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      • National Urban Water and Desalination Plan - supporting documents

National Urban Water and Desalination Plan

​The National Urban Water and Desalination Plan assisted major towns and cities to secure their water supplies and reduce their reliance on rainfall dependent sources by supporting infrastructure projects and research in desalination, water recycling and stormwater harvesting and reuse.

The National Urban Water and Desalination Plan program is closed and no future funding rounds are planned at this time.

National projects

Project name Theme Australian Government funding (excl. GST)
Australian Centre of Excellence in Water Recycling (based in Brisbane) Water Recycling $22,000,000 (inclusive of GST)
National Centre of Excellence in Desalination (based in Perth) Desalination $20,000,000

New South Wales projects

Project name Theme Australian Government funding (excl. GST)
Terrigal Central Business District and Hylton Moore Park Stormwater Harvesting Project Stormwater $2,000,000
Manly Golf Course Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Project Stormwater $2,091,700
Blacktown Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Using Managed Aquifer Recharge Project Stormwater $2,212,500
Apex Oval/East Dubbo Sporting Complex Water Harvesting at a Regional Sporting Venue Stormwater $4,506,500
Alexandra Canal Catchment Stormwater Reuse Scheme Stormwater $7,633,000
Lower Hunter Recycled Water Initiative Water Recycling $8,850,000
Water Security for the Community and Council Facilities in the City of Canada Bay Stormwater $1,894,963
Peakhurst Light Industrial Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Scheme Stormwater $1,071,738

Queensland projects

Project name Theme Australian Government funding (excl. GST)
South Bank Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Centre Project Stormwater $3,300,000
Fitzgibbon Rainwater Harvesting to Potable Reuse Scheme (PotaRoo) Project Stormwater $4,050,000
Fitzgibbon Stormwater Harvesting (FiSH) Project Stormwater $3,086,600
Brisbane City's Stormwater Harvesting and Resue Project Stormwater $5,391,000

South Australia projects

Project name Theme Australian Government funding (excl. GST)
Adelaide Botanic Gardens First Creek Wetland Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project Stormwater $2,935,000
City of Unley Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Project Stormwater $2,558,000
Oaklands Park Stormwater Scheme Stormwater $3,732,500
Adelaide Airport Stormwater Scheme Stormwater $4,864,000
Adelaide Desalination Plant Desalination $328,000,000
Glenelg to Adelaide Park Lands Recycled Water Project Water Recycling $30,150,000
Water Proofing the West Stage 1 - City of Charles Sturt Stormwater $20,000,000
Water Proofing the South Stage 2 - City of Onkaparinga Stormwater $14,970,000
Unity Park Infiltration and Reuse - City of Salisbury Stormwater $6,990,000
Barker Inlet Stormwater Reuse Scheme Stormwater $3,925,000
Playford Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Scheme Stormwater $9,600,000
Waterproofing Eastern Adelaide (Feasibility Study) Stormwater $500,000
Waterproofing Eastern Adelaide Project Stormwater $9,500,000
Waterproofing Greater Gawler Stormwater $500,000
Murray Bridge Stormwater Management and Reuse Scheme Stormwater $7,115,000
Cobbler Creek-An Integrated Flood Mitigation, Harvesting and Re-use Scheme Stormwater $2,210,000
Gawler Reuse Project Stormwater $10,700,000

Tasmanian projects

Project name Theme Australian Government funding (excl. GST)
Derwent Park Stormwater Harvesting and Industrial Reuse Scheme Stormwater $9,244,000
Integrating Water Cycle Management at Nyrstar Hobart Stormwater $2,641,440

Victorian projects

Project name Theme Australian Government funding (excl. GST)
Harnessing Ballarat's Stormwater Stormwater $1,544,700
Kalkallo Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Project Stormwater $9,274,000 
Geelong-Shell Water Recycling Project Water Recycling $20,000,000
Stormwater Harvesting – Geelong's Plan Stormwater $2,625,000
Hobson's Bay Water Security Project Stormwater $3,130,600
City of Maribyrnong Stormwater Harvesting Project Stormwater $319,436
West Werribee Dual Supply (Aquifer Storage and Recovery) Project Water Recycling $11,400,000
City of Brimbank Alternative Water Project Stormwater $3,990,000
Working Wetlands (Royal Botanic Gardens) Stormwater $1,980,000
Clayton South Retarding Basin & Namatjira Park Stormwater Reuse Project Stormwater $2,427,500
Melbourne Water Security Through Stormwater Harvesting Projects Stormwater $7,290,100
Melbourne Park Stormwater Harvesting Project Stormwater $2,959,800
Eastern Melbourne Parks and Gardens Stormwater Harvesting Scheme Stormwater $4,880,000
New Melbourne Wholesale Markets Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Project Stormwater $4,694,000
Coburg Principal Activity Centre Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Project Stormwater $70,000
Extending Water Recycling at Torquay Water Recycling $10,500,000
Toolern Stormwater Harvesting Project Water Recycling $374,358

Western Australian projects

Project name Theme Australian Government funding (excl. GST)
Southern Seawater Desalination Plant Desalination $18,400,000
Perth Residential Water Efficiency Project Water Recycling $2,400,000
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