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.
Last updated: 28 Jul 2025