Introduction - securing our water supply

The key challenge for the medium and long term is to build additional water supply assets that can cope not just with reduced long-term average inflows into ACT dams, but with more frequent droughts which are longer and drier than that of 2001-2006, without having to impose high level water restrictions for extended periods.

• Click here for up to date information on dam storage levels and consumption
• Click here for up to date information on Water Restrictions.

ACTEW’s Future Water Options study completed in 2005, investigated a variety of options to secure the ACT and region’s water supply until 2023. Following this study, water security measures have been put in place and others continue to be assessed as part of ACTEW’s ongoing water security review.

Water2WATER was ACTEW’s proposal in early 2007 to supplement the ACT’s water supply by purifying Canberra’s used water and adding this to the Cotter Dam which would also be enlarged.

Follow the story of how a Water Purification Scheme could be achieved.

• Water re-use - it's in our nature
• Thank you for your feedback – consultation on Water2WATER came to an end on 22 June 2007. The Community Consultation Report and other reports containing water supply recommendations made to the ACT Government by ACTEW in July 2007 are available here.

Corin Dam 5th June 2007 – 8.6%

Dam Inflow Analysis

Combined Dam Levels