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Join our community programs
At Sydney Water, we believe that knowledge is key to sustainable water management. Our programs are designed to engage and inform the community, offering everything from interactive pop-up events to educational sessions and guided tours.
The WOW Discovery Team
Join our Wonders of Water Discovery Team and experience water through interactive games and virtual reality. Playful platypus Jila will help you understand how Sydney Water makes your water safe to drink, how cities around the world harvest their water resources, and how we recycle our water every day.
Invite us to your event
The Wonders of Water Discovery Team will share a range of interactive activities, from a world of augmented reality to engaging interactive games. Jila would love you and your community to have the totally immersive Wonders of Water experience.
Think the Discovery Team could WOW your next community event? You'll never know unless you ask! Email us at wondersofwater@sydneywater.com.au.
Find us at your next local event
At Sydney Water, we actively engage with our community at local events throughout the year both with and without our Wonders of Water van. Whether at festivals, markets or gatherings, our team is on hand to share insights about water conservation and management.
Upcoming events
Check the event calendar below to see when the van or our other teams might be near you next!
| Event | Where | When | Who will be there? |
|---|---|---|---|
Blacktown New Years Markets |
Blacktown Showground, Richmond Road, Blacktown NSW 2148 |
11am–5pm |
Wonders of Water Van |
Cricket Big Bash |
Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park |
2:45pm–5:30pm |
Marketing and events |
Cricket Big Bash |
Engie Stadium, Sydney Olympic Park |
6:15pm–10pm |
Marketing and events |
Ryde Sustainability Festival |
Top Ryde Shopping Centre, Cnr Devlin Street &, Blaxland Road, Ryde NSW 2112 |
10am–2pm |
Wonders of Water Van |
Cricket Big Bash |
Sydney Cricket Ground, Moore Park |
5:15pm–8pm |
Marketing and events |
Putney Beach Launch – City of Ryde |
Putney Park, Pellisier Road, Putney NSW 2112 |
10am–1pm |
Wonders of Water Van |
Family Fun Day Gandangara |
Whitlam Leisure Centre 90A Memorial Ave, Liverpool NSW 2170 |
10am–3pm |
Wonders of Water Van |
Maybe at your event – email us and we'll do our best to be there! |
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Our team can come to you
Community pop-ups
Did you know that we can come to you with or without our Wonders of Water van?
Our team can set up an engaging display about all things water! From where water comes from to how to conserve water in your home. We can also customise our messaging to suit a variety of audiences. The community pop-up display enables the community to 'drop in' at a time that suits them, chat to one of our amazing Sydney Water Discovery Team members, and maybe even learn something new about water!
If you would like to have us at your next community gathering, university, sporting match, concert, shopping centre and everything in between, contact us at education@sydneywater.com.au.
Community information sessions
Did you know 85% of Greater Sydney's water comes from rainfall? With a growing population and climate change, it's time to think about water differently.
Book a free info session for your community group and:
- Learn about the urban water cycle
- Discover water-saving tips and recycled water options
- Understand Sydney Water's future goals
We'll come to you – whether it's a TAFE class, Probus group, or any community gathering. Let's talk water!
To book your free community information session, contact us at education@sydneywater.com.au.
Purified Recycled Water Discovery Centre tours
We've built a Purified Recycled Water Discovery Centre at Quakers Hill (near Blacktown) that will give the community the opportunity to see how some purified recycled water (PRW) treatment technology works.
The PRW Discovery Centre is the first of its kind in NSW and can host small groups, schools, universities/TAFE and community group tours.
Meet Jila
"Hi, I'm Jila!
Imagine it: all the water in the world today has gone up and down and round and round for billions of years. It's the same water the dinosaurs drank. All I can say is WOW!"
Jila is passionate about Greater Sydney's water: the dams, creeks and rivers. They're her home. Our Discovery Team couldn't think of a platypus better qualified to help tell the Wonders of Water story.
She's proud that her name means 'living water' in the Walmajarri language. Inland First Nations communities have different names for permanent water and water that is seasonal or temporary.
