Water Conservation Group

The links below refer to useful water conservation and resources web sites. If you send us a useful new link or if a link is broken and you let us know we’ll give you a free shower timer.

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News and Blogs

Water Planning Tools a joint partnership between the National Water Commission and Land & Water Australia to investigate processes and methods for water allocation planning.

Water Website for the Pacific

New interactive information portal on water, sanitation and hygiene for the Pacific, to help Pacific Island Countries, the Pacific Water Partnership and SOPAC to share information and news including SOPAC initiatives, programmes and projects on water, sanitation and hygiene.

Alliance for Water Efficiency Forum Online forum

Water Conserve - International water conservation portal, news and blog
H20 Today - Australia's only online television and radio program featuring news on water

Get Green - Blog on water conservation ideas

Green Journal,

Water is Life - International water blog

Water Footprint - international website to calculate the total amount of freshwater used in production of goods consumed.

Peak Energy - Blog on climate change with a focus on water

Water recycling in Australia blog

WME Magazine

http://www.watercentre.org

http://www.insanitation.org

Making rainfall a windfall - WME article written by Guenter Hauber-Davidson

http://www.urbanwaterirp.net.au/

Aquafornia - The California Water News Blog

Water Conferences and Events

OZWATER '10 - 8 - 10 March 2010 ,

8-10 March 2010 -Brisbane

Aus Water Future – National Water Recycling & Reuse Technology 2010 Conference in Melbourne from the 26th-28th May 2010

Australian Desalination Summit 2010 , 15th-16th July in Melbourne

LGSA Water Management Conference 12 – 14 September 2010

Orange NSW. Call for Papers – closing date 16 April 2010

Water Savings Funds, Government Initiatives

and Water Savings Plans

Second Round of National Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Fund closes 5pm on 10 February 2010

Water savings increase as program extends

The goal of saving up to 10,000 megalitres of water per year is closer to becoming a reality for local councils thanks to the extension of the Water Loss Management Program until June 2011.

The program is a joint initiative of the LGSA and the NSW Water Directorate, and includes Commonwealth funding of $7.3m from the Water Smart Australia program, part of the Government's $12.9 billion 'Water for the Future' plan.

VIC Government – Vision For Werribee Plains.

$10 million . funding stage 2 - for projects such as water conservation, increased use of recycled water, waterway health - in the western region of Melbourne

NSW Climate Change Fund New round of funding closes 30 April 2009

under 2 streams. (1) Community Savers stream - funding of up to $40,000 for not-for-profit community organisations to undertake simple, low-cost water and energy saving upgrades in the facilities they use.

(2) Demonstration stream - funding for projects which demonstrate how water and energy savings work in practice in public or educational facilities which are open to, and frequently accessed, by the public

Water Adjustment Innovation Fund
This Department of State & Regional Development fund provides $9m over 5 yrs for communities to invest in innovative water saving technologies. Preference is for projects that create local employment and investment , especially in communities adversely impacted by prolonged drought or the impact of climate change reforms..

Businesses, business clusters and industry groups located in the Murray Darling Basin including the catchment management areas of the Border Rivers/Gwydir, Namoi, Central West, Western, Lachlan, Lower Murray Darling, Murrumbidgee and Murray are eligible to apply. Projects should be discussed with your local DSRD office prior to submitting an expression of interest. If you are unable to download this information, contact your local office or call Paul Mathews on (02) 9338 6713.

Download Water Adjustment Innovation

Sydney Water’s Water Saver Grant Program for small to medium businesses in Sydney, Illawarra and the Blue Mountains using between 20 and 80 kilolitres of water a day. Funding includes up to 50% cost of water efficiency projects valued between $4,000 and $40,000.

Re-Tooling for Climate Change

Round 2 closes 16 February 2009 (Round 3 - 1 June 2009) - $75m over 4yrs for small to medium sized Australian manufacturers for projects to improve the energy and/or water efficiency of their production processes. Grants from $10,000 to $500,000, up to a maximum of 1/3rd of the cost of each project.

NSW Green Business Program - provides $30 million for projects to save water and energy in NSW

Water for Life - a NSW Govt water education resource hub

New Website Helps Councils Progress Towards Sustainability

New Website Tracks Councils' Water Saving Efforts

Sustainability Green Globe Awards

Victorian Smart Water Fund

Victorian Sustainability Fund

Queensland Water Commission

Queensland Sustainable Energy Innovation Fund grants program

South East Queensland Business Water Efficiency Program (BWEP)

Business water restrictions in South East Queensland

WaterCare - South Australia