Yarra Valley Water has completed construction of its $20m Love Branch Sewer in Wollert, delivering essential infrastructure to support one of Melbourne’s fastest-growing corridors. More than 20,000 existing and future properties will benefit from the upgrade, including homes in the Aurora and Rathdowne estates and residents of the Woodlea Lifestyle retirement community. Delivered in partnership […]
By Isabel Siew Artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductor manufacturing and data centres are driving a new wave of digital infrastructure investment — but behind the computing power lies a less visible resource challenge: water. From cooling data centres to producing ultrapure water for semiconductor fabs, the technologies powering the digital economy can be highly water-intensive. At […]
Bentley Systems, an infrastructure engineering software company, has announced the finalists for its 2026 Year in Infrastructure (YII) Awards. For more than two decades, the annual awards have recognised infrastructure professionals and their innovative use of Bentley software to improve how infrastructure is designed, built and operated. Selected by independent panels of global industry experts, […]
Every microchip, data centre and megawatt of AI capacity depends on water. Gradiant, which describes itself as the water layer of the AI economy, has announced a series of milestones reinforcing its ability to address this challenge across the US, including a new leadership appointment, three office openings, a new innovation centre and long-term services […]
More than two million residents and businesses across Melbourne’s north and east are being invited to have their say on future water and sewerage services as Yarra Valley Water develops its next five-year plan. Customers from Wallan in the west to Warburton in the east can complete an online survey to help shape future water […]
Flow measurement specialists at Nivus have developed a wireless, continuous river monitoring solution designed to meet the requirements of water managers and regulators such as the Environment Agency (EA) in England. Using satellite technology, the new Wireless Transit Time (WTT) method eliminates the need for invasive capital works across or beneath rivers. Background River flow […]
The International Desalination and Reuse Association (IDRA) has released the preliminary programme for the IDRA World Congress 2026 (WC26), which will feature more than 200 peer-reviewed technical papers and 25 plenary sessions covering key developments and challenges across the global water sector. The congress will take place from 1–5 Nov 2026 at the King Faisal […]
MentorAPM, an asset intelligence software platform purpose-built for water, wastewater, electric and other critical infrastructure, is deepening its 10-year partnership with the Commonwealth Utilities Corporation (CUC) in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI). Since 2024, MentorAPM has supported CUC’s water and wastewater operations. The partnership now extends the company’s enterprise asset management platform […]
WaterLoss Asia (WLA) 2026 returns for its milestone 10th edition from 20–22 Oct 2026 at the World Trade Centre Kuala Lumpur, bringing together water utilities, government agencies, regulators, researchers, technology providers and industry leaders to address one of the region’s biggest water challenges: non-revenue water (NRW). Organised by PROTEMP Exhibitions & Conferences, the three-day event […]
Vietwater 2026, Vietnam’s international exhibition for water supply, water treatment and wastewater technologies, will return for its 17th edition from 4–6 Nov 2026 at the Saigon Exhibition and Convention Center (SECC) in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The event is expected to bring together more than 450 exhibitors from over 40 countries and regions and […]
