Tom Rayner talks to the Murray-Darling Basin Native Fish Forum about Pump and diversion screening: The sleeping giant of Australian river restoration. Tom talks about the major loss of fish due to pumps and irrigation offtakes. Tom shows some examples of screens for various situations and talks about how screening in Australia is well behind […]
A plan to help Darling River fish recover
“A good plan to help Darling River fish recover exists, so let’s get on with it!” http://theconversation.com/a-good-plan-to-help-darling-river-fish-recover-exists-so-lets-get-on-with-it-110168 Work under the Native Fish Strategy demonstrated that anywhere between 100 and 12,000fish can be abstracted, per day, by a single pump. When extrapolated over the many thousand irrigation pumps and diversion points across the basin, this means millions of […]
International Fish Passage Project Awarded
Congratulations to the CSU led research team on winning this Distinguished International Project Award The CSU Team comprises local villagers, scientists, engineers and manufacturers in Lao PDR and Australia This Project is now rolling out from Lao PDR to other countries in Southeast Asia A research team led by Charles Sturt University (CSU) has received […]
Happy Holidays
The team at AWMA wish you and your family a Merry Christmas, happy holiday season and successful 2019. AWMA will close COB Thursday 20th December and return Monday 7th January 2019. We thank you for your continued support and look forward to working with you again in the New Year.
International Fish Screen Tour
MEDIA RELEASE 17th December 2018 Local manufacturing company, AWMA Water Control Solutions partnered with North Central Catchment Management Authority and NSW Department of Primary Industries to host 40 international guests, Friday and Saturday of last week. The tour was held in conjunction with the inaugural Fish Passage’2018; Australia’s First Symposium on Hydropower and Fish Management. […]
