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Icon sites and pilot projects and are critical to not only demonstrate leadership, but to develop learning and expertise in emerging water management processes and technologies.
Meeting the Challenge
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Strategy 61: The SA Government, in accordance with the National Water Initiative, will place importance on the proper evaluation of ‘icon’ developments in order to learn from them and develop new skills and policies and capabilities for future projects.
Completion date: 2006
Lead agency: Department of Water, Land & Biodiversity Conservation |
Reports, progress and links:
On 7 October 2005 the Premier announced a number of icon water projects to be jointly funded with the Australian Government. Evaluation of these and other icon projects will be undertaken in consultation with project partners.
South Australia is committed to encouraging innovation in water sensitive development and in learning from existing ‘icon’ water sensitive developments. South Australia is an active participant with the Australian Government and other State and Territory Governments in a project to evaluate and learn from existing Australian icon water sensitive urban developments. The project, to be completed in 2008, includes a detailed evaluation of several South Australian icon water sensitive developments including Mawson Lakes. For more information on the Mawson Lakes recycled water system please visit the SA Water and Mawson Lakes websites.
The Institutionalising Water Sensitive Urban Design project is an initiative to ensure water-friendly design will be incorporated into Greater Adelaide’s suburbs, houses and commercial and industrial precincts and buildings. A key initiative of the project is to build the capacity of organisations and individuals to implement water sensitive urban design. Project completion (including the technical guides and policy module) is scheduled for late 2008.
The project will assist towards the prepartion of a WSUD Better Development Plan (BDP) policy module. |