Water partnerships
Key agencies managing water in South Australia
- Department for Environment and Water (DEW) and regional landscape boards - water planning and management, and regulating water markets
- SA Water - rural/bulk water supply and services
- Environment Protection Authority - water quality
- Essential Services Commission of South Australia - water pricing and industry regulation.
Partners at Katarapko Floodplain
- Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder
- Landscape SA
- Australian Government
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority
- SA Water
- Friends of Riverland Parks
- Primary Industries and Resources of South Australia (PIRSA) South Australia Research and Development Initiative (SARDI)
- Berri Barmera Landcare
- Gerard Aboriginal Community
- River Murray and Mallee Aboriginal Corporation
Partners for the River channel
- Commonwealth Environmental Water Office
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority
- SA Water
Partners at the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth (CLLMM)
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority
- Commonwealth Environmental Water Office
- SA Water
- Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal Corporation
- Murraylands and Riverland Landscapes Board
Urban partners
We partner with organisations that deliver and improve the standard of urban water services.
- SA Water provide water supply and sewage services.
- Local councils have many water management activities including stormwater management, open space watering and community wastewater.
- Stormwater Management Authority plans the continued improvement of urban drainage systems.
- Brown Hill Keswick Creek Stormwater Project is a program of works designed to substantially reduce the number of properties affected by very large flood events.
- Green Adelaide surface water monitoring provides comprehensive water information for Adelaide’s waterways.
- Water Sensitive SA collates information on water sensitive activities as part of a capacity building program.
- Australian Water Association provides professional development and industry networking for the water sector.
- StormwaterSA promotes best practice stormwater management for metropolitan areas.
- Stormwater Australia links the interests of Australian stakeholders of the stormwater industry.
- Hydrological Society of South Australia promotes an interest in the science of hydrology and discussion of our State’s water resources, their management, conservation and use.
- Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards (WELS) scheme Australia's urban water saving scheme.
Within the Department for Environment and Water:
- Flood Hazard management by Department for Environment and Water
- Water allocation planning establishes water sharing rules for certainty of water availability now and in the future
- Regional climate partnerships work to manage climate risks in their regions including water issues.
The following also deliver projects to contribute to smart urban water management:
- South Park Lands - Victoria Park/ Pakapakanthi (Park 16) Wetland
- Kangaroo Island and Eyre Peninsula desalination plant development – SA Water
- Water sustainability grants – Green Adelaide
- Residential infill policy proposal – Plan SA
- Water security – Department for Environment and Water
- Alternative Water Supplies Efficiency Measures project – Department for Environment and Water
- Northern Adelaide Irrigation Scheme – SA Water and PIRSA
- Water Industry Act 2012Review – Department for Environment and Water
