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Resources and programs - Drinking water management

Help with your "Water Quality Management Plan"

The National Health and Medical Research Council has developed a Community Water Planner that will help small communities create their Water Quality Management Plan. Their website provides instructions on how to obtain it and a user guideline.

Community 'Waterwise' education

Your council should have local laws that cover how the community can use water supplied by the council. People should comply with these local laws.

You can help reduce the amount of water your community uses by:

• encouraging households, schools, and business to stop wasting water (eg. fix leaking taps, water gardens by hand in the cool of the evening, and plant local native trees and shrubs that need less water)
• encouraging council to save water (eg. reuse water on playing fields, public parks, and in dust settlement watering; protect water sources from evaporation; fix any leaks in the system quickly)
• looking at ways that water can be recycled 
• enforcing local laws (regarding illegal connections and sprinkler use).

Other resources and ideas

You'll find links to community awareness programs, water saving and water quality expertise on this site under:

• Why drinking water management is important 
• Role of local government 
• Role of EHW

Population Health Units

Your Environmental Health Coordinator can be contacted through your Population Health Unit:

• Tropical Population Health Services
• Central  Population Health Services
• Southern  Population Health Services

Grants and subsidies

For current information and guidelines on applying for a grant or subsidy from a government agency, please click on one of following links:

• Australian Government: GrantsLink 
• Grants and Subsidies (Queensland Govt)

Also on this site are links to key Queensland government agencies responsible for drinking water quality and environmental health.

The following links could be useful for developing water awareness programs in your community:

• WaterWatch (DNRM)
• River Murray Urban Users

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