyce, Senator, National Party; David Gibson, Member for Gympie; Stuart White, Professor, Director of the Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology, Sydney

Radio interview: MIX 92.7 (Maryborough) 18 April 2007
presenter Sarah Coates

Radio interview: 4BU (Bundaberg) 18 April 2007
Tania Scherf interviews Prof. Stuart White, University of Technology, Sydney.

Damning the Clarence
Daily Telegraph, 14 April 2007, page 77.

Plan to pump water interstate slammed.
Australian, 13 April 2007, page 4.

Radio interview with Stuart White on water plans for Queensland
ABC 612 Brisbane, 11.00 News, 13 April 2007.

Radio interview with Stuart White on solutions for addressing the current drought
ABC Coast FM (Gold Coast) Mornings, Trevor Jackson, 13 April 2007, 11.00am.

A promise worth breaking
Sydney Morning Herald editorial, 13 April 2007, page 12.

Radio story on desalination plant for Sydney.
2GB Breakfast, Alan Jones Program, 12 April, 8.12am.

Radio story on desalination plant for Sydney
2UE breakfast, Mike Carlton and Peter FitzSimons, 12 April 2007, 6.37am.

Keep desalination on the backburner, says adviser.
Sydney Morning Herald, 12 April 2007, page 7.

Get over the 'yuck factor' say water experts
The harsh realities of and potential solutions to Sydney's water crisis were sharply outlined to more than 280 guests at a UTS public lecture and panel discussion last week.

Anti-dam activists talk down Beattie's plan to city audience
Gympie Times, 31 March 2007, page 8.

What a dam cruel joke: Traveston's in drought.
Sunshine Coast Daily, 31 March 2007, page 1.

Unwanted and unnecessary
Courier Mail, 30 March 2007, page 30.

Millions in region drinking unsafe water
Sydney Morning Herald, 22 March 2007, page 12.

Calls for water aid in Asia
SBS World News Headline Stories

Australia is not alone when it comes to a shortage of water.
The Age, 22 March 2007, page 17.

Water supply is diminishing
Gladstone Observer, 21 March 2007, page 21.

Wear Blue for World Water Day
Ararat Advertiser, 20 March 2007, page 21.

Dam meeting Monday
Gympie Times, 17 March 2007, page 5.

'Damn' the dam
Hervey Bay City Independent, 16 February 2007, page 7.

A wee proposal
Waste Management & Environment, March 2007, page 12.

Dam inquiry in Gympie
Gympie Times, 14 March 2007, page 1.

Dam report is on council internet
Gympie Times, 7 March 2007, page 8.

Urban water crisis
U magazine, No 01: 5 March - 1 April 2007.

It's a dam dinosaur! Developers and greens join forces to blast Traveston plan
Sunshine Coast Daily, 2 March 2007, page 3.

Options report: No need for Traveston
Fassifern Guardian, 28 February 2007, page 5.

Traveston findings give heart to 'bulldust dam' campaign
Fassifern Guardian, 28 February 2007, page 5.

Molloy calls on Bligh to 'put up or shut up' on dam
Gympie Times, 28 February 2007, page 5.

Review of water options says no need for dam
Media Release, University of Technology, Sydney. 28 February 2007.

Mayors' dam report gives thumbs down.
Sunshine Coast Daily, 24 February 2007, page 7.

Dam: Useless, unnecessary
Gympie Times, 24 February 2007, page 1.

Study hits government dam strategy.
Courier Mail, 23 February 2007, page 5.

Radio interview with Mick Vernados, Cooloola Mayor
ABC Coast FM - Sunshine Coast Drive with Cam Young, 23 February 2007, 5.16pm.

Radio interview with Stuart White on the results of his report into the Traveston Dam
ABC 612 Brisbane, Mornings with Madonna King, 23 February 2007, 8.48am

Mayors' dam report to be released on Friday.
Gympie Times, 20 February 2007, page 4.

Damning report
Noosa News, 16 February 2007, page 10.

Report undermines dam plan credibility
Noosa News, 9 February 2007, page 19.

Study proves dam is "Qld Labor's folly": Truss
Gympie Times, 8 February 2007, page 4.

Senate looks at inquiry into our dam plan
Sunshine Coast Daily, 8 February 2007, page 1.

Report favours desalination
Noosa Journal, 8 February 2007, page 1.

The propaganda disease - truth is the only cure.
Gympie Times, 7 February 2007, page 8.

Radio interview with Mick Barnados, Cooloola Shire Mayor
ABC Southern Queensland (Toowoomba), 7 February 2007, 8.53am.

Radio interview with Mick Vernados, Cooloola Mayor, Professor Stuart White, UTS.
ABC Coast FM Sunshine Coast News, 6 February 2007, 12.01pm.

Radio interview with Mick Venardos, Cooloola Shire Council Mayor
Hot FM 91.9 Sunshine Coast, 6 February 12.00pm.

Radio interview with Stuart White on Traveston Crossing Dam report.
ABC Wide Bay (Bundaberg) Morning Show, 6 February 2007, 8.35am.

Studies will damn project for Traveston
Courier Mail, 6 February 2007, page 4.

Securing Sydney's water: diversity is the key
ISF with ACIL Tasman and SMEC Australia completed a Review of the Metropolitan Water Plan on 8 May 2006.

Body blow for Traveston plan
Noosa Journal, 1 February 2007, page 1.

Kill off dam forever
Gympie Times, 30 January 2007, page 1.

Radio interview with Stuart White on domestic water usage.
ABC Midwest Wheatbelt (Geraldton) 7.15am, 17 November 2006

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