RAPAD Water for Economic Development – Regional Water Strategy

This project originated partly in response to an action identified in the CWQ Regional Resilience Plan, and was developed with the following key objectives:

To identify and determine each of the RAPAD council members demand for future water for economic development and assess:
– the scale of the demand,
– the potential economic outcomes supported by this water use,
– the challenges relating to water in realising these economic outcomes,
– the nature of the investment needed to deliver these outcomes; and
– identify solutions to address key barriers to growing the economic potential of Central Western Queensland.

This report has been proudly funded by the Queensland Government’s Remote Area Board Funding Program.

Read the strategy announcement. RAPAD Strategy for Central West jobs, population, economic growth – just add water

RAPAD Water for Economic Development – Regional Water Strategy

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Realising the Economic Potential of the Central West – Unlocking the Region’s Water Resources for Economic Development

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