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Questions & Answers about the Smart Water Fund |
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What is it? |
Melbourne’s water businesses, City West Water, South East Water, Yarra Valley Water and Melbourne Water, together with the Victorian Government have established and jointly operate the Smart Water Fund. The Smart Water Fund was established to encourage and support innovative development of water, biosolids recycling and water saving projects within the community. |
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What is the total fund amount?
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The Smart Water Fund has made approximately $23 million available over five previous rounds in supporting innovative sustainable water use projects. View previously funded projects. Round Six presents a further amount of up to $5 million available in 2008, through various funding streams, to support additional sustainable water use projects within the geographic areas of greater metropolitan Melbourne and regional urban Victoria(see map below).
Please click here for further information on the various funding streams available. |
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Who is eligible?
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There is funding available to any individual, community group, commercial enterprise or professional research body that is equipped with the know-how to address the proposed project. Please refer to the information on the various funding streams to establish which stream is most relevant to you and/or your organisation. |
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What are the requirements?
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You will need to
demonstrate that all resource requirements to enable successful
completion of the project and communication of its results are
achievable.
Applicants will be free to explore opportunities for funding from other sources and additional sources of funding, including supplementary funding from your organisation, will be well regarded. The Smart Water Fund will only provide financial support. The level of funding to support a project will be determined on a project-by-project basis. The Fund will look more favourably on innovative projects that provide sustainability leadership in the community / industry and will look less favourably on the projects which represent a capital works program which would occur as part of the normal and expected business practices of the Applicant. Where commercial gain is likely for the Applicant or where the Applicant could undertake the project as part of normal business and appropriate environmental practice, dollar for dollar matching at a minimum, from the Applicant will be well regarded by the Fund. Generally, each project will need to be completed within three years of receiving grant funding.
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Which stages of the project may be funded?
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Funding is available for one or more project stages - research, planning, design, construction and operation. |
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How to apply?
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A Smart Water Fund Application Pack may be obtained via download or email by completing our online request form: * Please Note : Applications must be submitted in electronic and hardcopy format. |
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