Supporting our community
We're passionate about supporting local groups to educate and engage with the community about water.
Community
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Love Water Grants
We offer one-off financial grants of up to $10,000 to help deliver water conservation and education projects in the Lower Hunter.
Engaging with our community
Our goal is to establish a continuing conversation that will enable us to become a valued partner in delivering the aspirations of our region.
Schools
We have a range of exciting programs that challenge students to tackle water sustainability issues here in the Lower Hunter and come up with new and innovative ways to help the community use less of our precious resource.
Community projects and forums
We partner with diverse groups in the community to deliver projects and programs that promote understanding, conversation and action over time.
Reconciliation Action Plan
Our Reconciliation Action Plan is our commitment to move to a place of equity, justice and partnership together.
Resources
A quick way to find relevant resources
Major infrastructure projects
Belmont Desalination Plant
We’re excited to share that planning approval was recently received to build a permanent desalination plant at Belmont.
Dungog Wastewater Treatment Works upgrade
We have completed the $28 million upgrade of the Dungog Wastewater Treatment Works, improving system reliability and the quality of water released to the environment and for irrigation.
Have your say - help shape our region's water future
We would like to know what you think about what we’re doing and how we’re doing it, about our current projects and initiatives and about how we can all best use our water. To protect it and treasure it.
Our community engagement activities
We value the advice and opinions of our community, so we have implemented a number of community groups in order to keep in touch with the Lower Hunter representative groups.