Water for Life Education Program

The Water for Life Education Program is an integrated component of the NSW Government's Metropolitan Water Plan.

Through Water for Life, community campaigns, innovative on-the-ground water education projects and training and resources are being delivered as part of the NSW Government’s plan to secure Sydney’s water supplies.

The focus of Water for Life is to support and encourage the greater Sydney community to play their part by using water more efficiently. To enable the community to play a key role, an important part of the program is to increase understanding of the range of strategies being implemented through the Metropolitan Water Plan.

Through Water for Life, the Government coordinates water education across greater Sydney. It focusses on a number of key areas including:

Water for Life campaigns and website to reach the wider Sydney community, encouraging them to keep up their water saving efforts and informing them about the range of initiatives being carried out by the Government
a coordinated capacity building program providing professional learning opportunities, resources & tools, and building a water educators network to support leading practice water education projects
targeted on-the-ground education projects in innovative partnerships to engage different sectors of the community, such as non-English speaking communities, teachers and schools, the property sector and 18-35 year old householders
working to coordinate water education across the greater Sydney region through inter-agency partnerships and the development of the Water Education Plan for greater Sydney 2008-2012.

If you’d like more information on the Education Program, you can contact us at education@waterforlife.nsw.gov.au.