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Topics: floods, disasters-and-accidents, water, water-supply, water-management, reid-2612, campbell-2612, act, australia
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Topics: water-management, water-supply, accidents---other, disasters-and-accidents, reid-2612, campbell-2612, act, australia
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A slanging match breaks out over a proposal for Tasmania's water and sewerage system to be taken out of the hands of local councils.
Topics: electricity-energy-and-utilities, government-and-politics, water-management, water, water-supply, tas
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More than 2,300 submissions respond to the Murray-Darling Basin Authority's proposed changes to its northern water-sharing plan.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, water, water-management, water-supply, federal---state-issues, federal-government, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, irrigation, parliament-house-2600
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The Murray-Darling Basin Authority is confident that basin governments and communities will "stay the course" on implementing the Plan. He talks to ABC Rural's Anna Vidot about the year ahead.
Topics: murray-darling-basin, water, water-management, water-supply, federal---state-issues, federal-government, agribusiness, agricultural-policy, irrigation, parliament-house-2600
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Hobart's Lord Mayor supports the Tasmanian Government's plan to take control of water and sewerage infrastructure, despite concerns about the loss of dividends to councils.
Topics: water-management, water-supply, water-pollution, state-parliament, local-government, hobart-7000, launceston-7250, burnie-7320, st-helens-7216
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| UpdatedA State Government takeover of TasWater is under "active consideration" and will speed up the job of water and sewerage upgrades by five years, Treasurer Peter Gutwein says.
Topics: water-supply, water-management, environment, tas
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Topics: water-supply, ulladulla-2539
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A South Coast dam undergoes significant stabilisation work, supervised by a man who worked on the original dam 50 years ago.
Topics: water-supply, dams-and-reservoirs, ulladulla-2539
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Topics: water-supply, ulladulla-2539
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Civil libertarians urge all levels of government to see clean drinking water as a human right ahead of a much-anticipated meeting about TasWater's upgrade plans.
Topics: government-and-politics, local-government, water-supply, water-management, tas
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Topics: rural, land-management, water, water-management, water-supply, maryborough-4650
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Topics: rural, land-management, water, water-management, water-supply, maryborough-4650
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Topics: rural, land-management, water, water-management, water-supply, maryborough-4650
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| UpdatedA Queensland farming family teeters on the brink with hopes a crowdfunding campaign will provide a water lifeline.
Topics: rural, land-management, water, water-management, water-supply, maryborough-4650
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| UpdatedPort Moresby's Water Supplier Eda Ranu says its water supply to the city remains normal and has not been affected by closure of the Sirinumu dam valves.
Topics: water-supply, water-management, pacific, papua-new-guinea
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Tasmanian mayors hit back over claims they should be doing more to fund urgent water and sewerage upgrades as they prepare for a Friday showdown with the State Government.
Topics: government-and-politics, local-government, water-supply, tas
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| UpdatedWith political heat flaring the length of the Murray-Darling, there are fears the future of the fragile water sharing deal hangs in the balance.
Topics: rivers, environment, water-management, water-supply, environmental-impact, environmental-management, environmental-policy, joyce-barnaby, turnbull-malcolm, howard-john-winston, murray-darling-basin, australia, sa, qld, vic, nsw
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ASX-listed agribusiness Ruralco Holdings Limited is emerging as a key player in the nation's irrigation and water services.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, irrigation, water-supply, stockmarket
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| UpdatedASX-listed agribusiness Ruralco Holdings Limited is emerging as a key player in the nation's irrigation and water services.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, agricultural-marketing, irrigation, water-supply, stockmarket, somerset-7322, tas, renmark-5341, mildura-3500
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| UpdatedA Northern Territory Government review into more than 50 water licences is creating uncertainty for farmers, a Douglas Daly irrigator says.
Topics: rural, agribusiness, water-management, water-supply, katherine-0850
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Residents downstream of the Oroville dam in Northern California have been forced to evacuate after water began pouring over the emergency spillway for the first time in the dam's history.
Topics: dams-and-reservoirs, water-management, water-supply, disasters-and-accidents, united-states
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A north-west Queensland grazier says having his Flinders River irrigation application blocked is an opportunity gone begging.
Topics: irrigation, pasture, agricultural-crops, crop-harvesting, water-supply, water-management, water, richmond-4822, julia-creek-4823
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| UpdatedThe Tasmanian Greens say a $150 million budget windfall from a booming property market should be spent on fixing Launceston's ageing water and sewerage system.
Topics: states-and-territories, water-management, water-supply, tas
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Tolosa water reserve
Topics: water-supply, glenorchy-7010