Guidelines best practice docs - remote Indigenous communities: drinking water quality capacity building for remote Queensland communities

• Reach:

  QLD

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Completed

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

This project involved the training and implementation of the Community water planner online tool and the Community water planner field guide in seven remote Indigenous communities in north Queensland. The success of the project was evident from the reporting of cases in the Indigenous communities where the management of drinking water supplies has improved.

Contacts

National Water Commission
95 Northbourne Avenue
Canberra ACT 2600
Ph: (02) 6102 6000
Fax: (02) 6102 6006
Email: enquiries@nwc.gov.au

Related publications

National Water Commission, National Health and Medical Research Council (2011)

Community water planner.

Retrieved from http://www.communitywaterplanner.gov.au/

This online tool has been developed to assist in the identification and management of risks to water supplies in remote Australian communities. To access the tool you must register first.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View resource: Community water planner
• View website: National Health and Medical Research Council
• View website: National Water Commission

Community water planner field guide (2009)

Grey-Gardner R, Taylor K

The community water planner field guide is a resource package aimed at water managers, service providers and Indigenous organisations working with remote communities to help them plan and put into practice water management programs for community settlements with small water supplies. It has resulted from a project created by the National Water Commission.

The package is for general application and can be adapted to suit almost any type of water supply. The guide has been developed in line with 'The Australian drinking water guidelines' and applies the risk management approach to water supplies outlined in the 'Framework for the management of drinking water quality'.

The guide uses a series of full-colour posters with a supporting manual. Hard copies of the package are available from the Centre for Appropriate Technology (CAT) and state/territory health departments.

Staff at CAT are available to help people who use the field guide in remote communities. A one-day hands-on workshop is available for facilitators to learn how to use the field guide. The workshop is presented by a water specialist and an Indigenous trainer from CAT.

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet abstract

• Links
• View resource: Community water planner field guide
  Resource components (booklet sections and posters) can be downloaded from this page
• View website: Centre for Appropriate Technology
• View website: Water Quality Research Australia

Grey-Gardner R (2009)

Community water planner field guide final report.

Alice Springs: The Centre for Appropriate Technology and Water Quality Research Australia

• Links
• View report: Community water planner field guide final report (PDF - 2.3 MB)
• View information: Water research reports
• View website: The Centre for Appropriate Technology and Water Quality Research Australia

Links

• View information: Guidelines best practice docs - remote Indigenous communities: drinking water quality capacity building for remote Queensland communities
• View website: National Water Commission