Cover story: Comeback Condah
For thousands of years, the Gunditmara people were building hydraulic structures to trap fish at Lake Condah in Victoria. After European settlement, the lake was drained. A new weir has recently been built to restore water to the site. The project employed local indigenous people, some of whom have gone on to seek work in the construction industry.

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Cover story: Desalination
With the commissioning of new plants in Adelaide and Perth, Australia is one of the largest users of desalination. Also included in this section are reports from an international desalination conference in Perth.

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Cover story: Restoring a Queensland floodplain
The Rosevale floodplain reinstatement and land managment project has taken out top honours at the annual Healthy Waterways Awards, winning the 2011 Minister's Grand Prize and the Seqwater — Rural Award.

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Cover story: Recharging groundwater
An innovative approach to groundwater managment at a Western Australian mine has been recognised with national accolade by the Australian Water Association. The project recieved the Infrastructure Project Innovation award at the OzWater 11 conference in Adelaide in May.

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Cover story: Supplying a desert community
New desalination technology is being trialled to treat groundwater for the Tjuntjuntjara community in remote Western Australia. The project is part of the Remote Area Essential Services Program, which has won the 2011 Smart Infrastructure Award at the National Infrastructure Awards in March.

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Cover story: Model helps protect environment
An integrated water balance and water quality model of a mine in Peru has won the Gold Award of Merit in the water category of Consult Australia Awards for Excellence 2010. The prizes were announced at a function in Melbourne in December.

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Cover story: Helping a floating community
Australian engineers are working with local partners to develop a floating sanitation system for people living on one of the world's largest lakes.

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Cover story: Overcoming algal blooms
The town of Armidale in NSW used ozonation and biologically activated carbon filtration to solve taste and odour problems in its water supply. The project won an Engineers Australia Newcastle Division 2010 Excellence Award.

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Cover story: Brewing water efficiency
A recently completed facility in NSW aims to achieve international benchmarks for water use.

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Cover story: Innovation overcomes challenges
The Hinze Dam is the primary source of water for the Gold Coast. Due for completion in December, the Hinze Dam Stage Three project will see the dam wall raised by 15m.

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Cover story: Drainage alliance improves efficiency
New Zealand's first water industry alliance was formed to upgrade drainage in parts of Auckland. In this article, the Alliancing Association of Australasia outlines the benefits that have resulted from the alliancing approach.

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Cover story: Reducing water losses
An upgrade of an irrigation scheme in Victoria has won a prize for innovative infrastructure.

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Cover story: Water engineering in South Australia
This feature discusses the progress of several water infrastructure projects in Australia's driest state.

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Cover story: Sewerage improvement in Nepal
An Australian sewerage specialist is suggesting ways to upgrade and expand Kathmandu’s wastewater assets.

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Cover story: Providing water for three Vietnamese towns
A water supply and sanitation project in Vietnam has won an engineering excellence award from Engineers Australia Victoria Division.

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Cover story: Year one results for environmental program
The first year of results have been completed for an environmental flows program assessing the impact of flows from Tallowa Dam on the Shoalhaven River in NSW.

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Cover story: Water management recognised
A national award has recognised the governments and communities working to maintain the quality of water in the rapidly-growing region of South East Queensland.

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Cover story: Water bags to the rescue
The cover story discusses a proposal to transport water from the flood-prone Burdekin River in Queensland to the drying Murray River Basin by floating it in large plastic bags down the Australian east coast.

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Cover story: Award-winning water
A water treatment plant built on the NSW mid north coast was commissioned by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council in 2008 to better achieve the quality standards set by the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. This year, it won the overall award for Engineering Excellence from Engineers Australia Newcastle Division.
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Cover story: Sustainable water practices in road construction
Smart water management is an important component in the design and construction of major road infrastructure projects across Australia, as large areas of the land still suffer from water shortage. Here, Water Engineering Australia has a look at the water management in one part of the upgrade to the Hume Highway, the major road link between Melbourne and Sydney.
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Cover story: A crowning moment for a regional strate
The final piece of the Clarence Valley and Coffs Harbour Regional Water Supply Scheme has been completed. The Shannon Creek storage facility has a capacity of 30,000ML and will service the two regions of the north coast of NSW with a reliable water supply. It is in the process of being filled and is expected to be commissioned later this year when the water level in the dam is sufficient.
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Cover story: A Spanish arrival
The announcement of preferred bidders for the Adelaide desalination plant and the Southern Seawater desalination plant in Western Australia marks the arrival of Spanish companies into the Australian water market. With extensive experience in reverse osmosis desalination dating back close to forty years, Water Engineering Australia takes a closer look at the history and capability of the Spanish.
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Cover story: Bringing in the harvest
A drought relief project in the City of Orange, on the Central Tablelands of NSW, will see the harvesting of stormwater from a local waterway whenever flows peak over a certain level. This harvest will be used to supplement stores in the city’s main potable water storage reservoir. Modelling suggests that up to 2.2GL/a could be extracted from the scheme, providing important drought relief supplies to the city.
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Cover story: A major project complete
The Western Corridor Recycled Water Project in southeast Queensland has included construction of a network of more than 200km of large diameter pipeline connecting three new advanced water treatment plants to industry, power stations, agriculture and a major dam. With a capacity for providing up to 232ML/d of recycled water where it is required, the government has spent $2.5 billion on the project to improve water security in the rapidly growing region.
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