Water Issues
Householders told to use less water, power
The State Government to expand its war on over-consumption in Melbourne households with an attack on water, electricity and garbage beginning within months.
'Severe declines' for Victorian Murray
Climate change will affect the Victorian parts of the Murray River more than any other part of the basin, a two-year CSIRO investigation finds.
Waste not, want not
It's a solution to water scarcity that is politically too hard to swallow. But is sewage recycling a safe and achievable alternative?
Brumby and ministers under fire at water protest
Water Minister Tim Holding has been pelted with eggs by angry protesters in Shepparton opposed to the Government's plan to pipe water from the state's north to Melbourne.
Two-way water pipeline a possibility
Victoria's north-south pipeline could be reversed to carry water from Melbourne to the country under long-term considerations being worked into the project.
Desal and water tank wars
Desalination and other big-ticket solutions to Melbourne's water woes threaten to sideline alternatives.
Time to account for our water
Goverments do not own the rivers. They might think they do, but they do not.
Is desalination the solution?
There are more than 13,000 desal plants around the world, and one is planned for Victoria. But among the experts, the technology is far from universally embraced as the pragmatist's panacea.
Desal advisers get $30m contracts
Company that advised Melbourne's water authorities to build desalination plant near Wonthaggi has subsequently won more than $30 million in contract work on project.
Federation Square installs water tanks
The tanks just keep on rolling in around Melbourne.
A little water goes a long way
Don't panic. Being water wise in the garden doesn't mean ripping out plants and paving over the backyard. Liz Cincotta reports.
Blue Wedges fail to halt channel deepening
The Blue Wedges environment group has failed in its Federal Court challenge to channel deepening in Port Phillip Bay.
Grazing a thirsty pursuit: study
Pasture used for grazing is the biggest drain on water resources in Australian agriculture, but it requires much less per hectare than thirstier crops like rice, cotton and sugar cane, new figures show.
Dredging has not breached green limits: Port
Four weeks after the channel deepening project began, the Port of Melbourne Corporation says the environmental limits set by the State and Federal governments have been not been breached.
hOpinions
New crops could help Murray
When will the Government wake up? The water buyback won't work - there is no water to buy.
