Water Corporation

The Australian Government has agreed to provide a third loan to support the giant Perdaman urea project in the Pilbara, taking its total commitment to $475 million.

State-owned Water Corporation has made a major strategic shift after striking a deal to buy one of Western Australia’s largest wind farm projects.

Senior journalist Matt Mckenzie talks about his work covering FIRM Construction's slide into administration, detailing what it means for subcontractors and the state government.

Kwinana-based company Steel Mains will manufacture large steel water pipes in Western Australia for the first time under a $58 million contract with Water Corporation.

Mark Pownall and Mark Beyer discuss Fiona Hick, RISE Awards, Ron Packer, Warrego, Water Corporation and Kate Jenkins' recent report on harassment.

Emergency services have contained a blaze in Northbridge that engulfed Kakulas Brothers' wholesale warehouse earlier this afternoon.

Tensions between mining and tourism are on show in the coastal town of Lancelin.

Frontier Energy’s renewable hydrogen venture near Waroona is one step closer to production after securing a 15-year water supply agreement.

Medical technology company Artrya Limited has appointed experienced executive Mathew Regan as the company’s new leader after its co-founder John Barrington resigned.

Horizon Power has bought into a Cockburn-based contractor, in the state government’s latest move to extend its reach into the energy industry.

Perth company Perdaman has started work on one of WA's largest projects after gaining backing from Global Infrastructure Partners, the same group that backed Woodside’s Pluto gas project.

A multi-million-dollar upgrade of Perth's water infrastructure is part of a plan to increase the amount of high-density home development.

The state government has committed $2.8 billion to four green energy projects, as part of an ongoing commitment to its net zero emissions by 2050 target.

The state government’s $80 million infrastructure fund is being rolled out to help apartment developers pay for utility connections on their sites.

Perth contractor SRG Global has won a $50 million contract from the Water Corporation to provide specialist infrastructure works.

A $1.6 billion desalination plant north of Perth, expected to produce 100 gigalitres of drinking water a year, is one step closer to fruition.

The Water Corporation has confirmed it will defer development of battery storage facilities, after an Infrastructure WA report highlighted risks attached to its plan.

Water services supplier Water Corporation has posted a surplus of almost $1 billion amid improved revenue off the back of increased service charges.

In this podcast, Mark Pownall and Jack McGinn discuss the latest on Chevron's IR deal, WA's top builders, potash deal, road funding, battery contacts, Synergy, Water Corp, tower plans, barramundi and Twiggy's mansion.

Water Corporation chair Ross Love will leave the organisation after three years to take up an overseas role.

Independent assessment of Water Corporation’s $283 million plan for a wind farm near Kojonup has flagged staffing competition among state-owned utilities as a potential development risk.

The state government has committed $2.8 billion to the construction of the first stage of Water Corporation’s Alkimos seawater desalination plant.

Spanish engineering giant ACCIONA has won the contract to design and build WA’s next desalination plant at Alkimos after beating a rival bid from CPB Contractors, according to industry sources.

Andrea Sutton, the former head of Rio Tinto’s majority-owned uranium unit, has been revealed as the new chair of the state-owned Water Corporation.

The government will not go ahead with a plan first announced in 2006 to consolidate legislation governing the state’s water resources management system.

Work has commenced on Water Corporation’s $238.5 million upgrade of its wastewater treatment plant servicing Perth’s southern suburbs.

The Water Corporation's business plan for its $2.8 billion Alkimos desalination plant did not detail how the facility would be powered, despite a public commitment that the project will run on renewable energy.

The state government says its energy load reduction scheme has had no ramifications for water supply, despite summer supply scalebacks at the Water Corp’s Binningup desalination plant.

A record $12.1 billion will be spent through the state’s asset investment program in 2024-25, part of a $42.2 billion outlay forecast over the four years to the end of 2028.

Local artists and primary school students have brought colour back to faded Water Corporation pump stations in two Perth suburbs.

The state government will pour $20 million into creating safer and more reliable water services for the Djarindjin community in northern WA.

A Pilbara Aboriginal corporation has accused the WA government of mismanaging an aquifer critical to a national park and Karratha’s drinking water supply.

Renewable energy giant Neoen has joined a long list of companies aiming to develop wind farms in WA’s South West, though none are currently under construction.

Low water triggers at an aquifer critical to the Pilbara’s development have been breached, according to Traditional Owners, due to water abstraction and low rainfall.

Early works on the $2.8 billion Alkimos Desalination Plant are delivering opportunities for local firms including Pipeline Technics, Georgiou Group and Steel Mains.

ANALYSIS: Labor’s plan to buy back the rail freight network adds to multiple moves across the water, roads, health and prison industries to reverse the privatisation of assets and services.

Water Corporation moved to distance itself from a state decision to approve mining operations by Alcoa in the Darling Range in December 2023, internal documents have revealed.

OPINION: News reports have raised serious questions about the state government’s commitment to sustainable water management.