Flood Emergency Response at the FMA Conference
Flood Emergency Response at the FMA Conference in Newcastle
The Floodplain Management Australia Annual Conference is being held next week (16-19th May 2017) in Newcastle, NSW. The conference...
Flood Emergency Planning & Response with HydroNET
Flooding impacts many communities every year. Understanding flood behaviour is an important element of flood emergency planning and response.
Every storm is differentLocal and State...
A small step… and a giant leap
Water Technology in partnership with our Dutch colleagues HydroLogic, are proud to announce that we have begun the first phase of an exciting project part funded by the European Space Agency....
High Commendation for Most Outstanding Company in Gender Diversity 2014
Water Technology recently received a “High Commendation” in the category “Most Outstanding Company in Gender Diversity 2014” from the Women in Engineering National Committee, Engineers...
Water Technology employees raise $1,900 for Charity
Water Technology’s Giving initiative has raised $1,900 over the last 6 months for Water Aid, Beyond Blue and World Wide Fund for Nature. Water Technology purchases espresso coffee...
West Gippsland Flood Studies
Water Technology has been commissioned by West Gippsland CMA in conjunction with Latrobe City Council and Wellington Shire Council to undertake three flood investigations at Traralgon, Rosedale...
Update: Bendigo Flood Study
Following on from our previous news article on the landmark Bendigo Flood Study, Our Floodplain consultants have put together this map (to scale), demonstrating the size of the study area...
Landmark flood study in Bendigo
Water Technology floodplain consultants has recently completed a major landmark flood study in Bendigo utilising an innovative leading approach. The flood risk posed by Bendigo Creek and...
Knox City Council Urban Mapping
Water Technology urban drainage engineers has recently been appointed by Knox City Council to undertake the flood mapping of four of its urban catchments. The hydrological and hydraulic modelling...
Warracknabeal and Brim Flood Investigation
Water Technology has recently been awarded the Warracknabeal and Brim Flood Investigation. Water Technology staff spent a full day on Yarriambiack Creek, with Wimmera CMA, Yarriambiack Shire...
Bridgewater Flood Study
Water Technology recently held an inception meeting for the Bridgewater Flood Study with North Central CMA, Loddon Shire Council, other agency representatives and members of the Bridgewater...
Geoid Models – Industry Update
What are they?
Geoid models are used by land surveyors and airborne contractors to convert any GPS-derived elevations to AHD elevations Since 2011 Australia officially uses a new geoid...
Water Technology joins the McArthur River Mine Independent Monitor
Earlier this year, Dr Richard Walton and Dr Michael Cheetham from Water Technology’s Brisbane office joined the McArthur River Mine Independent Monitor...
Storms Hit Victoria
Last week’s wintery change across Melbourne caused considerable damage and coastal flooding along the Victorian coastline.
The storm surge within Port Phillip Bay was close to a 100...
Muddy Creek Fishway
Water Technology has recently finalised the design and construction of the Muddy Creek fishway with GHCMA, VicRoads, Catchment Health Engineering, ARI, Kingfisher Research and Downryte Excavations.
Water...
Water Tech supports local primary school
In support of our local community, Water Technology helped Vermont Primary School obtain a grant from the Victorian Government for an integrated water management plan for the site. This...
HWRS 2014: Spatial Assessment of Estuary Shoreline Erosion Susceptibility
Spatial Assessment of Estuary Shoreline Erosion Susceptibility
Authors: Christine Arrowsmith; Georgina Race
Abstract: The Gippsland Lakes is a system of coastal lagoons sheltered behind sandy...
Mullum Creek sustainable development in Donvale (VIC)
Water Technology is a proud member of the project team working towards the Mullum Creek sustainable development in Donvale (VIC). The 20 hectare Mullum Creek residential development includes...
Merry Christmas
At Water Technology We wish you merry christmas and a happy new year ahead. May the new year bring new opportunities and joys.
Flood Risk Assessment for Jigalong: along the rabbit proof fence
Christine Lachlan Arrowsmith and Kathy Russell from the Coast and Environment Group recently undertook a site visit to Jigalong Community in the Pilbara region of Western Australia....
Supporting water managers making effective decisions by using HydroNET
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THE MAGICAL 72 HOURS – DOES IT EXIST IN PRACTICE?
This paper is being presented at the WSUD 2013 Conference The Magical 72 Hours – Does it Exist in Practice?
AUTHORS
Thomas Cousland, Water Technology, Melbourne, Australia
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Implications of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Hazards and Adaptation Options in Western Port
Implications of Sea Level Rise on Coastal Hazards and Adaptation Options in Western Port
Tim Womersley is presenting at the CSIRO run Climate Adaptation Engineering for cities and...
Georgina presents Cartography and map design workshop
Georgina presents Cartography and map design workshop
In recognition of Water Technology’s commitment to high quality mapping to support our floodplain and coastal studies Georgina Race,...
2013 Australian Coasts and Port Conference – 2 Papers Presented by Water Technology
2013 Australian Coasts and Port Conference – 2 Papers Presented by Water Technology
Members of Water Technology’s Coastal and Environment team are attending the 2013 Australian and New...
Engineers Australia Presentation AR&R – Project 15: Two Dimensional Modelling in Urban and Rural Floodplains
Dr Andrew McCowan to present at Engineers Australia 27th June 2013.
Over the past 5 to 10 years, two-dimensional (2D) hydrodynamic models have increasingly become the standard approach...
Wyndham Harbour Construction
Water Technology has this month been featured in the Australian National Construction Review magazine (page 85) for the design of Wyndham Harbour on the western foreshore of Port Philip bay....
Water Quality and Flood Storage Solutions for Bacchus Marsh Development
Water Technology has recently undertaken another combined water quality and flood storage functional design, this time for a residential development in Bacchus Marsh. The system uses a sediment...
Flooding in South East Queensland
All the staff at Water Technology would like to extend our sympathies to those impacted by the extreme weather conditions that occurred over the Australia day long weekend. Due to the large...
Australian Rainfall and Runoff 2012 (AR&R) Guidelines Launched
Dr Andrew McCowan and Warwick Bishop of Water Technology have been heavily involved in the development of Engineers Australia’s new guidelines on “Two Dimensional Modelling in Urban and...
Stormwater Design Tour
The Stormwater team in Melbourne specialise in urban flood mapping projects, Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD), development proposals and stormwater management plans for a range of clients...
Web-based flood mapping tools – from vision to reality
Australia has recently experienced extreme flood impacts due an extraordinarily wet spring-summer period, particularly in SE Australia. Over the September 2010 to January 2011 period Water...
Serious flood situation developing in SE Qld
Serious flooding is currently being experienced in SE Queensland with the situation expected to worsen for much of the major metropolitan areas over the next 24 to 48 hours.
Flood warnings...
Flood Management in Queensland
Ensham Mine Flood Warning System, Emerald, Queensland
Water Technology has developed and calibrated a hydrologic flood forecasting model to provide Ensham Mine with in-house warning of floods...
Great Keppel Island Revitalisation EIS
Tower Holdings have developed a Revitalisation Plan for the existing Great Keppel Island Resort and have commenced work on an Environmental Impact Statement for the plan. The key objectives...
Impacts of sea level rise on flooding in an estuarine environment
Coastal communities are commonly located at the interface between river catchment, estuary and ocean. This location, while providing many of the values that make our coastal towns unique,...
Victorian Floods September 2010 – Assisting VICSES flood response
Heavy rainfall across Northern and Western Victoria over Friday (3/9/10) to Sunday (5/9/10), lead to major flooding in a number of Victorian river basins. Water Technology was invited by the...
Modelling brine dilution from the proposed Adelaide desalination plant
Water Technology has been engaged as part of the SMEC-Hatch Design Joint Venture who is designing Adelaide’s Desalination Plant to be built at Port Stanvac, South Australia. The $1.83...
Two Dimensional Hydraulic Modelling
Design flood estimation in small catchments using twodimensional hydraulic modelling Steve Muncaster, Warwick Bishop, Andrew McCowan Full Publication
Abstract: Design flood estimates...