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Australia Awards Short Course Water Utility of the Future – Indonesia

Project Description

This Australia Awards Short Course took a systems approach to water utility reform and performance improvement starting from water resources through to water supply and wastewater services. Twenty-seven participants from across Indonesia travelled to Australia for two weeks as part of the short course, providing information on the opportunities and tools used to improve water utility while understanding the relevant political, governance, policy and regulatory environment.

Project Personnel and Beneficiaries

The participants came from organisations and government agencies including:

• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Home Affairs
• Ministry of Public Works and Housing
• Palembang City Government
• Water.org
• Perpamsi Water Utility Association
  • Many more from across Indonesia

Outcomes to Date

The participants had the opportunity to learn from Australia's experience by attending academic presentations and institutional visits in Brisbane and Sydney including:

• Seqwater
• Lockyer Valley Regional Council
• Department of Regional Development, Manufacturing and Water (DRDMW)
• Queensland Government
• Unity Water
• Urban Utilities
• Queensland Competition Authority
• Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney These presentations allowed participants to build and strengthen their knowledge in water sector transformation and reform, investment and financing, as well as planning for climate change impacts and addressing gender equality, disability and social inclusion.

Project Significance

SDGs contributed to by this program included:

• 3 Good Health and Well-Being
• 5 Gender Equality
• 6 Clean Water and Sanitation
• 13 Climate Action
• 14 Life below Water
• 17 Partnerships for the Goals The course encompassed governance and ownership models, regulation (particularly of tariffs and pricing), planning of infrastructure including financing, asset management, water safety planning, water security planning including water resource assessment and allocation, utility digitisation and workforce development, GEDSI. A range of scales and models for circular economy approaches were explored including:
  • Precinct scale wastewater recycling and stormwater harvesting
  • Large scale water recycling
  • Sewage gasification and biochar production Finally, water related disaster response and resilience planning was also covered.

Project Details

• Co-authors: Ms Bronwyn Powell, International Development Unit, Griffith International
• Project start: 2023
• Project end: 2023
• Academic area: International Water Centre
• Project type:
  • Learning and Teaching
  • Research
  • Community Engagement or Service, industry partnerships
  • Other
• Project location: Nathan
• Project geographical impact:
  • International