Posts by Keirissa Lawson

man in hard hat beside river inserting device into pipe

Tapping into water monitoring with Vesi™ sensor technology

CSIRO’s automated real-time in-situ groundwater monitoring system Vesi™ has funding to dive into new territories to revolutionise the way industries and utilities can manage water quality.

Aerial view of remote Australian town

Wastewater-treatment for inland, remote, water-stressed regions

Humans have re-used wastewater for thousands of years. As demand for fresh water supplies grow, communities need improved water re-use technologies to give them resilient, sustainable and high-quality water stocks.

Dr Frank Reith (University of Adelaide) and Dr Barbara Etschmann (Monash University) collecting platinum nuggets in Brazil. Image: Prof Joël Brugger

Panning for platinum – the prospects are good

The search for the world’s rarest precious metal could get easier, thanks to bacteria.