Water Planning Tools Summary Report Released

The Water Planning Tools project worked with communities and governments over a two-year period to take up the challenges of water planning. It helped to build knowledge and skills in government agencies and the findings will continue to inform policy making into the future at national, state and catchment levels. The summary of findings from this project is now available for download here.

The project worked with communities and planning agencies in Queensland, South Australia and the Northern Territory to develop and trial tools that could be adapted to suit a range of conditions.

The tools selected for trial were chosen to address the main issues and gaps impacting on the planning process as identified by stakeholders. As a consequence, within the pilot regions, the tools increasingly became focused on assisting water planners to engage communities and build stakeholder confidence in the planning process.

Acknowledgement

This project was funded by the National Water Commission through its Raising National Water Standards Program. The Australian Government’s $250 million Raising National Water Standards Program supports the implementation of the National Water Initiative by funding projects that are improving Australia’s national capacity to measure, monitor and manage our water resources.