Publications

• Applications forms
• Think water, act water fact sheets
• WaterRight Gardens fact sheets and field guide
• Guidelines
• Think water, act water strategy
• Water security fact sheets and reports
• ACT water policy
• Related reports

Application forms

• GardenSmart (formerly Outdoor Water Tune-up) application form 66kb pdf
• ToiletSmart brochure 480kb pdf
• ToiletSmart terms and conditions 110kb pdf
• Rainwater tank rebate application form 70kb pdf  (installations on/before 31 January 2008)
• Rainwater tank rebate applications form 71 kb pdf (installations on/after 1 February 2008)
• Internal Connection Rebate (for existing rainwater tanks) application form 76kb pdf
• Internal connection rebate (for existing rainwatertanks) application form 75 kb (installations on/after 1 February 2008)

Think water, act water fact sheets

• ACT Water Resources Strategy (75kb pdf)
• Drip irrigation (82kb pdf)
• Dual flush toilets (150 kb pdf)
• Greywater - frequently asked questions (81kb pdf)
• Home water-saving tips (87 kb pdf)
• Lawns and saving water (84 kb pdf)
• Mulching your garden (82 kb pdf)
• Rainwater tanks (77 kb pdf)
• Taps, aerators and flow regulators (151 kb pdf)
• Water-efficient showerheads (152 kb pdf)
• Water wise gardening (88 kb pdf)

WaterRight Gardens fact sheets and field guide

• Best practice guidelines for a water efficient garden (264kb pdf)
• Irrigation methods (259kb pdf)
• Microclimate (250kb pdf)
• Mulch (247kb pdf)
• Plant and lawn requirements (261kb pdf)
• Sources of water for your garden (252kb pdf)
• Startng from scratch (255kb pdf)
• The importance of soil (257kb pdf)
• WaterRight Gardens Webtool Field Guide (377kb pdf)
• All WaterRight Gardens fact sheets - single document (1 Mb pdf)

Guidelines

• Rainwater tanks: guidelines for residential properties in Canberra (September 2008) ( 2.5MB pdf)
• Greywater Use : Guidelines for residential properties in Canberra (October 2007)
• WaterWays Water Sensitive Urban Design General Code ( 1.8MB pdf)

Think water, act water strategy documents

(April 2004)

Summary Think water, act water: (456kb pdf)

Volume 1 Think water, act water – the strategy: (1.6mb pdf) 

Volume 2 Think water, act water – explanatory document: (432kb pdf)

Volme 3 The state of the ACT’s water resources and catchments:( 2.1mb pdf)

Water supply security fact sheets and reports

Factsheets

( Water Security Taskforce, October 2007)

• The ACT Region's Current Water Situation ( 75 kb pdf )
• Water Security Taskforce and Advisory Panel ( 52 kb pdf )
• ACTEW's Reports and Recommendations (181 kb pdf )
• Recommendations made by the Water Security Taskforce and its Advisory Panel to the ACT Government (95 kb pdf )
• Decision: Enlarged Cotter Dam ( 105 kb pdf )
• Decision: Murrumbidgee - Googong Transfer  (49 kb pdf)
• Decision: Tantangara Transfer (46 kb pdf)
• Decision: Demonstration Water Purification Plant (49 kb pdf)
• Decision: Offset Additional Energy (46 kb pdf)
• Decision: Managing Water Use (Demand Management Initiatives) ( 50 kb pdf )

Reports

• Next Steps to Ensure Water Security for the ACT Region - full report, Water Security Taskforce and Advisory Panel, September 2007 (1Mb pdf)
• Next Steps to Ensure Water Security for the ACT Region - executive summary, Water Security Taskforce and Advisory Panel, September 2007 (378 kb, pdf) 
• Demand Management - Past Present and Future, Sustainability Policy and Programs and Water Security Taskforce, September 2007 (133 kb pdf)
• ACT Scenario Planning for Water Security, Institute for Sustainable Futures, September 2007 (273 kb pdf)
• Project MIMI: Multi-utility integrated metering, ActewAGL (71 kb pdf)
• Offsetting Emissions from Future ACT Water Options, AETF Consulting, September 2007 (167 kb pdf)
• ACTEW reports
• Preliminary investigation of environmental issues - Stage 1. Issues Discussion Paper, eWater CRC, May 2007 (176 kb, pdf)
• Health and Public Safety in Water Purification - an Issues Paper on the water2Water proposal, Expert Panel on Health, May 2007 (471 kb, pdf)
• Health, Environment and Regulatory aspect of Water Recycling - International Study Tour, ACT Government, May 2007 ( 0.7mb pdf)
• Interim environmental opinion on water2Water options, eWater CRC, June 2007 (514 kb, pdf)
• Public Health and Safety in relation to Water Purification for Drinking Water Supplies, Expert Panel on Health, July 2007 (716 kb pdf) 
• Indirect Potable Use and Expansion of the Cotter Reservoir, ACT. Stage 2 - Environmental Risk Assessment, eWater CRC, August 2007 (620kb pdf)

 

ACT Water Policy

Water ACT a draft policy for sustainable water resource management (July 2003)

 

Related reports

ACTEW report on an assessment of the need to increase the ACT's water storage

ACTEW future water options reports

Climate change projections and the effects on water yield and water demand for the ACT

ACT Water Strategy: Preliminary demand management and least cost planning assessment