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Environmental Project Grant - Mildura Rural City Council
Environmental Project Grant - Mildura Rural City Council - Closing: 14/09/2015 Up to $4000 available to provide an opportunity for local, not-for-profit organisations and groups to access funding for innovative environmental projects. - includes water conservation
04 Aug 2015
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Coles Hallam with rare Green Star supermarket
Coles Hallam, one of the many Coles supermarkets equipped with WaterGroup’s smart water meters, has been recognised for its efforts towards resource efficiency and has earned the first Green Star rating for an Australian supermarket. Located in Melbourne’s outer south-east, this store is opening the way for a much needed greater sustainability in this sector of retail property that typically consumes huge amounts of energy for refrigeration.
30 Jun 2015
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Rnd 2 Building Resilience to Climate Change Grants Closing 4 August 2015
Rnd 2 of the LGNSW Building Resilience to Climate Change program is now open for funding applications for projects that improve the resilience of water supply and/or quality management, or adapting priority infrastructure. Grants are open to NSW local government organisations. Partnerships with other organisations are encouraged. The proposal must respond to a previously identified climate change risk or vulnerability identified through: • A climate change risk assessment meeting ISO 31000 standards, or • A peer reviewed climate change vulnerability assessment. Grants between $15,000 and $80,000 are available for the duration of a project (up to 15 months).
05 Jun 2015
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2015 Water Directory now available on line
The 2015 Water Directory is now available online. This 26th edition of the Directory is an invaluable resource and reference tool for the Australian water industry, with a Who\\\'s Who of Water Organisations, a Products & Services Guide, an Organisation Listing and a section featuring handy Australian Water Information & Statistics. To view the digital version now, click here
29 Apr 2015
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Private Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Program in NSW Round 3 closing 30/4/15
Round 3 of the Private Irrigation Infrastructure Operators Program is now open for applications within the Murray and Murrumbidgee catchment in NSW. The programme aims to assist irrigators in the southern Murray-Darling Basin to modernise their off-farm irrigation infrastructure and return water to the environment. Eligible Areas - NSW Murray and Murrumbidgee river catchments of the Murray-Darling Basin. Closing 30/4/15
22 Apr 2015
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Funding - Sustaining the Basin: Irrigated Farm Modernisation
New funding rounds - Round 4 closes on Wednesday 13 May 2015 and Round 5 closes on Wednesday 29 July 2015. Under the new funding rounds, this program has expanded the eligible areas to include the Barwon - Darling catchment. Fore more details email: IFM.Info@dpi.nsw.gov.au
11 Mar 2015
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City of Sydney Grants
The City of Sydney has 15 grants and sponsorship programs that support initiatives and projects that build the social, cultural, environmental and economic life of the city. Through these programs the City provides financial and in‐kind support for a diverse range of projects. Download the guidelines.
06 Feb 2015
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Australia's water use highest in years
Australian water consumption peaked at just under 20,000 gigalitres - or 20 billion litres - in 2012-13, the largest water use measured since the start of the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) annual water account series in 2008-09. This is up by over a third on 2011-12 consumption which was around 9.5 billion litres.
04 Dec 2014
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Funding On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program Round 5
Round 5 of the On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program is now open for applications. Closing: 19/03/2015 - 04:00 pm The areas eligible to apply for funding are the NSW Murray, Murrumbidgee, and Lower Darling (south of Menindee Lakes) river catchments of the Southern Basin NSW zone of the Murray-Darling Basin. The Australian Government will work together with the NSW Government, delivery partner organisations and irrigators to deliver a programme to implement on-farm irrigation infrastructure projects.
26 Nov 2014
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Water Grant Funds
Councils and water corporations can apply for funding of up to $250,000 to help develop whole-of-water-cycle management plans for localised areas. Water Minister Peter Walsh said the plans were a detailed analysis of a town or area's overall water balance, looking at risks and opportunities in safeguarding water supplies to ensure it remained liveable through future droughts. The Victorian Government has allocated $1.5 million to the new Living Regions initiative. Submissions close 1 December 2014 http://www.livingvictoria.vic.gov.au/
04 Nov 2014
