Researchers seek to cut evaporation from dams ...

Some good news for a change ...

The Chronicle on 7 January reported that researchers at USQ are hoping to minimise evaporation from dams using a liquid product which acts as a barrier between the sun's rays and water.

The alcohol-based liquid which spreads a thin film along the surface of the water could be used on much larger dams.

By pouring mono-layer over the water every few days and watching it spread through a process if ionic repulsion was not only more economical but practical.

The product was environmentally friendly and could possibly be used on large municipal dams.