Injecting stormwater into urban aquifers ‐ community responses from SA and QLD Authors: Zhifang Wu (Presenter), Ganesh Keremane, Jennifer McKay Position of presenter: Postdoc, National Centre for Groundwater Research and Training, Centre for comparative Water policies and Laws, University of South Australia Contact Details: Zhifang.wu@unisa.edu.au Introduction In meeting the challenges faced by a water scarce country, it is evident that Australia is reviewing the entire water cycle and taking a position that encourages water capture, treatment and reuse within all parts of the cycle and its sub cycles (DTI 2007). Managed Aquifer Recovery (MAR) systems operate by storing excess treated stormwater flows from urban catchments during wet periods and then subsequent extraction for reuse during dry periods. The overriding consideration for introducing recycled or captured stormwater to aquifers is to ensure there is no resulting deterioration of groundwater quality (EPA Qld 2004). While advancements in treatment processes have broadened the range of potential uses and sources, the successful implementation of any reuse scheme hinges on public acceptance (Leviston et al. 2006). This paper reports some preliminary findings from an online survey conducted in three cities of Australia, City of Salisbury and City of Charles Sturt in South Australia and City of Gold Coast in Queensland. The findings are mainly on knowledge of urban community about treated stormwater through MAR process and their attitude towards using this water for various fit‐for‐ uses. Method Data was collected using an internet survey of randomly selected respondents in three cities. Email addresses were bought from a permission‐based internet panel of a marketing company meaning emails were sent to recipients who have opted‐in or subscribed to receive email messages from this company. Permission from subscribers is a mandatory requirement for legitimate and successful email. We used a list of 6000 email addresses (2000 from each study city) which were randomly selected from the company’s database. Potential respondents received a URL address in the form of a hypertext link included in an email message written by