Council’s water campaign a winner

MEDIA RELEASE 21 October 2020

The ‘Water – Let’s Make It Last” campaign was division and overall category winner in Community, Education, and Empowerment Category at the Local Government Excellence in the Environment awards.

The integrated communication, engagement, education, and compliance program secured significant water savings by reducing residential consumption to a third over 18 months.

Council has previously had a Waterwise program in place but the implementation of water restrictions initially in 2018 and further in 2019 meant that the community need to be engaged in a strategic way to ensure compliance and reduce water consumption.

Education in the form of community information, engagement, or capacity building activities such as gardening workshops and compliance measures continue to be the three cornerstones of the campaign.

Mayor Bobby Bourke congratulated Council staff and thanked the community for coming together to preserve the city’s water supply.

“Water restrictions are an important and necessary measure designed to reduce water consumption and give council time to complete important water infrastructure projects to augment council's water supply,” he said

“I would like to thank our community for your overwhelming support of water restrictions. Residents, businesses and community groups have been very responsive in adopting water conservation measures and complying with the water restrictions.”

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Media contact: Corinne Boer Media and Communications Officer P: 02 6333 6179 M: 0448 685 340 E: corinne.boer@bathurst.nsw.gov.au