Sustainability
Indicator

 

• Showerhead exchange target exceeded
• Meeting with customers face-to-face drives the message home
• High targets for low income household water reduction
• Water patrol team at home helping residents save water

• Our Customers: Residential

Sustainability Indicator:
Average water consumption per person

Commitment:
To ensure that our customers’ water consumption meets the Victorian Government’s 30 per cent water consumption per person reduction target by 2015.

How we’ve performed:

Average water consumption per person  (L/cap/day)	2005-2006	2006-2007	2007-2008
Actual	424	378	327
Target	492	425	425

Our 2007-08 results represents a 44% reduction since the 1990s average of 579 litres per person, per day.

Looking ahead:
With water conservation a priority, we will continue to encourage our customers, across all sectors, to save water through further showerhead exchanges, garden information and other water-conservation initiatives such as WaterMAPs.