Dr Peter Fisher advises industies on Water technologies and has recently written an article on the slow uptake of new water treatment technology for The Age Newspaper.

http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/a-lack-of-ingenuity-is-evident-in-dealing-with-our-water-crisis/2009/07/27/1248546677356.html

On 30 April 2007 the Minister for the Environment and Water Resources, Malcolm Turnbull and the Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Eric Abetz, announced additional funding of $200 million to extend the Community Water Grants programme for a further four years until 2012 - 2013.

http://www.communitywatergrants.gov.au/index.html

On 17 July 2006 the Victorian Government released Our Environment, Our Future - Sustainability Action Statement 2006.

The goal of the Sustainability Action Statement 2006 is to make Victoria a sustainable state by:

Applying for sewer mining approval is straightforward - a lot like applying for building approval for a house. It involves preliminary discussions, initial development approval, and construction approval.