When Will Sarni introduces himself, he leads with a declaration: “I am a fearless optimist.” That attitude shaped his keynote at the VicWater 2025 Annual Conference, where he argued that solving water’s
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Victoria opens $24m grants to drive smart water recycling projects
The Allan Government has launched a $24 million grants program to support stormwater and recycled water projects across Victoria, helping make community spaces greener, healthier, and more climate resilient.
Minister
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What Victoria’s budget commitments mean for the water sector
The 2025 Victoria Budget allocations 2025 for the water sector deliver both continuity and challenge: $296.2 million in confirmed water funding for DEECA, and a 42 per cent mandated emissions cut for water
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Resilience through innovation: IWN launches InStream at VicWater
Innovation festivals are inspiring, but what happens when the lights go down? At the VicWater 2025 Annual Conference, Intelligent Water Networks (IWN) Programme Director Jason Cotton argued that the sector
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VicWater Annual Conference 2025 highlights treaty and innovation
The VicWater Annual Conference 2025 arrived at a defining moment for Victoria’s water sector. Across three days in Melbourne, the event drew leaders, regulators, innovators and international voices into
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Cyber security and water: turning threats into opportunities
Cybersecurity may seem like a grim topic for the water sector, marked by breaches, hacks, and dire warnings. Still, the VicWater 2025 Annual Conference showed how digital defence can also be an enabler
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Developer charges for water infrastructure under review
The Essential Services Commission (ESC) has released a draft framework for how developer charges for water infrastructure will be applied across Victoria, with the goal of creating a more transparent and
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Building for tomorrow: growth, housing and water at VicWater 2025
When the Victorian Government announced plans in 2023 to build 800,000 homes over a decade, water was always going to be a central part of the story. At the VicWater 2025 Annual Conference, the Read More
Victoria water utilities face growing delivery challenges, says ESC
Victoria’s water utilities are keeping pace with their customer commitments despite increasing delivery pressures and rising climate risks, according to the Essential Services Commission’s (ESC) 2024–25
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Victoria strengthens water governance with diverse leadership
The Victorian Government has appointed 135 new board members across the state’s water corporations, Catchment Management Authorities and the Birrarung Council, marking a major step in strengthening diversity
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Who is the future citizen? Innovation lessons from VicWater 2025
At the VicWater 2025 Annual Conference, futurist Lucinda Hartley posed a deceptively simple question: Who is the future citizen? It is, she argued, not an abstract idea. Cities are human spaces, shaped
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