Sustainable Water Futures Armidale Region
Seeking water security for people and nature
Aims
Inspire our region to live sustainably with water
- Catalyse the awareness, knowledge, attitudes and ideas (including within governments at all levels) that enable our regional community to live sustainably with water, that is, without jeopardising the capacity of our region’s water systems to meet the needs of people downstream and in the future, and of other species and ecosystems.
Advocate on behalf of water dependent species, ecosystems and processes
- Advocate for the ecological values and environmental processes that require priority consideration for our region to live sustainably with water.
Promote the crucial importance of water to sustainability challenges
- Advocate for recognition of the centrality of water to other sustainability challenges facing our region, including climate change, and thus a need for integrated solutions to these challenges.
Collaborate with communities and governments for sustainable solutions
- Support all levels of government to engage with our community in the thoughtful and collaborative ways needed to creatively explore and work towards sustainable water futures for our region.
- Work with Armidale Regional Council, NSW and Commonwealth governments and communities to pursue the best practice in water policy, planning and management as needed to live sustainably with water.
Water Prices and Plans: Your turn to ask Council a question
[ Tuesday, 6 Jun; 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Tuesday June 6th 7:00pm to 8:30pm NOVA centre 122 Faulkner St, Armidale Main speaker: Alex Manners, Armidale Regional Council Chief Officer Assets and Services SLA's Sustainable Water Futures action group has organised this forum for us. They will present results from their recent community survey, Water Security: What Matters to You. Alex Manners will explain what Council [...] full article »
Water security: what matters to you?
A survey seeking views from all residents in the Armidale local government area has been launched by Sustainable Water Futures Armidale Region, the newest SLA action group. “We want to open a conversation with our community on water futures” said Kate Boyd, Convenor of Sustainable Water Futures Armidale Region. “We’ve started by setting up our survey asking [...] full article »