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Bushfire damage to water infrastructure creates water quality concerns With an ongoing bushfire crisis across NSW and Australia, many regional and metropolitan areas around NSW are facing water quality concerns. In some areas of the state, drinking water treatment plants have been physically damaged by fire or impacted by fire-related power outages, causing a loss […]

Australia’s bushfire crisis Pump Industry magazine is back on board for 2020, and while there is plenty happening in the sector, we understand that for many parts of Australia currently affected by the devastating bushfire crisis – things are not business-as-usual. Australia’s catastrophic 2019-20 bushfire season has so far resulted in 23 deaths, more than

QLD Government invests in rural water supply projects The Queensland Government has announced it will provide $210,000 through the Community Water Supply Program to help the three rural communities meet emergency community water needs and reduce scheme water use. The latest grants will fund projects to: Build a new 25,000kL capacity dam including construction of

Aintree pump station now operational Western Water’s newest sewer pump station at Aintree is now operational, making it the largest pump station in the utility’s network. The $4.8 million station pumps 185L of sewage per second, making it the largest capacity sewer pump station in Western Water’s network. Aintree has a population of 3,500 and

Happy holidays from the team at Pump Industry! After a busy year covering the biggest news from the sector, the Pump Industry team will be taking a short break over the holiday period. We will be back on 6 January for all the latest news from the pump industry. The post Happy holidays from the

Top five of 2019 From Australia’s largest sewage storage facility to jail time for pump installation fraud, 2019 was a was a big year for the pump industry.  Here, we look back at 2019’s most read news stories, as well as our most popular timeless articles. Top five news stories of the year: Pump importer