Water saving tips, water saving products and water saving ideas.
Last week on Today Tonight (an Australian current affair program) there was a segment on Waterfuse, a water saving device which helps to intelligently regulate water pressure. Waterfuse is an electronic device that regulates the water flow and it's has a software program specially designed to supply that's required but not waste any.
We hope to have more details about Waterfuse soon.
Here's a "smack your head it's so simple" idea for reducing your water use at home. It's as simple as this:
Turn down your water meter tap.
Yep, that's it. Reducing your mains water pressure by turning it down at the meter will reduce the flow of water to all your taps and water outlets in the home. Your family will be forced to use less water as the flow rate will be reduced.
Try it for a month or three and see what it does for your water usage and water utility bills.
It's true. Having plants – which you would think would use up a lot of water – can actually help you to conserve more water. If you have a huge expanse of yard it has to be watered a lot. All of that grass needs to stay green, and if it doesn't get enough water, it'll die. If you've paid a lot of money for that green lawn you of course want to keep it lush and alive, and if you care about nature and the planet, you don’t want to see living things dying for lack of water – but yet you want to conserve water, so what do you do? You landscape naturally, using grasses and plants that are native to your location.
By doing that, you avoid huge expanses of green lawn and instead have dirt or rocks and natural plants here and there to make a pleasing design. Keeping it trimmed and cared for helps make it look great and you won't be using much water. If you have a lot of plants you might need to irrigate them, especially when they're just getting started.
For the most part, though, you can just leave the natural plants to fend for themselves. They're used to growing in that climate with the water that they would normally get, so there's no need for a system to give them water every day. You'll have a beautiful, naturally-landscaped yard and the environment will thank you.
To be eligible for a rainwater tank rebate in NSW your rainwater tank instillation must comply with the following:
Rebates are as follows:
Rainwater tank capacity: 2000 - 3999 litres
Rebate: $150
Connection to toilet: $500
Connection to washing machine: $500
Maximum Total: $1150
Rainwater tank capacity: 4000 - 6999 litres
Rebate: $400
Connection to toilet: $500
Connection to washing machine: $500
Maximum Total: $1400
Rainwater tank capacity: 7000+ litres
Rebate: $500
Connection to toilet: $500
Connection to washing machine: $500
Maximum Total: $1500
For details see the NSW governments environmental website
The Victorian state government rebate scheme for rain water tanks, as of 30th June 2007, is summarised in the table below. This applies to those wanting to install a rainwater tank in Melbourne suburbs as well as regional centres.
Rainwater Tank size: 2000 - 4999 litre capacity
Requirements: connected to toilet and/or laundry
Rebate: $500
Rainwater Tank size: 5000+ litre capacity
Requirements: connected to toilet or laundry
Rebate: $900
Rainwater Tank size: 5000+ litre capacity
Requirements: connected to toilet and laundry
Rebate: $1000
A $150 rebate for tanks 600 litres or larger not connected for indoor also applies.
See Our Water Our Future website for more.
There's been much talk recently of an emissions trading scheme here in Australia - particularly after the release of the Garnaut report. But what is carbon trading and how will effect businesses and individuals.
Simply put, carbon trading is the tradsing of personal, corporate or national credits to maintain an/or reduce carbon emissions. If you accumulate carbon credits, beating set targets, as a business or as an individual you can sell the balance as credits to others who have exceeded their limits.
The Australian Federal Government is committed to an emissions trading scheme from 2010,but given the lack of information on emissions targets, it seems unlikely that this time frame will be met.
We're very excited to announce the lunch of our Australian rain-water tank directory. The GetGeen Water Tank directory is open for registrations from Australian businesses selling rainwater tanks. Basic memberships start from $295 per year (inc GST) and includes:
Compare membership options here.
With so many green directories around, why would you join ours? Simple. Our directory is solely focused on water tank suppliers. Our Water Tank directory provides customers with details of your business and it's geographic location.
Our surveys show that customers are more likely to purchase a rainwater tank from a local supplier. This being the case, providing consumer with detailed information of your business and it's location is our prime objective.
We're in the process of adding free listings to our database for regions throughout Australua. A free listing includes basic business details such as business name, address and phone. For a comprehensive listing, water tanks suppliers and distributes can purchase one of 3 different packages.
The following prime positions won't last long:
If you're a water tank distributer interested in achieving greater exposure for your business, contact us for further details.
There are ways to save water in times of drought. One of the most common recycling methods is the use of grey water.
What is grey water?
Grey water is any water that goes down the drain, except for toilet water. Excess shower water, sink water, laundry water, and dish water can all be saved and reused.
How is grey water reused?
Grey water is mostly reused in landscaping and for flushing toilets.
Why is saving water important?
It is feared that our planet is running out of water. As a whole humankind is becoming less and less sustainable on a daily basis. If we plan on leaving a greener planet to our grandchildren we must take steps now to insure sustainability.
Many grey water systems are currently available on the market. With no end in site to the drought here in Australia, its important to start taking steps to conserve our most precious of natural resources: H2O.
The Southern Nevada Water Authority (SNWA), in partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's WaterSense programar holding a Water Smart Innovations Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada from October 8-10, 2008.
Billed as the largest conference of its kind in the world, this inaugural conference and expo will showcasing new water efficiency technology to industry and business from around the world.
From the look of the website, it's shaping up to be as big as the PR speculates with so decent major sponsors including Rain Bird, MWH, Corma and Toto.
Check out the Water Smart Innovations Conference website for details.