Namoi: On the Road

The township of Walcha, on the south-eastern edge of the Northern Tablelands, has more than 600km of gravel roads it relies on to service the community and its economic driving force - agriculture. Those roads carry everything, from trucks bringing feed and fertiliser to trucks taking livestock to…

Namoi: Regional City Water

A city in the heart of cattle and sheep country, with a strong industry and residential mix at its heart, Tamworth in NSW is coming good after the longest drought on record. The drought was so severe, it shocked the city and its residents and furthered the community’s determination to be drought re…

Namoi: On the Farm

We step out of town, along the dusty gravel roads, to check out how some members of the farming community are working to keep water longer on the land. The process is designed to lift carrying capacity and profit, boost diversity and improve landscape hydrology. This internationally recognised app…

Illawarra-Shoalhaven: In Development

Water sensitive urban design considers the whole water cycle, including management of rainwater from roofs, paths and roads with the broader environment in mind. We visit two residential developments in the Wollongong area and look at the water-sensitive urban design elements that have been or wil…

Illawarra-Shoalhaven: Sponge Cities

The sponge city is a way of visualising how water should be absorbed and travel through an urban environment. Instead of rushing the water away, a sponge city absorbs and keeps it in the landscape. But how do we plan for sponge cities when the city or town has already evolved to rush water away? I…

Illawarra-Shoalhaven: Water Collaborations

Water management is a shared responsibility between utilities and councils, and both groups are looking at working more collaboratively: within and across organisations. But the scale of their operations is very different. How do councils work with water utilities such as Sydney Water? And how do…