National Water Grid Science Strategy

The National Water Grid (NWG) Science Strategy closely aligns with the NWG Investment Framework and sets the strategic objectives for the NWG’s science projects: 

• Provide safe and reliable water for regional and remote communities:
  • for example, analysis of currently unused groundwater resources near a community, or investigating suitable technologies to improve water quality for First Nations remote communities.
• Generate public benefit through responsible investment in water infrastructure for productive use:
  • for example, identifying opportunities for sustainable development of water resources, including through comprehensive multi-disciplinary water resource assessments in northern Australia.
• Build resilient water infrastructure that is environmentally sustainable and culturally responsive:
  • for example, progressing technologies to make water supplies more resilient to climate change and variability. Promising technologies include managed aquifer recharge (MAR), desalination of brackish groundwater and increased use of recycled wastewater.

Read more

• Learn about science at the National Water Grid
• Explore our NWG projects
• Read National Water Grid Investment Framework

For more information about science at the National Water Grid or any of our science projects, please contact nwg.science@dcceew.gov.au.