Australia isn't facing a future water crisis; Australia is IN water crisis. Politically speaking, this has been ignored too long, realised too late, and addressed with last-minute plans cobbled-together by individual state leaders. In recent months, the Federal Government has attempted to look like it has a meaningful water policy. Smarter solutions are required. For example, instead of damming our rivers, free water tanks installed in homes would be a cheaper and more effective solution, as a recent study found. It's back to basics on this one: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The principle has been around a long time; it's time to apply to it water, on a nationwide basis.