Ensure every community across Queensland has safe and secure water, alongside support for boosting resilience and contingency plans even in times of severe drought or floods.

  • Ensuring no-one runs out of water in at-risk communities and planning for resilience even during times of drought or other natural disasters.
  • Planning for future water security alongside urban communities and councils including promoting water demand and household waterwise practices.
  • Engaging community and industry Waterwise initiatives to drive behaviour change and sustainable water use.
  • Easing cost of living pressure with rebates, incentives, subsidies and grants for local government infrastructure.
  • Improving dam safety to make sure they’re well regulated, safe and secure against climate change and extreme weather.
  • Delivering the Urban Water Explorer web platform to present data from water and sewerage service providers. This will allow them to monitor water security, demand management, infrastructure and maintenance.
  • Using climate science and modelling to understand climate change effects on our water resources and to tailor our response.
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Last updated: 28 Jul 2025