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Metrics matter for meticulous management

20 October 2022

Well, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) got it right! It’s been very wet and the BOM said it would be. Early October forecasting for the month “La Niña, a negative Indian Ocean Dipole event, a positive phase of the Southern Annular Mode and warmer waters around Australia are all contributing to wetter outlooks over large parts of Australia”. The Bureau’s climate model uses the physics of our atmosphere, oceans, ice, and land surface combined with millions of observations from satellites and on land and sea to get it right. It really is impressive how much we now know and how well we can forecast. It does also highlight what is difficult to predict, those high intensity localised events that can cause so much devastation. Our thoughts are with the flood victims across the country.

Even with all that measurement and forecasting though, room remains for uncertainty, a level of investment risk taking and space for a “she’ll be right” attitude. For instance, despite the long-term projections of sea level rise, we still pay a premium for a seaside house even though the likelihood of it being inundated is going up!

A lot of what we do at HydroTerra is about matching management needs to monitoring requirements. We consult with our customers to tease out the metrics they most need. We’ve noticed the best managers know the metrics that provide them with the information they need to make the decisions to drive their businesses to be more productive and sustainable. This is when monitoring empowers change.

Richard

Challenges of monitoring at scale

20 October 2022


One of the challenges of environmental monitoring is getting metrics at a scale that meets the needs of the operation. This is particularly true for farming and catchment management. Sensors, such as Sentek capacitance probes, provide a measurement radius of approximately 14...
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Cosmic rays probe soil moisture

20 October 2022


Beginning in October 2010, CSIRO Land and Water installed cosmic-ray probes at several locations around Australia to form the inaugural CosmOz network. These sites were established at instrumented research sites operated by CSIRO and University collaborators...
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Swelling of HydroTerra’s ranks

20 October 2022


HydroTerra’s team keeps growing and we are proud to introduce a few new faces today and to announce we're hiring for a new Technical Salesperson to join our team. We are happy to welcome: Tom...
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It’s not all bad news

20 October 2022


It’s easy to get drawn into the doom and gloom of news about the environment that abounds in the media. At HydroTerra we’re susceptible to this too, given our role is to solve (and ideally to prevent!) environmental problems. So, we have decided to reframe...
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Caring for water and country

20 October 2022


Being National Water Week, we are thinking more deeply about our relationship with water. With flooding around the country currently, and water being responsible for large-scale destruction, it may be difficult to think favourably about H2O during this week, of all weeks!...
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Powerful new features for Hydro GeoAnalyst

20 October 2022


Hydro GeoAnalyst (HGA) 11.0 is here! Waterloo’s latest release of the popular software application incorporates client feedback resulting in multiple functionality improvements. The software, specifically designed for hydrogeologic, geochemical, or environmental projects requiring the management, analysis, and reporting of environmental data, includes...
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Red mud dam groundwater monitoring

20 October 2022


In August this year, HydroTerra returned to sunny Gladstone to continue work with Queensland Alumina Limited (QAL), monitoring its groundwater bore network.  HydroTerra has been working with QAL since 2015, making quarterly visits. Our work during this trip focused on the Residue Disposal Area (RDA) or Red Mud Dam. The...
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Beacon passive gas sampling saves big bucks

20 October 2022


An interesting case study from Phoenix Environmental in the USA, provides insights into how Beacon’s Passive Gas Sampling can provide fast and inexpensive site evaluation data. Challenge: This brownfield property, which was vacant for seven years, consisted of 84 acres of land, a 500,000-square-foot...
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Tree plantings help clean up contaminated sites

20 October 2022


More than 40 years ago, a former industrial site in the City of Guelph, Ontario, was contaminated by toluene - a colourless, water-insoluble liquid often associated with paint thinners. The chemical plume has since leached into the underlying fractured bedrock aquifer....
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Soil moisture monitoring solutions

20 October 2022


When it comes to measuring soil moisture, our supplier Sentek offer some of the best solutions available today.  Sentek is an Australian company that design, develop, manufacture, support and globally distribute best-in-class technologies for...
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VOX POP! Help us tackle skills shortages

20 October 2022


Industry is calling out for better trained people in site assessment and monitoring, to ensure reporting is relevant and accurate. We know there's a need for more people trained in the right environmental monitoring technology to use for any given task, and for people who know how to use those...
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Automated water sample collection

20 October 2022


The Teledyne ISCO 6712 Autosampler is an excellent choice for the automation of water sample collection for various applications such as stormwater/first flush sampling, wastewater sampling or overflow event sampling – all very pertinent given recent extreme overflow events around the country! Through...
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A guide to Solinst Levelogger deployment & communication

20 October 2022


Deployment Options Wireline/Kevlar Cord Deployment Use this method when you wish to minimize up-front costs, and pre-program Leveloggers in the office. Lower into the well, suspended on wireline or Kevlar cord from a Solinst 2" (4" with reducer) Lockable Well Cap.       ...
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Webinars to watch out for

20 October 2022


Here's a preview of the topics and the fantastic presenters we have lined up for you in the coming weeks of our HydroTerra Webinar Series. Keep an eye out for when registrations open so you don't miss out on learning from these...
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What's on

20 October 2022

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Mon 26 – Tue 27 Oct

Waste Expo Australia (free event) at Melbourne Exhibition and Conference Centre

Largest gathering of waste management and resource recovery professionals in the country to learn how we can transform the way we use materials, ensure effective recovery and reduce waste sent to landfills

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Thu 27 Oct

ALGA Webinar

Enhancement of Site Evaluation Projects by Digital Innovation

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Mon 31 Oct – Fri 4 Nov

National Regions Australia

National NRM Knowledge Conference 2022, Margaret River

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Fri 18 Nov

HydroTerra Webinar Series

Tree of Knowledge – Next gen quantification of forests and forest carbon with Keith Cook of ArborMeta

Registrations opening soon

Fri 18 Nov

ALGA Symposium

Groundwater Fate and Transport Symposium, Melbourne

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Fri 2 Dec

HydroTerra Webinar Series

Smart cities and urban water management with Warwick Bishop – Director of the National Technology and Innovation Lead Water Technology

Registrations opening soon