Funded projects The Premier's Water Foundation distributed $2,603,888 in research grants to eight projects in the first round of funding in 2004 to address the complex issues surrounding water resource management and sustainability in WA. These projects leveraged a total of $9.343 million of research funding for the state. Round 1 Premier's Water Foundation successful grants | Grant recipient | Project
Click on the links below to view project details and reports | Grant | Total project cost | | CSIRO | Towards productive use of Wheat-belt acid-saline water; pre-treatment for desalination | $151,898 | $317,131 | | CSIRO | Investigation techniques to better manage Western Australia's non potable water resources | $750,000 | $2,322,000 | | CSIRO | Determining requirements for managed aquifer recharge in Western Australia | $750,000 | $3,060,000 | | CleanTeQ Pty Ltd | Woodman Point waste water treatment plant effluent recycling using continuous counter-current ion exchange | $225,000 | $450,000 | | Development Institute of Geraldton Grammar | Sustainable water harvesting for ecological benefit | $215,990 | $462,490 | | Environmental Technology Centre, Murdoch University | Demonstration of decentralised wastewater recycling in urban villages | $205,000 | $2,153,000 | | Royal Life Saving Society of Western Australia | Best practice profile for public swimming pools - maximising reclamation and reuse | $30,000 | $60,000 | | VegetablesWA | A web-based expert system for efficient vegetable irrigation on sands | $276,000 | $519,000 | The second round of funding was conducted in 2005 and the Premier's Water Foundation distributed $3,130,046 in research grants to five projects, leveraging over $12 million of research funding for WA. These projects will research the impacts of wastewater purification and risk factors affecting Perth's coastal water sources from seawater intrusion, investigate public health impacts from recycled wastewater use, develop technology and management strategies for safe economical and sustainable use of aquifer storage and recovery techniques within Perth's deep aquifer systems, and provide understanding of vegetation dynamics and catchment water yields under changing climate and management. Round 2 Premier's Water Foundation successful grants | Grant recipient | Project
Click on the links below to view project details and reports | Grant | Total project cost | | CSIRO | Aquifer Storage and Recovery of Potable Water in the Leederville Aquifer | $481,000 | $4,237,800 | | CSIRO | Vegetation dynamics and water yield under changing climate and management | $899,046 | $3,286,688 | | CSIRO | Wastewater Purification and Reuse: Mineral-based Absorbents for Contaminant Removal | $450,000 | $1,258,000 | | CSIRO | Hydrological Controls on Managed Aquifer Recharge in Perth's Coastal Aquifer | $600,000 | $1,500,000 | | University of Western Australia | Assessing the Public Health Impacts of Recycled Water Use | $700,000 | $1,969,000 |
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