dams

Platypus populations impacted by large river dams are more vulnerable to threats

04 Nov 2022

A new genetic study by UNSW scientists finds large dams restrict platypus movement, with significant implications for their conservation.

Changes to river flows are having a 'damming' impact on platypuses

19 Mar 2021

A three-year study has confirmed that significant alterations to flow regimes by dams can have a big impact on downstream platypus populations.

New fishway technology to get fish up and over those dam walls

21 Dec 2020

The tube fishway allows fish to glide past dam walls, weirs and other river barriers, with the potential to revitalise Australia’s ailing freshwater fish stocks.

Dwindling inflows into catchment areas – a water supply disaster in the making?

23 Jan 2020

A study by UNSW engineers suggests we should get used to water restrictions as modelling predicts inflows into natural reservoirs are set to decrease.

Drinking water under threat: water contamination risks this bushfire season

07 Jan 2020

Professor Stuart Khan from UNSW Sydney explains the immediate and long-term effects of bushfires on water quality.

Long-term study of Murray-Darling Basin wetlands reveals impact of dams

05 Jun 2017

A 30-year-long UNSW study of wetlands in eastern Australia has found that construction of dams and diversion of water from the Murray-Darling Basin have led to a more than 70 percent decline in waterbird numbers.

Why dams don’t need to be bad news for fish

28 Jun 2016

It is possible to have fish and dams: John Harris, Bill Peirson and Richard Kingsford explain how.