waterMAP - Water saving initiatives for fire services
In October 2003 a voluntary program between Melbourne’s top 200 non-residential water consumers and their respective water authorities was launched called “Pathways to Sustainability”. This program was designed to develop water management plans with significant water using customers. Given the success of the program (which saved 6.2 billion litres of water or greater than 13% of sector usage), the Victorian Government has committed to its expansion. This will now affect all Victorian non-residential customer sites which consume 10 million litres of potable (drinking quality) water or more at any one site from an urban supply.
What is a waterMAP?
A waterMAP is a plan to use water more efficiently by identifying specific water saving actions that can be implemented at a specific site. The word waterMAP is an acronym for Water Management Action Plan.
What do waterMAP's do?
A waterMAP requires non-residential customers using significant volumes of water to:
- Assess their current water use
- Identify inefficiencies and potential water savings
- Prepare and submit an action plan to implement water conservation actions
- Annually review and report on implementation of water conservation actions
Fire Services
The routine inspection, testing and maintenance of fire services can be a significant consumer of water. Maintenance Essentials continues to work with building owners and managers to reduce the consumption of water through efficient design, improved maintenance and harvesting. In some circumstances, almost 78% of the water consumed through testing may be saved through innovative new practices.
Contact Maintenance Essentials for more information on our solutions and the range of services we provide.
