Water for the Future

Grants and funding

Water Smart Australia projects sorted by NWI objective

Encourage innovation in water supply sourcing, treatment and discharge
Date Description Location Investment
17/07/07 Eurobodalla Pipeline and Water Treatment Facilities NSW $15,000,000
29/08/06 Waterproofing Northern Adelaide SA $38,000,000
23/08/06 Porters Creek wetland stormwater harvesting NSW $2,600,000
21/04/06 Redevelopment of the Dalby water supply through the integrated use of coal seam methane water, recycling and demand management Qld $3,330,000
Encourage reuse and recycling
Date Description Location Investment
18/09/07 Mine discharge water recycling - Tahmoor Colliery NSW $1,200,000
23/08/07 A Hawkesbury Nepean River Recovery Proposal NSW $132,500,000
27/06/07 Statewide wastewater recycling project SA $20,000,000
26/06/07 Waterproofing the South SA $34,500,000
23/06/07 Barwon Water-Shell Australia Water Recycling project Vic $12,500,000
22/02/07 Beenyup reverse osmosis groundwater replenishment project WA $19,400,000
29/11/06 Canberra Integrated Urban Waterways ACT $10,200,000
16/10/06 Bendigo Bounty - realising the potential of regional reclaimed water Vic $6,300,000
22/03/06 Chatswood CBD and Civic Place integrated water management NSW $1,880,000
24/06/05 Eastern water recycling proposal feasibility study Vic $1,000,000
19/05/05 Mackay wastewater recycling project Qld $43,340,000
Increase productivity and water use efficiency in agriculture
Date Description Location Investment
13/04/07 Tasmanian water use management project Tas $7,864,850
02/02/07 Coleambally Irrigation Cooperative Limited's Water Smart Australia project NSW $12,530,000
2/02/07 Lake Brewster water efficiency project NSW $1,000,000
20/10/06 Restoring unregulated rivers - establishing sustainable management of water allocations in unregulated rivers across Victoria Vic $7,820,000
28/04/06 Remote reading of irrigation water meters SA $2,187,984
24/06/05 Macalister irrigation district channel automation project Vic $20,000,000
Increase urban water use efficiency and encourage water sensitive urban development
Date Description Location Investment
14/09/07 Regional Roof Water Harvesting Vic $1,101,200
24/04/07 Western Corridor recycling project Qld $408,000,000
18/04/07 Wungong Urban Water Cycle project WA $6,191,990
21/04/06 Smart metering and sustainable water pricing initiative Qld $2,600,000
29/03/06 Implementation of the Smart Approved Water Mark Scheme National $1,180,000
22/03/06 Water loss management program for NSW regional water utilities NSW $7,387,000
07/10/05 Metropolitan Adelaide stormwater reuse project SA $2,764,950
19/05/05 Capturing water losses project Qld $3,150,000
Manage surface and groundwater as connected systems
Date Description Location Investment
20/10/06 Sustainable groundwater management Vic $4,250,000
28/04/06 Groundwater management: integrated water resource management in the South East of South Australia SA $6,250,000
28/04/06 Advancing knowledge of groundwater in the Mount Lofty Ranges, Northern Adelaide Plains and Kangaroo Island SA $1,520,000
29/03/06 National perspective on the magnitude of river - groundwater interaction National $1,350,000
Protect surface water and groundwater systems of high conservation value
Date Description Location Investment
02/02/07 NSW Rivers Environmental Restoration Program NSW $71,770,000
02/02/07 Restoring Flows to Wetlands in the Upper South-East of South Australia SA $7,700,000
Provide healthy safe and reliable water supplies
Date Description Location Investment
23/10/07 Scientific trials of innovative rainfall enhancement technology Qld $10,000,000
04/07/07 Bega to Yellow Pinch water transfer system NSW $10,000,000
14/06/07 Emergency Wingecarribee to Goulburn Pipeline NSW $20,000,000
31/05/07 Lower Wyong to Mangrove Creek Dam Transfer Project NSW $80,300,000
28/06/06 Environmentally smart and sustainable water supply for the Capricorn Coast Qld $16,467,000
28/10/05 NQ Water - Water supply upgrade project Qld $40,000,000
Return over-allocated and overused systems to environmentally sustainable levels of extraction
Date Description Location Investment
26/08/07 NSW Hydrometric Network Expansion NSW $6,000,000
26/08/07 Pipeline NSW NSW $3,500,000
26/08/07 Murrumbidgee River Reach project NSW $3,700,000
13/04/07 Sassafras - Wesley Vale irrigation scheme Tas $4,319,000
18/08/06 New South Wales wetland recovery plan NSW $13,400,000
05/04/06 Restoration of groundwater aquifer on the Cottesloe Peninsula WA $782,000
07/10/05 Virginia pipeline scheme extension SA $2,035,000
24/06/05 Wimmera Mallee pipeline project Vic $167,000,000
09/06/05 Achieving sustainable groundwater entitlements in NSW for future generations NSW $80,000,000
19/05/05 Bundaberg groundwater rescue feasibility study and preliminary design Qld $227,000
Support statutory water planning
Date Description Location Investment
20/08/07 Near Real Time Management of the Water Resources of the Condamine Balonne Basin Qld $8,845,000
22/02/07 Water planning in Western Australia WA $14,942,500
05/10/06 Feasibility study of options to improve water supply and management of the Darling River NSW $500,000
23/08/06 Implementation of the National Water Initiative SA $12,936,000
26/05/06 Community consultation process for a sustainable long term solution to secure Goulburn's water supply NSW $50,000
07/04/06 A model approach to water resource planning for sustainable development in northern Australia NT $877,000
07/04/06 Gulf water study - Smart use of scientific and indigenous knowledge systems for effective management of healthy groundwater and Rivers NT $866,000
04/11/05 Tasmania - Water planning project Tas $2,273,000
07/10/05 Mount Lofty sustainable water management project SA $13,900,000
Support water markets and trading
Date Description Location Investment
20/08/07 Ballarat - water price support Vic $31,000,000
27/04/07 Bendigo Pipeline Vic $25,000,000
28/04/06 Environmental water trading system SA $705,000
22/03/06 Hunter and Gosford-Wyong regional water sharing project NSW $6,610,000

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