Outcomes from the 20th International Riversymposium
AWP and Australian Partners attended the 20th International Riversymposium (IRS) on 18-20 September in Brisbane to meet and engage with international colleagues involved in projects in river basin management and environmental watering. AWP ran two sessions on these topics and was one of several main exhibitors. River Basins Session A session on Lessons from Australian efforts […]
Continue readingJoin the Australian Water Partnership team
The Australian Water Partnership (AWP) was established in 2015 to enhance the sustainable management of water resources in the Indo-Pacific region, in turn supporting inclusive economic development, improvements to water security for all and reductions in environmental and social impacts and regional tensions. The AWP brings together public and private partners from across the Australian […]
Continue reading
Dr Len Drury launches ‘Hydrogeology of the Dry Zone — Central Myanmar’; the story behind his 30-year collaborative data gathering process
On October 16th, in Nay Pyi Taw, bordering Myanmar’s Dry Zone, Len Drury’s much-awaited book Hydrogeology of the Dry Zone – Central Myanmar was launched. As Len explains in his recent Kini Interview, the first draft of the book was completed 30 years ago but was never published because of political complications in 1988 and […]
Continue reading
Kea Pheng Interview: WASH, CLTS, and sanitation marketing success in Cambodia
This interview and related content was originally part of the Kini Interview Series. Kini is a retired brand of the AWP and IWCAN.
Continue readingKini interview with Dr Len Drury, Director, Aqua Rock Konsultants
Listen to the latest Kini interview with Dr Len Drury, Director, Aqua Rock Konsultants, speaking about water sanitation, the mining sector, and the Indo-Pacific achieving SDG6, and a groundwater project that was revived after 30 years. In his interview, Len also reflects on his experience working in Myanmar and why it has been so successful. […]
Continue reading
The underlying causes of non-revenue water losses and why it is important
By Simon Ross, IWCAN In an interview, Will Spitzenberg, the Chief Water Engineer of ASPA in American Samoa, discussed the problem of non-revenue water (NRW) losses of up to 60% in the small island nation. This article unpacks this problem, which is particularly troublesome in developing regions, where an estimated 45 million m3 of water […]
Continue reading
The case for valuing water in the Philippines
In a Kini Interview from March this year, Karen Delfau and Huw Pohlner discussed the importance of valuing water, as well as the development of economic and policy frameworks developed by Aither for the Australian Water Partnership designed to improve resource governance.
Continue readingDesigning on-site sewage treatment for people and not their products
By Simon Ross, IWCAN In an interview, Jason Jaskowiak, Wastewater Chief of Aqua Consulting in American Samoa described the importance of local people learning about on-site systems and how this can be used to improve groundwater quality and public health in the Pacific. He is candid about the need to consider the resources and cultural […]
Continue readingDr Len Drury interview: mapping groundwater in Myanmar’s Dry Zone and publishing 35 years of findings
Interview quotes This interview and related content was originally part of the Kini Interview Series. Kini is a retired brand of the AWP and IWCAN.
Continue reading
- 1
- 2