How much water will be saved through South Australias water-saving strategies and water entitlement buybacks?
The South Australian Government is working on a number of projects to reduce our reliance on the River Murray through saving water and buying back water entitlements. These projects include: • Level 3 water restrictions, which save approximately 32 gigalitres per year • Adelaide desalination plant, which will save approximately 100 gigalitres per year • Water for Good stormwater reuse is expected to save 75 gigalitres each year by 2050 • Water for Good’s recycled wastewater is expected to save 75 gigalitres each year by 2050 • The Australian Government’s Water for the Future water entitlement buy-back program, which has already resulted in over a gigalitre of water released to the environment in South Australia in March 2009, and a further five gigalitres released in May 2009. The Australian Government has also committed $300 million for an On-Farm Irrigation Efficiency Program in the southern Murray-Darling Basin. The program will invest in more efficient irrigation systems to provide
