2012-01-26 20:10:25 // Siobhan Leathley
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Better waste and fishing practices could have a massive impact on the global economy, according to a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) report.
2012-01-25 16:34:27 // Siobhan Leathley
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The Hawke’s Bay Regional Council has become the first successful applicant to receive funding from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry’s Irrigation Acceleration Fund.
2012-01-23 13:49:57 // Sustain Team
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A natural substance obtained from the seeds of a "miracle tree" could be the answer to inexpensive water purification in the developing world, US scientists say.
2012-01-20 10:26:50 // Esther Goh
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A murky pond beside Auckland's busy Northern Motorway is at the centre of an environmental trial to produce cleaner water with the help of a garden growing on a floating island.
2012-01-11 09:59:11 // Kate Beecroft
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A new technique tipped to prevent the release of sediment and phosphorous will soon be tested in Lake Rotoehu.
2011-09-27 11:46:42 // Sustain Team
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While Environment Southland’s report on water quality didn’t bode well for the water quality of the area, a new OECD report on water quality describes the overall state of New Zealand’s water as ‘good’ relative to most OECD countries. But the report does point out the quality is deteriorating, in large part because of diffuse pollution from agriculture. New Zealand’s water quality picture was recently revealed by one of the report’s authors, Kevin Parris of the OECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate, who spoke at a water pollution conference in Rotorua on Friday.
2011-09-21 10:34:21 // Deirdre Robert
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As freshwater experts from around the world converge in Rotorua this week to partake in a five day international conference on water pollution, comes news that Southland’s rivers and streams aren’t faring so well when it comes to water health. Environment Southland has just released its Southland Water 2010 report showing that of the 69 sites tested, 89 percent were deemed to be either poor or very poor. Just one river, the Monowai Rover, found its way into the good category.
2011-07-28 15:40:05 // Idealog
A groundbreaking interactive water pollutant monitoring system has been launched in New Zealand, with the Māori sector in particular expected to benefit.
2010-10-20 17:27:49 // Lynda Brendish
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With a global water crisis looming, Digital Water thinks we should be managing the planet’s most precious commodity with something a little more sophisticated than an on/off tap.
2010-09-24 12:18:08 // Deirdre Robert
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Always outdoing us all in sophistication and classiness, the French are at it again with their latest water fountain creation, launched earlier this week. It’s no ordinary drinking fountain mind you. This one is nestled in the midst of a Parisian garden and rather than distributing ordinary still water, it gushes forth with sparkling water as well as still. And the wooden facade is a touch more stylish than ordinary fountains. It's all so—French.
