Competitive Grants
Background
On 1 October 2009 a call for Competitive Grants under the National Water Security Plan for Cities and Towns opened for proposals to develop and implement practical projects that improve urban water security through water saving initiatives that reduce demand on potable supplies in cities and towns nationwide. This call closed on 1 December 2009.
Under the funding guidelines, a project must:
- be located in a city or town with a population fewer than 50,000 people
- have total costs of at least $500,000, with at least fifty percent contribution provided or obtained by the applicant
- be part, or support, the long-term water supply plan for the city or town, and
- be completed by 30 June 2012.
Eligible activities included:
- recycling and reuse
- leakage and pressure reduction
- smart metering
- efficient urban irrigation technologies
- stormwater capture and reuse schemes
- desalination
- water sensitive urban design initiatives
Projects which were not permitted included those that increase net extraction from groundwater or surface water resources such as bores, dams or transfer pipelines, or activities that were not supported by sound water supply planning.
Tasmania
- $11 million for water saving projects in Tasmania - media release 19 May
2010
- Rollout of Water Meters in Tasmania - Tasmanian Department of Treasury and Finance - $10m
- Kingborough Sports Precinct Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Project - Kingborough Council - $1.05m
Western Australia
- Making Water Conservation Happen (WA) - ICLEI Oceania - $258,000 - media release 17 May 2010
- Securing Water Supplies For Western Australia - media release 9 June 2010
- Kimberley Integrated Water Efficiency Project - Western Australia Water Corporation - $1.85 m
- Great Southern Integrated Water Efficiency Project - Western Australia Water Corporation - $4.05 m
- West Pilbara Integrated Water Efficiency Project - Western Australia Water Corporation - $4.05 m
- Goldfields Integrated Water Efficiency Project - Western Australia Water Corporation - $2.15 m
- East Pilbara Integrated Water Efficiency Project - Western Australia Water Corporation - $1.55 m
- Increasing Merredin's Storm Water Holding Capacity and Minimising Evaporation Water Losses project - Shire of Merredin - $410,679
- Busselton Water Meter Reading Retrofit Project - Busselton Water - $763,228
New South Wales
- $8.9 million for water savings projects in New South Wales - media release 7 June 2010
- MidCoast Water Recycling and Reuse Program - MidCoast Water - $6.2 m
- Sustainable Water Management - Wingecarribee Shire Council - $606,725
- Bathurst Water Filtration Plant Supernatant Recycling Project - Bathurst Regional Council - $830,100
- Oberon Timber Complex Water Support Initiative - Oberon Council - $1 m
- Port Macquarie Potable Water Reduction Project - Port Macquarie-Hastings Council - $350,000
- $264,586 for Eurobodalla Shire Council - media release 7 June 2010
Victoria
- $3.7 million for water savings projects in Victoria - media release 8 June 2010
- Phillip Island Recycled Water Scheme - Westernport Region Water Corporation - $2.85 m
- Reducing Water Loss in the Otway Water Supply System project - Wannon Water - $638,280
- Securing Water For Sunbury Community Facilities - Hume City Council - $259,000
South Australia
- $19.2 million for water saving projects in South Australia - media release 10 June 2010
- Port Pirie community water reuse project - Port Pirie Regional Council - $2.5 m
- Water proofing Ceduna project - District Council of Ceduna - $740,000
- Berri Barmera Council drip irrigation installation project - Berri Barmera Council - $1.09 m
- Naracoorte Regional Livestock Exchange reclaimed water reuse project - Naracoorte Lucindale Council - $1.85 m
- State-wide Cities and Towns project - Local Government Association of South Australia - $7.2 m
- Port Augusta urban stormwater reuse scheme project - Port Augusta City Council - $2.13 m
- Securing the potable water supply through water reuse project - City of Port Lincoln - $0.5 m
- 'Fit for purpose' supplementary water supply schemes for the towns of Freeling and Kapunda project - Light Regional Council - $975,394
- City of Whyalla urban stormwater harvesting and reuse project - Corporation of the City of Whyalla - $2.2 m
Queensland
- More than $3.8 million for Cairns Regional Council water saving projects - media release 1 June 2011
- More than $5.7 million for water savings projects in Maryborough - media release 16 December 2010
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