Education
ACTEW is committed to providing learning opportunities for schools and the community as a whole regarding sustainable water use, the environment and engineering and water supply. Some of these opportunities include:
The Canberra Discovery Garden is ACTEW's new waterwise community education garden at the National Arboretum Canberra. This exciting garden explores Canberra’s unique climate, soils and geology and will teach visitors how to achieve a beautiful, sustainable and water efficient garden in any season.
ACTEW Water offers free tours of the Cotter Dam Discovery Trail for school and community groups. Book online or phone 6248 3131 for further information.
Over the past few years, Canberrans have done a great job of saving water. This section of the website will give you lots of great tips, tools and ideas to help you save water for life.
ACTEW's water supply map demonstrates our water supply and treatment systems which connect and weave across our city.