Community Water Planner Field Guide

Field Workshops

The Community Water Planner Field Guide is a package to assist water managers, service providers and Indigenous organisations working with remote communities to plan and implement water management programs for settlements with small water supplies. It can be downloaded from the Water Quality Research Australia (WQRA) website.

The National Water Commission created the project to develop opportunities for collaborative work surrounding provision of potable water supply to remote Indigenous communities.

WQRA and the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) led the project. The field guide was tested during field trials and reviewed by Australian water industry experts. Other WQRA members involved in the development of the product were:

• NSW Department of Health
  
• Powerwater Corporation (NT)
• Watercorp (WA)

The package is generic and can be adapted to suit almost any type of water supply. The principles within the field guide are consistent with the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines and apply the risk management approach to water supplies outlined in the Framework for the Management of Drinking Water Quality.

The guide itself is made up of a series of full-colour posters with a supporting manual, hard copies of the package are available from CAT in Alice Springs and state/territory health departments.

The guide is available for download here.

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