Environmental water agencies in Australia
Agencies at all levels of government have a role in the management of Australia's water resources. This page lists some of the major national and state organisations involved.
A list of natural resource and catchment management agencies is available on the Caring for our Country website.
Australian Government
- Bureau of Meteorology – water info
- Commonwealth Environmental Water
- Murray-Darling Basin Authority
- National Water Commission
- National Water Market System
- Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme
Other Australian Government departments and programs
- Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics
- Australian Bureau of Statistics
- Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
- Bureau of Rural Sciences
- CSIRO – Water
- Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry
- Department of Regional Australia
- Geoscience Australia
- Infrastructure Australia
State and territory agencies
Australian Capital Territory
New South Wales
- NSW Office of Water, Department of Primary Industries
- NSW Office of Environment and Heritage – Water
- Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal
- State Water Corporation
- NSW Wetland recovery program
Northern Territory
Queensland
South Australia
Tasmania
Victoria
Western Australia
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