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Case studies

• Industry Partnership Program – savings generated though Cleaner Production
• AMP Henderson - Jessie Street Centre – saving $95,000 a year by working with Sydney Water's Every Drop Counts Business Program
• Manly Council – saved $48,900 over two years
• Luxfer Gas Cylinders – saving over $56,000 a year
• Ashfield Hotel – saving over $11,000 a year
• Dunheved Golf Club – saving water and money by using recycled water for irrigation
• Examples from Victoria
• "Storm Waters" – Victoria Park sculpture using recycled water
• Irrigation – innovations ensure high productivity for every megalitre of water used

Water authorities and latest reports

• State Water
• Hunter Water Corporation
• Sydney water
• Sydney Catchment Authority
• Regional water utilities
• State Water 'regulated river' levels – reports on river, dams and ground water levels
• Sydney Water water restrictions – water use restrictions and penalties
• Sydney Water water management – water analysis, quality and management
• Sydney catchment water storage – dam and water storage levels
• Water for Life Program Water Facts
• Australian Bureau of Statistics – the influence of lifestyles on the environment

Tools, strategies and initiatives

• Water Savings Fund – $120 million over four years for the most efficient water saving schemes. Applications are open to business, council, state government agency, organisation or community groups seeking funding to save potable water
• Waterless urinals – significantly reduce water use at a rate of 3-10 litres per flush and operate at less than 40% of the cost of a water-flushing urinal
• Vacuum toilets – significant water savings, cost-effective, easy and convenient

ABC TV – The New Inventors and their waterwise inventions

New inventions designed to conserve or reuse water:

• Grey water system
• Grey water irrigation
• Sink that fills the toilet cistern with the grey water
• Rain catcher
• Small space rainwater tank
• Slimline rainwater storage system
• Downpipe diversion device for rainwater capture
• Hot water reuse in showers
• Open water storage evaporation blanket
• Mulch maker
• Irrigation pump remote monitoring and control
• Wastewater-recycling unit for cutting saws

Dial 1100 before you dig

Check Sydney Water before undertaking excavation work.

Industry water use and tips

• Nurseries
• Building and construction
• Manufacturing
• Food processing
• Tourism/hospitality – cost-saving management practices

Green buildings

• Sustainable Water Management in commercial office buildings

• Software for designing water systems for small isolated communities in drier areas

Waterwise farming and horticulture

• Cotton growing
• Dairy farming
• Ideas and products
• Rice industry
• Waterwise on the farm
• MIA Envirowise
• Best practice in water use at Coleambally Demonstration Farm

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