Northern Water aims to provide a new, climate independent water source for the Far North, Upper Spencer Gulf and Eastern Eyre Peninsula regions of South Australia, to enable the growth of industries crucial to achieving net-zero goals, including the emerging green manufacturing and expanding clean energy industries.

This would involve construction and operation of a large scale seawater desalination plant in the Spencer Gulf connected to northern South Australia via a several hundred kilometre pipeline.

The final decision to proceed with construction of the Northern Water project will rely on gaining required project approvals and agreements. This encompasses extended consultations with traditional owners, landholders, and the community; comprehensive evaluations of environmental, engineering, and economic aspects of the project; and commercial negotiations for project delivery and water purchase.