Australian drinking water now allows a carcinogen at 140 times the US rate
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Australian drinking water now allows a carcinogen at 140 times the US rate

Twenty-year-old Amara Strande’s deathbed crusade pushed the US to slash the levels of cancer-linked forever chemicals considered safe in drinking water.

  • byCarrie Fellner

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Plibersek swamps Victoria on Murray Darling water buybacks

Plibersek swamps Victoria on Murray Darling water buybacks

The federal government will push ahead with unpopular water buybacks from farmers despite Victoria opposing the move in a bid to complete the Murray-Darling Basin Plan.

  • byMike Foley
Sydney set for giant pumped hydro project to rival Snowy 2.0

Sydney set for giant pumped hydro project to rival Snowy 2.0

A green energy company backed by WaterNSW plans to use an abandoned coal washery as the site for a pumped hydro scheme big enough to power a third of the city’s households.

  • byNick O'Malley
The plan to save our drinking water without flooding Sydney

The plan to save our drinking water without flooding Sydney

Premier Chris Minns was Labor’s shadow water minister when he first proposed lowering the capacity of Warragamba Dam.

  • byAlexandra Smith
A toast to a remarkable reservoir,170 years since Melbourne slurped the ‘Yarra soup’

A toast to a remarkable reservoir,170 years since Melbourne slurped the ‘Yarra soup’

Dressed in Victorian-era garb and twirling parasols,fans of clean water and history gathered on Sunday to celebrate the anniversary of Yan Yean,Melbourne’s first man-made reservoir.

  • byMadeleine Heffernan
Australian conservationists take saltworks fight to Germany
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Australian conservationists take saltworks fight to Germany

Protect Ningaloo,an organisation working to protect Exmouth Gulf and have it elevated to World Heritage status alongside the neighbouring Ningaloo Reef,has taken its protest against a massive saltworks planned for the region to the company's home city,with German-language billboards and animations.

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The bay has turned brown. And swimmers are emerging coated in a strange goo

The bay has turned brown. And swimmers are emerging coated in a strange goo

Beachgoers have noticed that Port Phillip Bay has been an odd colour of late. So what’s in the water and is it safe to swim in?

  • byTom Cowie andMelissa Cunningham
Swimmers notice brown water in Port Phillip Bay
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Swimmers notice brown water in Port Phillip Bay

After heavy rain,run-off from Melbourne rivers ends up in the bay,making swimming unpleasant and sometimes impossible.

Sydney is having a scorcher. Think twice before you get in the ocean

Sydney is having a scorcher. Think twice before you get in the ocean

Warm seawater,crumbling pipes and sudden downpours combine to create a potentially deadly cocktail.

  • byAngus Dalton
Aspen,Whistler ... Penrith? Indoor ski resort gets approval for western Sydney

Aspen,Whistler ... Penrith? Indoor ski resort gets approval for western Sydney

However,the ambitious plans for an indoor ski resort in Penrith have raised concerns about its environmental impact.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Dodgy Qld dam to be rebuilt after repair hopes hit the wall
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Dodgy Qld dam to be rebuilt after repair hopes hit the wall

A troubled $1.2 billion Queensland dam will be rebuilt after experts discovered its wall could not be repaired.

  • byFraser Barton