McLaren Vale Regional Water Security Strategy
DEW has partnered with the McLaren Vale regional community, the McLaren Vale Grape, Wine & Tourism Association, City of Onkaparinga, Willunga Basin Water Company, the Hills and Fleurieu Landscape Board, SA Water and Primary Industries and Regions SA to develop a long-term water security strategy. Read the McLaren Vale Regional Water Security Strategy.
The strategy considers new water supplies, expansion of existing supplies and changing demand profiles in the context of a changing climate. The strategy seeks to ensure that infrastructure projects and water management policies complement each other to support the region.
The strategy considers significant global, regional and local events that could affect water security to make sure that future options investigated are resilient to a changing future.
An economic options assessment helped inform the strategy by considering future demand for water and the supply options that could meet this demand. The final strategy sets out actions to achieve water security and investment pathways to assist with decision-making into the future.
Developing the strategy
To help develop the water security strategy, 3 workshops were held during 2023-24. Through these workshops, a shared water security vision for the McLaren Vale Region was developed and pathways to achieve that vision were considered.
An analysis of options, under both current and future climate scenarios, also supported the strategy’s development and the prioritisation of actions.
Updates
- Water security planning underway for the McLaren Vale Region
- Workshop 1 - update March 2023
- Workshop 1 - draft vision and backcasts
- Workshop 2 - update August 2023
- Workshop 2 - scenarios and updated backcasts
- Public consultation - What We Heard Report
