Teaching Resources

The River Murray is vital to life in South Australia, and an essential part of our work delivering drinking water services. In this video series you’ll discover how we manage the flow of the river, support its biodiversity, and how the river and community are impacted by flood events. View the full playlist on our YouTube page.

We provide you with up-to-date data, maps, and reports about our water sources and supplies for South Australia’s four main water sources: reservoirs, the River Murray, groundwater, and seawater.

Every day SA Water delivers more than 600 million litres of safe, clean drinking water to communities across the state. This water comes from many sources. Before you can drink this water, we make sure every drop goes through a treatment process to ensure it is safe, clean and meets the Australian Drinking Water Guidelines. Find out more about the seven steps of the water treatment process.

In this hands-on lesson, students will learn about reverse osmosis as a water treatment method and gain insight into its role in delivering clean, safe drinking water. They will create a 1-2 minute video explaining how reverse osmosis works and how it can help communities facing water scarcity.

The Adelaide Desalination Plant has been in operation since 2012 and helps to ensure South Australia’s water security now and in the future. In the plant, complex filtration and reverse osmosis is used to turn ocean water into pure, fresh water. Watch our series of videos to learn more about the process of desalination, the plant, and the environment. View the full playlist on our YouTube page.

Desalination is the process that removes dissolved salts and impurities from a water source, such as seawater or groundwater, and turns it into fresh water.

Understanding what makes up your drinking water can be interesting and useful. This helpful glossary will explain the various elements and components that you’ll see listed in your drinking water profile.