This website links to a wide range of practical guidance, case studies and news on saving water in a range of facilities and services including:
- swimming pools and public aquatic centres,
- sportsfields and outdoor irrigation,
- administration and office buildings,
- heating, ventilation and air conditioning or HVAC systems (with particularly detailed fact sheets on cooling towers and boilers),
- kitchens, laundrys, and more.
Water efficient design, management and maintenance techniques are covered in the technical notes, best practice guides, fact sheets and case studies on this website across a range of activities:
- water saving and efficiency planning,
- sub metering,
- leak reduction,
- water saving through good housekeeping, inspection and maintenance regimes,
- contractor management,
- auditing,
- retrofitting equipment and fixtures,
- facility upgrades and
- alternatives to potable water sources such as stormwater and rainwater harvesting.
Whilst direct program support and activities are typically only available to Sydney Water customers, this website is a good source of free guidance for others (fact sheets, sector guidelines, council case studies and the regular “Conserver” magazine - see related resource). In many cases this guidance has been developed through consultation with relevant industry groups and technical specialists.
This website is particularly valuable to council based facility and asset managers as well as environmental or sustainability staff who are ‘coordinating’ their council’s energy, water or greenhouse gas reduction efforts.