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Water in the Bush 2024 program filled to the brim with presentations and award winners
Department of Lands, Planning and Environment staff attended the Australian Water Association’s 35th Water in the Bush conference in Darwin. They gave presentations on the Territory Water Plan, law reform, regulation, managed aquifer recharge and water efficiency. Our people and projects were also recognised for their achievements taking home two awards at the 2024 NT Water Awards Night Dinner.
Sharing innovative ways to protect the Northern Territory’s water resources
Water Resources Division unveils innovative work that uses advanced satellite data and machine learning to detect groundwater-dependent ecosystems (GDE) at the Advancing Earth Observation Forum 10-12 September 2024 in Adelaide.
Second meeting for the Adelaide River water advisory committee
The Adelaide River water advisory committee held their second meeting on at the start of October. The committee are providing advice and local perspective to the department as the Adelaide River water allocation plan is developed.
Commercial building registrations
On 15 April 2024, commercial building contractor registrations (restricted and unrestricted) were introduced requiring all new buildings in the Northern Territory to have a registered building practitioner.
Compliance inspections in Ti Tree and Western Davenport
Water Resources Division inspected over 50 bores in the Ti Tree and Western Davenport regions during annual compliance inspections in September 2024.
Best practice regulation on display during NT Resources Week
Environmental regulators presented at Resources Week in the NT and met with delegates from the Indonesian Government Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources.
As of October 2024, Siam weed (Chromolaena odorata) is known to be present at over 150 sites across 15 properties in the Northern Territory.
Priority Places initiative to benefit MacDonnell Ranges threatened species
The MacDonnell Ranges in Central Australia are nationally significant due to the high number of threatened plants and animals that occur there.
Water Resources wins research and development award at Australian Water Awards
As the Northern Territory’s premier annual water conference, the Strategic Regional Environmental and Baseline Assessment (SREBA) water studies took the Research and Development Award for 2024. It is the second award in 12 months for the SREBA, which focused specifically on the water studies work led by Water Resources.
Widespread water monitoring in September
Water Monitoring staff were out and about collecting important water data across the Territory over the last week of September.