Reduce Your Water Use

While it's important that we reduce our water use all year round, nature sends us gentle reminders throughout the year. 

For example, during the Wadandi Season of Birak (December - January), the peppy flowers start to fall which lets us know that the rains are easing up. This is a timely reminder that we should be preparing for summer and doing everything we can to reduce our water use. 

Conserving water resources, even in areas without shortages, reduces the need to build dams or extract water from rivers, decreases wastewater produced and treated at sewage plants, lowers energy requirements for treating and transporting water and wastewater, and reduces greenhouse gas emissions.

Here are some useful tips and resources to help reduce your water use:

• Turning the tap off while brushing your teeth can save up to 10 litres per minute
• Pick a song that's less than 4 minutes long to shower to
• Detect water leaks inside and outside of your home by conducting a basic leak test using your water meter 

You can find more tips for the home, outdoors and other areas from WaterCorp here. 

Waterwise Incentives & Resources

What the Shire is doing

• Continuing to monitor and review the Shire's water data
• Encouraging water sensitive design in new sub-divisions
• The recent refurbishment at the Margaret River Recreation Centre included water wise fixtures, fittings and toilets
• The Margaret River Recreation Centre is committed to improving water efficiency of the pool
• Supporting the agricultural transition to regenerative farming including water retention and management
• The Shire's Environmental Health team provides water testing services to assist community members who may be concerned about rainwater contamination

Find out about Water catchment management, river action plans, water planning and licensing, and dams and soaks here.