How Do Remote Communities Access Safe Drinking Water?

SEASON 02 | EPISODE 22

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What Can We Learn From Remote Communities About Water Resilience?

Welcome to the Season Two premiere of Our Water Connection! We’re kicking off 2025 with an inspiring conversation featuring Catherine Vero, the inaugural recipient of the AWA Chris Davis AM Fellowship.

With over 25 years of experience in the water industry, Catherine has dedicated her career to addressing the unique challenges of delivering safe and secure water to remote Indigenous communities across Australia.

In this episode, Catherine shares:

What homelands are and why they’re essential.

The complexities of water management in remote areas.

Lessons from Indigenous resilience and knowledge.

How the Chris Davis Fellowship is driving transformative water initiatives.

This episode was recorded on Kaurna Country and Wurundjeri Country of the Kulin Nation, with a special connection to Arrernte Country.

Guest: Catherine Vero

Catherine is a Principal Process Engineer for Ekistica, specializing in small and remote community water and wastewater systems projects. She has over 25 years’ experience in the water industry focused on strategic planning for remote communities, particularly those which have constrained water supplies or water quality issues. She has delivered and overseen the operation of a variety of complex water treatment systems in remote Australian Indigenous communities. This work has given her an excellent grounding in the infrastructure and operational needs of delivering safe and secure water supplies in difficult to service areas. Catherine highly values kindness, generosity with knowledge, serving the greater community and good quality and thoughtful work and loves working on complex problems.