WA households, already bracing for sharp rises in electricity prices, are facing average increases of 50 per cent in water bills over the next six years as the Carpenter Government moves to a new pricing scheme that reflects the true cost of delivering water.

Dams could stop supplying drinking water to Perth in as little as seven years and become obsolete in 50 years, under the Water Corporation’s planning scenarios, forcing a reliance on up to four expensive desalination plants and recycled wastewater.

One of the State's most successful environmental actions of the past decade has not been to save the whales or end old growth logging but the take up of recycling by households.

Chemicals commonly used in mothballs and as deodorants in men's urinals can cause cancer, a US study has found.

The Family Law Courts in Sydney adopted the Desert Cube Waterless Urinal System in mid 2005 as part of their water conservation program. The aim of the project was to help reduce water usage in the building.

Consumers may think they are keeping the family safe by using antibacterial cleaners, but scientists are now warning that they may be breeding a new generation of superbugs and introducing carcinogens into the food chain.

ONE of life's humble staples, toilet paper, is likely to cost more and, oddly enough, it's because of an anti-dumping investigation.