Water for the Future

Policy and programs

Water Smart Australia projects sorted by state

Map of Australia Western Australia Northern Territory South Australia Queensland ACT New South Wales Victoria Tasmania ACT

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National
Status Description Location Investment
Active Implementation of the Smart Approved Water Mark Scheme National $1,758,750
Active National perspective on the magnitude of river - groundwater interaction National $1,350,000
Active Australian Riverprize National $1,000,000
New South Wales
Status Description Location Investment
Completed Aquatic Weed Harvester NSW $500,000
Active Barraba to Split Rock Dam water pipeline feasibility study NSW $150,000
Active Bega to Yellow Pinch water transfer system NSW $10,000,000
Active Berridale Sewage Treatment Plant Augmentation Project – Phase 2 Re-use of treated effluent at the Coolamatong Golf Course NSW $1,000,000
Active Braidwood Sewage Treatment Plant NSW $3,300,000
Active Braidwood Water Supply Augmentation NSW $700,000
Active Bungendore Water Supply Augmentation NSW $1,000,000
Active Chatswood CBD and Civic Place integrated water management NSW $2,380,000
Active Coleambally Irrigation Cooperative Limited's Water Smart Australia project NSW $8,050,000
Active Drought Security for Nimmitabel - Water Storage project NSW $550,000
Active Emergency Wingecarribee to Goulburn Pipeline NSW $20,000,000
Active Eurobodalla Pipeline and Water Treatment Facilities NSW $15,000,000
Completed Hunter and Gosford-Wyong regional water sharing project NSW $6,610,000
Active Lake Brewster water efficiency project NSW $7,500,000
Active Mardi Mangrove Link Project NSW $80,300,000
Active Murrumbidgee River Reach project NSW $3,700,000
Active New South Wales wetland recovery plan NSW $13,400,000
Active NSW Hydrometric Network Expansion NSW $6,000,000
Active NSW Rivers Environmental Restoration Program NSW $79,620,000
Active Pipeline NSW NSW $3,500,000
Active The Hawkesbury Nepean River Recovery Project NSW $77,400,000
Active Tumbarumba Water Treatment Plant Upgrade NSW $2,000,000
Completed Tumut Golf Course Effluent Re-use Scheme NSW $500,000
Active Water loss management program for NSW regional water utilities NSW $7,387,000
Completed Water Quality 2010 NSW $4,500,000
Victoria
Status Description Location Investment
Completed Goldfields Superpipe to Bendigo and Ballarat Vic $115,000,000
Completed Bendigo - Water Recycling project Vic $6,300,000
Completed Latrobe Aquifer Financial Assistance package Vic $3,600,000
Active Macalister irrigation district channel automation project Vic $20,000,000
Active Regional Roof Water Harvesting Vic $1,101,200
Active Restoring unregulated rivers - establishing sustainable management of water allocations in unregulated rivers across Victoria Vic $7,820,000
Active Sustainable groundwater management Vic $4,250,000
Active Wimmera Mallee pipeline project Vic $266,000,000
Queensland
Status Description Location Investment
Completed Bundaberg groundwater rescue feasibility study and preliminary design Qld $227,000
Completed Capturing water losses project Qld $3,150,000
Active Environmentally smart and sustainable water supply for the Capricorn Coast Qld $16,467,000
Active Mackay wastewater recycling project Qld $45,540,000
Completed Smart metering and sustainable water pricing initiative Qld $2,600,000
Active Wastewater Diversion Pipeline, Pump Stations and Associated Work Qld $39,180,000
Completed Western Corridor recycling project Qld $408,000,000
South Australia
Status Description Location Investment
Completed Advancing knowledge of groundwater in the Mount Lofty Ranges, Northern Adelaide Plains and Kangaroo Island SA $1,520,000
Completed Environmental water trading system SA $705,000
Completed Groundwater management: integrated water resource management in the South East of South Australia SA $6,250,000
Completed Implementation of the National Water Initiative SA $12,885,589
Completed Metropolitan Adelaide stormwater reuse project SA $2,764,950
Active Remote reading of irrigation water meters SA $2,187,984
Active Restoring Flows to Wetlands in the Upper South-East of South Australia SA $7,700,000
Active Statewide wastewater recycling project SA $20,000,000
Active Sustainable Management of Water Resources in the Mount Lofty Ranges SA $13,900,000
Active Virginia pipeline scheme extension SA $2,035,000
Active Waterproofing Northern Adelaide SA $38,000,000
Active Waterproofing the South SA $34,500,000
Western Australia
Status Description Location Investment
Active Groundwater replenishment project WA $19,400,000
Completed Restoration of groundwater aquifer on the Cottesloe Peninsula WA $782,000
Active Water planning in Western Australia WA $14,942,500
Tasmania
Status Description Location Investment
Active Tasmania - Water planning project Tas $2,273,000
Active Tasmanian water use management project Tas $7,864,850
Northern Territory
Status Description Location Investment
Active A model approach to water resource planning for sustainable development in northern Australia NT $877,000
Active Gulf water study - Smart use of scientific and indigenous knowledge systems for effective management of healthy groundwater and Rivers NT $866,000
Australian Capital Territory (ACT)
Status Description Location Investment
Active Canberra Integrated Urban Waterways ACT $10,200,000

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