The document summarizes South Australia's plan to ensure adequate water supply to meet demand through 2050. The plan involves expanding desalination, increasing stormwater harvesting and recycling, conserving water usage, and adapting planning and legislation to incorporate climate change impacts. Key actions include expanding desalination capacity, doubling stormwater harvesting by 2013, mandating water-efficient appliances and practices, and establishing an independent economic regulator for water services. The plan aims to secure water supply while protecting the environment and ensuring social inclusion.
This presentation was given at the EPA’s National Water Event 2019, which took place on 29 and 30 May 2019 in Galway. This presentation by Feargal O Coigligh from DHPLG is on Addressing Ireland's Water challenges and the National Response
Water Conservation Finds It’s Home in Integrated Resources Planning. Presented by Richard Harris, Manager of Water Conservation, East Bay Municipal Utility District, California at Texas Water Foundation, Central Texas Water Conservation Symposium February 26, 2013
Presentation by John Sutton of the Texas Water Development Board's Municipal Water Conservation Program for the 2019 Gulf Coast Water Conservation in Houston, Texas.
Presentation by Ryan Kelso, Director of Water Services and Compliance for New Braunfels Utilities, for the 2019 Gulf Coast Water Conservation in Houston, Texas.
This presentation was given at the EPA’s National Water Event 2019, which took place on 29 and 30 May 2019 in Galway. This presentation by Feargal O Coigligh from DHPLG is on Addressing Ireland's Water challenges and the National Response
Water Conservation Finds It’s Home in Integrated Resources Planning. Presented by Richard Harris, Manager of Water Conservation, East Bay Municipal Utility District, California at Texas Water Foundation, Central Texas Water Conservation Symposium February 26, 2013
Presentation by John Sutton of the Texas Water Development Board's Municipal Water Conservation Program for the 2019 Gulf Coast Water Conservation in Houston, Texas.
Presentation by Ryan Kelso, Director of Water Services and Compliance for New Braunfels Utilities, for the 2019 Gulf Coast Water Conservation in Houston, Texas.
This presentation was given at the EPA’s National Water Event 2019, which took place on 29 and 30 May 2019 in Galway. This presentation by Caroline Johnston from the Commission for Regulations of Utilities is on the cost and value of water.
Presentation by Amy Kaarlela, Project Manager for the Region C Water Planning Group (Freese & Nichols), at the 2016 SWIFT Funding Workshop in Grapevine, Texas.
On 17 and 18 June 2020 the EPA held its National Water Event as an online conference.
This presentation was by Con McLaughlin, Donegal County Council and Andy Griggs, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council.
This year's theme was 'Restoring our waters'.
This years event was free to attend. It was the EPA's largest water event ever, with over 1250 attending.
To everyone who joined us: thanks for attending; thanks for your probing questions; thanks for your passion; thanks for caring about our waters. We can achieve more working together.
Special thanks to all our presenters and the team who worked behind the scenes to make sure this years conference happened.
For science and stories about water quality in Ireland, check out www.catchments.ie
Shri S.V. Ranganath (IAS Retd.), Board Member – CSTEP, delivered a talk at CSTEP on ‘Water and Future of Bengaluru’, as the first part of a series of lectures that he will be delivering on a range of governance-related issues, February 3, 2016.
Improving Agriculture Water Productivity in the Region“Investment in Irrigat...FAO
Improving Agriculture Water Productivity in the Region“Investment in Irrigation in MENA”,Lessons from World Bank portfolio and water sector studies, Presented by Qun Li, Senior Operational Officer- World Bank, Land and Water Days in Near East & North Africa, 15-18 December 2013, Amman, Jordan
This presentation was given at the 2019 Catchment Management Notwork meeting, which was held on the 11 October in Tullamore. All our local authorities and other bodies responsible for implementing the Water Framework Directive in Ireland attended to share knowledge and learn from each other.
On 17 and 18 June 2020 the EPA held its National Water Event as an online conference.
This year's theme was 'Restoring our waters'.
This years event was free to attend. It was the EPA's largest water event ever, with over 1250 attending.
To everyone who joined us: thanks for attending; thanks for your probing questions; thanks for your passion; thanks for caring about our waters. We can achieve more working together.
Special thanks to all our presenters and the team who worked behind the scenes to make sure this years conference happened.
For science and stories about water quality in Ireland, check out www.catchments.ie
Experiences in Nutrient Pollution Control Planning, Implementation and Evalua...Iwl Pcu
Thomas Simpson, University of Maryland and The World Bank Group
Presented at the Black Sea – Danube Regional Conference on Nutrient Pollution Control in Chisinau, Moldova – October 2006
SWaRMA_IRBM_Module1_#5, Experiences of IWRM implementation from Australia, An...ICIMOD
This presentation is the part of 12-day (28 January–8 February 2019) training workshop on “Multi-scale Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) from the Hindu Kush Himalayan Perspective” organized by the Strengthening Water Resources Management in Afghanistan (SWaRMA) Initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and targeted at participants from Afghanistan.
SWaRMA_IRBM_Module2_#7, Basin planning experience from Australia, Andrew Joh...ICIMOD
This presentation is the part of 12-day (28 January–8 February 2019) training workshop on “Multi-scale Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) from the Hindu Kush Himalayan Perspective” organized by the Strengthening Water Resources Management in Afghanistan (SWaRMA) Initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and targeted at participants from Afghanistan.
This presentation was given at the EPA’s National Water Event 2019, which took place on 29 and 30 May 2019 in Galway. This presentation by Caroline Johnston from the Commission for Regulations of Utilities is on the cost and value of water.
Presentation by Amy Kaarlela, Project Manager for the Region C Water Planning Group (Freese & Nichols), at the 2016 SWIFT Funding Workshop in Grapevine, Texas.
On 17 and 18 June 2020 the EPA held its National Water Event as an online conference.
This presentation was by Con McLaughlin, Donegal County Council and Andy Griggs, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon District Council.
This year's theme was 'Restoring our waters'.
This years event was free to attend. It was the EPA's largest water event ever, with over 1250 attending.
To everyone who joined us: thanks for attending; thanks for your probing questions; thanks for your passion; thanks for caring about our waters. We can achieve more working together.
Special thanks to all our presenters and the team who worked behind the scenes to make sure this years conference happened.
For science and stories about water quality in Ireland, check out www.catchments.ie
Shri S.V. Ranganath (IAS Retd.), Board Member – CSTEP, delivered a talk at CSTEP on ‘Water and Future of Bengaluru’, as the first part of a series of lectures that he will be delivering on a range of governance-related issues, February 3, 2016.
Improving Agriculture Water Productivity in the Region“Investment in Irrigat...FAO
Improving Agriculture Water Productivity in the Region“Investment in Irrigation in MENA”,Lessons from World Bank portfolio and water sector studies, Presented by Qun Li, Senior Operational Officer- World Bank, Land and Water Days in Near East & North Africa, 15-18 December 2013, Amman, Jordan
This presentation was given at the 2019 Catchment Management Notwork meeting, which was held on the 11 October in Tullamore. All our local authorities and other bodies responsible for implementing the Water Framework Directive in Ireland attended to share knowledge and learn from each other.
On 17 and 18 June 2020 the EPA held its National Water Event as an online conference.
This year's theme was 'Restoring our waters'.
This years event was free to attend. It was the EPA's largest water event ever, with over 1250 attending.
To everyone who joined us: thanks for attending; thanks for your probing questions; thanks for your passion; thanks for caring about our waters. We can achieve more working together.
Special thanks to all our presenters and the team who worked behind the scenes to make sure this years conference happened.
For science and stories about water quality in Ireland, check out www.catchments.ie
Experiences in Nutrient Pollution Control Planning, Implementation and Evalua...Iwl Pcu
Thomas Simpson, University of Maryland and The World Bank Group
Presented at the Black Sea – Danube Regional Conference on Nutrient Pollution Control in Chisinau, Moldova – October 2006
SWaRMA_IRBM_Module1_#5, Experiences of IWRM implementation from Australia, An...ICIMOD
This presentation is the part of 12-day (28 January–8 February 2019) training workshop on “Multi-scale Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) from the Hindu Kush Himalayan Perspective” organized by the Strengthening Water Resources Management in Afghanistan (SWaRMA) Initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and targeted at participants from Afghanistan.
SWaRMA_IRBM_Module2_#7, Basin planning experience from Australia, Andrew Joh...ICIMOD
This presentation is the part of 12-day (28 January–8 February 2019) training workshop on “Multi-scale Integrated River Basin Management (IRBM) from the Hindu Kush Himalayan Perspective” organized by the Strengthening Water Resources Management in Afghanistan (SWaRMA) Initiative of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), and targeted at participants from Afghanistan.
AIM - Conservation of water, minimizing wastage and ensuring its more equitable distribution both across and within States through integrated water resources development and management
This presentation was given at the 2019 Catchment Management Notwork meeting, which was held on the 11 October in Tullamore. All our local authorities and other bodies responsible for implementing the Water Framework Directive in Ireland attended to share knowledge and learn from each other.
Presentation by Marisa Flores-Gonzalez, senior planner - systems planning at Austin Water, for the 2019 Central Texas Water Conservation Symposium in Austin, Texas.
A presentation given at the annual meeting of the American Planning Association, Utah Chapter. This presentation illustrates the need for water conservation districts and municipalities to work together to ensure that water supply planning is part of the community development process at every level.
The presentation includes some basic design changes we can all encourage that improve efficiency without sacrificing the quality of our shared landscape experience. Additionally, it encourages adoption of ordinances which support conservation- with particular emphasis on parkstrips.
Efficient Use of Water - Drew Beckwith, Western Resources Associatesrshimoda2014
Three sources of water are generally cited for to support continued population growth in the West: new diversions from rivers, transfers from agriculture to cities, or reduced use through conservation. Municipal conservation is the cheapest of the three, and often has the least impact on Western rivers.
This presentation describes the potential for conservation to reduce future demands, provide examples of implementation (including rate structures, water loss reduction, and indoor and outdoor best practice programs), and discuss Colorado state-level resources available to develop and implement conservation plans. Important concerns and issues regarding water conservation will also be addressed, including cost to the consumer, water quality, and impacts to return flows.
The Water Imperative: New Standards in Corporate Water LeadershipCoro Strandberg
Water security is a top global issue. Virtually every product requires water at some point in its production, manufacturing or use. Water shortages and lack of access to clean, fresh water are two top global risks – and by 2030 global water consumption is expected to rise by 40%.
As water demand rises around the world it will be difficult for many businesses to operate as usual. Whole sectors, companies and corporate value chains depend on water for their success. WWF, RBC and Molson Coors present their thoughts on the risks and opportunities to business and how to manage them. Coro Strandberg, Strandberg Consulting, introduces guidelines to help companies become transformational corporate water leaders.
Similar to Water Wednesday 2009 July Mike Young as Robyn McLeod (20)
Water Wednesday - Murray Darling Basin Plan: Striking the right balance
The Water Research Centre in conjunction with Australian Water Association SA Branch presented Water Wednesday on 29 February 2012.
This special joint Water Wednesday forum featured a presentation from Professor Barry Hart, an independent member of the Murray Darling Basin Authority, on the Draft Basin Plan which is currently out for public review.
Professor Hugh Possingham is currently the Director of the Ecology Centre at The University of Queensland. Hugh has over 290 publications, 5300 Web of Science citations and a lab of 32 students and staff. Work from his lab helped stop land clearing ("the Brigalow Declaration") in Queensland and NSW securing at least 1 billion tonnes of CO2.
"We generally assume that all monitoring is good. However there are numerous examples of people monitoring things to extinction and monitoring with no clear objective. Hugh Possingham will present a completely different way of looking at environmental monitoring - using decision science thinking. This approach enables us to work out how much of our precious budget should be spent monitoring, if any! The problem with existing monitoring, aside from doing too little, is that ecologists have been trained within a classical null hypothesis testing framework - great for pure science, rubbish for solving environmental problems."
Pollinator-mediated floral evolution and speciation in southern African Irida...University of Adelaide
Part 3 of the 2010 ACEBB seminar series, Dr Paul Rymer presents "Pollinator-mediated floral evolution and speciation in southern African Iridaceae."
Abstract: Explaining the rapid diversification of flowering plants remains one of the greatest challenges facing evolutionary biologists. The pollinator-shift hypothesis developed by Grant (1949) and Stebbins (1970) is the most widely accepted explanation. However, pollinator mediated selection is yet to be shown to result in speciation. The focus of my investigation has been biodiversity hotspots in southern Africa, primarily because they harbour exceptional plant species diversity and endemism, and therefore the promise of detecting speciation in action. In an attempt to unravel the processes driving the evolution of floral traits and speciation, I have taken a multi-faceted approach. I will present my findings from three very different studies:
1. Macroevolution in Sparaxis (Iridaceae),
2. Population genetics in Gladiolus carinatus species complex (Iridaceae),
3. Mating patterns in Gladiolus longicollis (Iridaceae). These studies highlight the role of pollination in recent and continuous speciation events.
Professor Eric Mazur presents a seminar entitled "Confessions of a converted lecturer." Eric is a Balkanski Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Harvard University. Eric explains how he has adjusted his approach to teaching and how it has improved his students' performance significantly.
Plant Introductions & Evolution: Hybrid Speciation and Gene TransferUniversity of Adelaide
Professor Richard Abbott presents a seminar entitled "Gene transfer and plant evolution: What we have learnt from Senecio." Richard has been at St Andrews University since October 1971 and currently holds a Chair in Plant Evolution. He is also an Editor of New Phytologist, and Associate Editor of Molecular Ecology, and Plant Ecology & Diversity. Richard’s main research focus is on the evolutionary consequences of hybridization in plants using the genus Senecio (Asteraceae) as a system for study.
Disputes concerning the regulation and use of water in the Murray-Darling Basin have now reached a critical point where extended periods of extreme drought and climate change have forced threats of High Court litigation. Whilst a number of similar threats have been made since settlement, no court has ever made an authoritative judgment on such water disputes. As such, many important questions about the rights of States and their residents to take and use water remain unresolved. Professor Williams and Matthew Lee assess both the genesis and development of water law in Australia in order to provide an explanation of how we have arrived at this current water crisis.
Donald, Hobern, the Director of the Atlas of Living of Living Australia presented a talk entitled, "Building the Atlas of Living Australia"
The Atlas of Living Australia (ALA) is a partnership between Australian natural history collections and biodiversity research groups. It is developing systems to provide integrated access to all classes of biodiversity data (including names and classification, geospatial data, images, sequences, literature, identification tools and species interactions). The central component will be an information repository which catalogues all data sources and makes them available to support research, policy and education.
Pines and paddocks: socioecology and population genetics of marsupials in fra...University of Adelaide
The eleventh installment of the 2009 Science Seminar Series presented by Doctor Melanie Lancaster. The presentation is entitled "Pines and paddocks: socioecology and population genetics of marsupials in fragmented systems?"
Leigh Simmons from the Centre for Evolutionary Biology at the University of Western Australia presents the tenth installment of the Environment Institute's Science Seminar Series at the University of Adelaide. The presentation is titled: Sperm competition and sexual selection.
Kane Aldridge presents a seminar from the second Water Wednesday entitled "Future options for the Lower Lakes." Kane Aldridge is a postdoctoral fellow with Water Research Centre with The Environment Institute at The University of Adelaide.
Will simulation-based assessments and decisions save our built environment?University of Adelaide
The eighth installment of the Science Seminar Series presented by Associate Professor Veronica Soebarto. The presentation is entitled "Will simulation-based assessments and decisions save our built environment?"
Justin Brookes presents a seminar from the second Water Wednesday entitled "Potential benefits and impacts of the proposed Chowilla Regulator." Justin Brookes is the Director of the Water Research Centre with The Environment Institute at The University of Adelaide.
Judy Goode presents a seminar from the second Water Wednesday entitled "Options for the environmental future of the River Murray. Judy Goode is the SA River Murray Environmental Manager for the SA MDB NRM board.
Giant Australian cuttlefish: a globally unique species under threat. University of Adelaide
Associate Professor Bronwyn Gillanders presents the fourth installment of the Science Seminar Series entitled "Giant Australian cuttlefish: a globally unique species under threat."
Is water a limiting factor for population growth in South Australia?University of Adelaide
Professor Graeme Hugo presents the fourth installment of the Science Seminar Series entitled Is water a limiting factor for population growth in South Australia
Professor Alan Cooper presents the sixth instalment of the Science Seminar Series. The accurate and rapid assessment of biodiversity is a critical aspect for modern science, and ranges from the measurement of environmental and climate change, to microbes in water systems or at the point of care in medical centres. Similarly, the need for the rapid and responsible economic development of primary resources, and the monitoring of invasive species and biosecurity, also place a premium on the ability to quickly assess and quantify biodiversity across a range of diverse habitats. We have combined methods developed to detect trace amounts of ancient DNA with 2nd Generation Sequencing technology to design a vertical barcoding system capable of rapidly screening the genetic and taxonomic diversity of modern, complex biological samples. In parallel with studies of taxonomically identified museum and herbaria material, this approach promises to provide the first genetic audits of diverse Australian environments.
Palestine last event orientationfvgnh .pptxRaedMohamed3
An EFL lesson about the current events in Palestine. It is intended to be for intermediate students who wish to increase their listening skills through a short lesson in power point.
Francesca Gottschalk - How can education support child empowerment.pptxEduSkills OECD
Francesca Gottschalk from the OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation presents at the Ask an Expert Webinar: How can education support child empowerment?
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
6. Supply & Demand Drivers
Supply
• Step change decline in inflows to Murray Darling Basin
and reservoir inflows, and aquifer recharge rates
• Forecast increased temperatures and continued decline
in inflows of up to 41% in Mt Lofty ranges and increased
evaporation due to climate change
IPCC A2 and B2 emission scenarios
10. Water availability in any given
year incorporating 100GL
desalination & no further action
11. Supply & Demand Actions
Supply
• Expand Adelaide Desalination Plant to 100 GL/a
• Increase stormwater harvesting & recycling to 20 GL by
2013, 35GL by 2025, and 60GL by 2050 for Greater
Adelaide and 75 GL for the State
• Increase wastewater recycling to 75GL across the state
by 2050
• Save 50GL than would otherwise have been used in
Greater Adelaide by 2050
• Protect our existing surface and groundwater resources
12. Supply & Demand Actions
Demand
• Range of water wise measures aimed at conserving
water and using it efficiently in the home and business
level eg rebates, planning regulations, design standards,
efficiency programs, loss management, user education
• Pricing and legislative reform to better reflect true value
of water
16. Rain, Rivers, Reservoirs and
Aquifers - Outcomes
• The entire length of the River Murray is a healthy,
working waterway that continues to provide critical
human needs water for Adelaide and regional South
Australia, irrigation requirements and water for the
environment
• All of South Australia’s natural water resources –
surface, ground and watercourses – are managed within
sustainable limits
• As a last resort, build Pomanda Weir, to protect the
drinking water of the 1.2 million people below lock one
17. Rain, Rivers, Reservoirs and
Aquifers - Outcomes
• Drinking water catchments are adequately protected
• Through actions undertaken to secure future water
supplies, any further expansion of storage capacity
within the Mount Lofty Ranges will not be needed until at
least 2050. However, our adaptive planning framework
will review this option by 2025
18. Rain, Rivers, Reservoirs and
Aquifers - Actions
Actions that address:
Water Allocation
– Quicker and more adaptive water allocation
planning process, including interim Water
Allocation Plans
– Continue to unbundle water rights
– Managing non-prescribed water resources
– Baseline understanding of the state of our water
resources, as we adapt to climate change
19. Rain, Rivers, Reservoirs and
Aquifers - Actions
Actions that address:
• Establishing agreed
environmental water
quality targets
• Mount Lofty Ranges
Watershed priority areas
policy
• Protecting drinking water
catchments
20. Desalination - Actions
• Expand the Adelaide Desalination Plant from 50 GL/a to
100 GL/a
• First water by end of 2010 and full capacity by end 2012
• Powered by renewable energy
• Designed to operate at varying flow rates
• Design & timing of interconnectivity between the south
and north networks to fully utilise capacity being
investigated
21. Other Key Desalination Actions
• Supplement Eyre Peninsula's water supply with
desalination, subject to site and environmental
investigations
• Finalise a state-wide desalination policy to guide the
identification of future sites
• Investigate groundwater desalination plants in regional
towns where salinity is an issue
22. Stormwater Recycling - Actions
• SA national leaders in stormwater recycling
• Leads nation in rainwater tank ownership
• Stormwater harvest capability in Adelaide
– operational schemes – more than 6 GL/a
– will more than double stormwater harvesting by 2013
– predicted ultimate yield – about 60 GL/a
• Informed by Urban Stormwater Harvesting Options
Study developed by Stormwater Management Authority
24. Stormwater recycling- Actions
Outcomes
• 2013 – capable of harvesting 20 GL/a in Greater
Adelaide for non-drinking purposes
• 2025 – up to 35 GL/a in SA for non-drinking purposes
• 2050 – up to 60 GL/a in Greater Adelaide and up to 15
GL/a in regional SA
• Bid to Commonwealth for funding $145 million in
projects in partnership with state and local
government lodged 30th June
26. Using & Saving Water - Actions
• Pool covers will be mandated by 2012
• Support expansion of WELS
• Enhance the H2OME rebate scheme by:
- Including a $150 rebate for hot water recirculator
- Modifying washing machine rebates to apply to
minimum 41/2 stars
27. Using & Saving Water Actions
• Increase the garden goods rebate to $100 on a
$250 basket of goods, which now includes
rainwater diverters
• A new $200 rebate for approved pool covers and
cover rollers for existing swimming pools.
28. Using & Saving Water - Actions
• Improving efficiency and reducing water use at
household, commercial and government levels,
including:
- Retro-fitting program to improve the water
efficiency of publicly owned buildings, and
encourage similar water efficiency measures in
buildings leased by Government, and in other
private commercial buildings
- SA Water program of leak detection and repair
on pipe networks and report annually.
29. Using & Saving Water - Actions
To enhance community awareness of water issues
• an advertising and media campaign
• a water information website
• an awards program including a Premier’s award
• curriculum for schools
• specific programs for ethnic communities
30. Adaptive planning
• Minister to report annually on demand supply and water
security standards for the state
• Water security standards will ensure restrictions, above
permanent water conservation measures are only
required one year in one hundred
• If trigger reached, Minister will establish an independent
planning body to seek market response to augmentation
requirements
31. Planning - Actions
Planning includes actions that address the following
issues:
• Water-sensitive urban • Baseline data, monitoring
design to be mandated and assessment
for all dwellings and • Water for remote
urban commercial communities involving
buildings local knowledge
• Regional water demand
and supply planning
32. Legislation - Actions
• Introduce a Water Industry & Planning Act to set out
governance arrangements for planning and management
– replacing Waterworks and Sewerage Acts
• Establish independent price setting and standards of
service requirements for monopoly water suppliers
• Open up public water infrastructure to third party access
33. Legislation – Actions (cont’d)
• Introduce a Safe Drinking Water Act to ensure water
quality standards
• Update governance arrangements of Stormwater
Management Authority to facilitate stormwater harvesting
and reuse
• Establish an Environmental Water Reserve
34. Independent Regulation -
Actions
• ESCOSA to be independent economic regulator for
monopoly urban water and wastewater service providers
in South Australia.
• ESCOSA appointment dependent on enacting the
proposed Water Industry and Planning Bill.
• SA Government will determine the broad regulatory
framework and continue to have responsibility for non-
economic objectives such as health and the
environment.
• SA Water to be first supplier to be regulated but other
monopoly suppliers may follow.
37. Water Use Prices - Actions
• Over time, potable water use prices for SA Water
customers will move towards the cost-reflective price.
• Over a period of up to 5 years, non-residential customers
will move to water use charges based on a single water
use price.
38. Social Inclusion - Actions
• Low income households will be protected through
targeted and transparent concession schemes.
• Regional customers will continue to be protected through
application of State-wide Pricing Policy.
• Independent economic regulator will be requested to
monitor and report on the effect of State-wide Pricing
Policy.
39. Market Reform - Actions
• South Australia will continue to participate in reforms and
interstate forums that encourage more efficient operation
of the Murray-Darling Basin water market.
• SA Water will continue to owned by the South Australian
Government.
• A state based third party access regime will be
developed that allows clearly defined access to
monopoly owned water and wastewater infrastructure.
• Licensing arrangements will be established to ensure
continued protection of public interest, public health and
the environment.