Section of the Queensland Water Commission website highlighting a business water efficiency program designed to help companies in South East Queensland save water and adopt sustainable water use practices. Navigational links to further resourceful information, such as water efficiency management plans, home and business water efficiency, and water rebates and restrictions. Also includes a link to the SEQWater website.
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/Business+Water+Efficiency+Program
Section of Gold Coast City Council website providing information about the importance of catchment management groups, and locations of such groups in areas in and around the Gold Coast.
http://www.goldcoast.qld.gov.au/t_standard2.aspx?pid=143
Resource and product area of South East Queensland Healthy Waterways site. Materials include; books, posters, factsheets, newsletters, reports, strategy booklets, annual organisation report cards, CD-Roms, as well as the hiring of a suited Healthy Waterways mascot. Further navigational links to promotional products, as well as a list of educational websites.
http://www.healthywaterways.org/DPAGE160815AM89W4EL.html
Resource section of Queensland Water Commission website featuring frequently asked water-related questions, information and services for householders and non-residential water users, as well as further information and factsheets on water, water saving tips, and purified water.
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/Information+and+resources
Kedron Brook Catchment Network website, featuring improvement of the Kedron Brook water catchment environment by individuals, organisations and communities. Navigational links to indepth information about the Kenbrook catchment and it’s surrounding environment, educational resources, articles and reports, how to get involved in the network, list of available helping groups, and news and events.
http://www.kedronbrook.org.au/kedron_brook_catchment_network.html
Information on purified recycled water in the section of the Queensland Water Commission website, as well as the Queensland government’s decisions to add recycled water to drinking supplies as part a security/supply plan. Links to further information on the Queensland Water Commission website include recycling of waste water, the article of when the Queensland Premier announced the recycled water decision, and the government’s
Western Corridor Recycled Water Project.
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/Purified+recycled+water
Website presenting Queensland Water and Land Carers Inc., supporters of community volunteers. Navigational links include a section to locate specific catchment, river and water community groups in Queensland. Other sections include Landcare information, group support, insurance information, and downloads.
http://www.landcareqld.org.au/
Section of the Queensland Government's Natural Resources and Water website presenting an efficiency plan to improve water management practices in rural areas. Link to plan's evaluation report.
http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/rwue/index.html
Section of the Queensland Government's Natural Resources and Water website featuring Queensland government rules and regulations in reguards to water management. This includes navigational links to water trading, water metering, water reform information, overland flow, and resource and distribution operations licences .
Further link to the Department of Natural Resources and Water's land and water management plan which promotes sustainable irrigation water-use practices.
http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/water/management/index.html
Queensland government restrictions on household and commercial water usage, featured on the Queensland Water Commission’s website, as a way to reduce water depletion. Links to water restriction fact sheets, and household rebates and business incentives to save water.
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/tiki-index.php?page=Water+restrictions
Archive on the Queensland Water Commission’s website featuring several fact sheets on different water saving solutions. These include cost-effective ways to save water, outdoor water saving tips, and home water usage facts. Also included are links to informative web pages on water-use reduction, such as the
Brisbane City Council’s Green Choice Gardening webpage,
Home WaterWise Service’s webpage advertising a water auditing service, and an interactive website from the Water Corporation featuring a
Waterwise House.
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/Water+saving+tips
Simple information page for kids on the Waterwatch Queensland website. Describes the various ways kids can get involved in monitoring the health and animals of their local waterways. Navigational links to the various types of monitoring described on the page can be found elsewhere on the site, including; saltwatch, waterbug snapshot, and monitoring data collection. Page also includes a Creek Rescue game which presents ways to make a river healthier.
http://www.qld.waterwatch.org.au/kids/index.html
Webpage of Waterwatch Queensland website offering a monitoring process to keep the health of Queensland waterways in check. Aspects of monitoring include Physical and chemical parameters, biological parameters, and contacts for the pollution hotline. Links to the Waterwatch database, various water quality equipment suppliers, and the Environmental Protection Agency website.
http://www.qld.waterwatch.org.au/monitoring/index.html
Webpage of Waterwatch Queensland website offering a salinity monitoring program the public can be involved in. Links to a salinity section on the Queensland government's Natural Resources and Water website. Navigational links to Saltwatch maps, dataforms, and instructions and downloads of how to get involved.
http://www.qld.waterwatch.org.au/saltwatch/index.html
Queensland Government Natural Resources and Water website section featuring information on the
Waterwise Rebate Scheme. Details and downloadable factsheets cover all aspects of scheme including what the scheme is, who can apply, the application form, and bathroom, laundry and water holding devices involved. Additional links to the gardens rebate scheme, and media releases.
http://www.nrw.qld.gov.au/water/saverscheme/index.html
Bulimba Creek Catchment Coordinating Committee website, promoting community education, school projects, and community involvement in caring for waterways and bushlands. Navigational links include further information about protecting Bulimba Creek and similar catchments, different catchment groups involved with Bulimba Creek, available activities for schools, events and other resources.
http://www.bulimbacreek.org.au/
Oxley Creek Catchment Association website, presenting community groups’ care and maintenance of the Oxley Creek Catchment. Includes navigational links to educational resources, a waterwatch program, a library catalogue, biodiversity, catchment land use, and catchment publications.
http://www.oxleycreekcatchment.org.au/
Information on the Queensland Water Commission’s website on saving water around the home, including in the garden, from taps, dishwashers, and washing machines.
Links to water restriction and rebate information, ‘water wise’ planting in the garden, online house ‘water efficiency’ testing form, and water efficiency labelling.
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/What+households+can+do
Information on the Queensland Water Commission’s website on saving water in the business, including links to management plans, water efficiency programs, and purchasing white goods with high efficiency ratings. Link to the
SEQWater website, by the South East Queensland Water Corporation Limited.
http://www.qwc.qld.gov.au/What+businesses+can+do