Wastewater treatment plants are an essential part of modern life — but they also produce greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide (CO₂), methane (CH₄), and nitrous oxide (N₂O). These emissions account for a notable share of the water sector’s carbon [...]
Spotlight on the Customer Experience Panel Session Innovative technologies provide opportunities to enhance the customer experience in the water sector through smarter interactions, data-driven insights, more streamlined processes and real-time monitoring. How do we ensure we make the best use of [...]
The 2025 Water Minister’s Climate Innovation Challenge is currently open for submissions. The 2025 Challenge was officially launched by the Hon Gayle Tierney MP, Minister for Water, at the Intelligent Water Networks Members Conference. This year, $280,200 in funding is [...]
In April 2025, several of Australia’s leading super funds were subject to a cyber security attack which saw members’ accounts being compromised. Vision Super was not targeted, but it’s a good opportunity to remind our members to remain vigilant online. [...]
Construction is underway on a new 50-megalitre treated water basin at Gippsland Water’s Clarkes Road site. Gippsland Water recently awarded an $8.3M contract for the construction of the new basin in Traralgon. The basin will help to secure the future water [...]
A university campus will be irrigated with 100 million litres of recycled water each year, under an extension of Geelong’s recycled water network. Works are underway on the $5.6 million project, which will extend a recycled water pipeline from the [...]
Greater Western Water (GWW) has delivered 3,552 trees to 89 schools in partnership with the Victorian Government, through the More Trees for a Cooler Greener West program, just in time for National Trees for Schools Day. This week sees school [...]
Spotlight on Circular Economy Interactive Session: Designing Out Waste Together We’re taking ‘better together’ to the next level in this interactive session led by circular advocate Jodie Bricout at the 2025 Annual Conference. At its core, circular economy is about designing out [...]
We are excited to introduce an all new format for the IWN Conference Dinner! This year’s Conference Dinner is open to ALL conference attendees, providing the opportunity to keep the conversations going after the day's program, boosting collaboration and networking for the [...]
Greater Western Water's (GWW) Thriving Communities Grants and Sponsorship program is supporting 28 community groups to help make community projects, events and activities happen in 2025/26. After receiving a record number of applications this year compared with any other year, [...]