The Federal Government village water grants run out

Mar 26 2008 Updated July 4, 2023

The Weekly Source

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Did you miss out on the $200 million Australian Governments Community Water Grants
program? The third and final round of funding has just been completed. Ararat Retirement
Village in Victoria received a $45,000 to fund water tanks being fitted to each of the sites
free-standing units, as a key feature of its $4.5 million redevelopment project which is
expected to save 150,000 litres of water per year.

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