There is a new link in our side bar – to a new water website. The WaterHub is a project of  Water Futures and was “created as a vehicle to allow free exchange and provision of water cycle information – everything from source through to final end point – an integrated water information centre.”

The site is new, and still under development, however a couple of features look particularly promising. One is the Photo Hub, a collection of photos on various aspects of the water cycle licensed under a  Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Australia License. These photos can be downloaded and used under the condition of the CC license.

Another interesting feature is Incidents Online, a database of water contamination incidents which will be a useful resource for providers, regulators and researchers. The database includes incidents from around the world, from the E. coli outbreak in Burdine Township, Missouri, US which killed 4 people in 1990, to the fluoride overdose in Queensland this year.