The federal government announced a 10-year $2 billion national water infrastructure concessional loan scheme in Tuesday's federal budget.
Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce says the money will be available from July to help get high-priority projects off the ground.
"Where there is water there is wealth and dams are a bank," he said.
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States and territories will have 25 years to pay back the money.
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