The Australian Cotton Water Story brings together research and development outcomes around water use in Australian cotton over the decade from 2002 to 2012. The Australian cotton industry has seen a dramatic improvement in all facets of its water management over this decade, and with water being the limiting factor of production for the industry, growing ‘more crop per drop’ has been an important goal for cotton water research. This publication brings together a snapshot of the breadth of cotton water related discipline research and development done on cotton plants, fields, farms, catchments and communities – with a focus on measuring the industry’s water use productivity and delivering outcomes of research to the end users, cotton growers, to put into practice.