Strengthening Basin Communities program
The Australian Government has committed $200 million from Water for the Future to establish the Strengthening Basin Communities program. This program is implemented through two separate components: the Planning component and the Water Saving Initiatives component.
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Water Saving Initiatives component Round 2
The Second round of the Water Saving Initiatives component has now closed. An announcement of successful applicants under the program will occur following a competitive assessment process.
Map showing the Murray-Darling Basin boundary overlain with local government boundaries
Second round of the Water Saving Initiatives component
The success of the first round of the Water Saving Initiatives component has led to the decision to announce a second round of funding. The Funding and Implementation Guidelines for this second round vary from those of the initial round. The significant differences are:
- The Project completion date has been extended to 30 June 2013.
- The timeframe for negotiating Funding Agreements, if successful, has changed from 12 weeks to 60 days.
- An increase in the requirement for public liability insurance from $10 million to $20 million.
The second round applications will be assessed on merit using the same criteria as used in the first round:
- Level of contribution to water security by reducing overall demand for potable water within the water supply area.
- Technically sound and able to deliver the proposed outcomes with a high degree of certainty.
- Quality of proposal and value for money.
- Net environmental and social benefits and/or impacts.
- Completion by 30 June 2013.
Download the Water Saving Initiatives component round 2 documents
- Implementation and funding guidelines (PDF - 478 KB) | (RTF - 253 KB)
- Funding agreement (PDF - 169 KB) | (RTF - 990 KB)
- Questions and answers (PDF - 47 KB) | (RTF - 91 KB)
- Application Form (PDF -154 KB) | (RTF - 488 KB)
The closing date for applications under this Round was 5:00pm AEST on 30 September 2010.
More information
- Strengthening Basin Communities - fact sheet
- phone 1800 218 478 (toll free)
- email SBC@environment.gov.au
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