It's National Water Week - here's how you can get involved

This National Water Week (21-27 October), we’re encouraging Manningham households to take part in Target 150.

Target 150 is a voluntary water-efficiency initiative to get us thinking about how much water we use. It encourages us to limit our water consumption to 150 litres per person, per day.

For most people, this means only saving another two litres of water – less than half a bucket of water a day. Simple changes to our every day habits, such as only running the dishwasher when it’s full, can help conserve water.

Check your water bill to see if you’re hitting the target and try these water saving tips:

• shorten your shower time by one minute
• brush your teeth with the tap off
• fix any leaks
• scrape plates instead of rinsing them, before loading the dishwasher
• place a container in the sink to catch water when preparing vegetables or washing fruit
• use a broom to sweep the driveway, instead of using a hose.

Melbourne’s population growth means we’ll likely need to double our water supply in the next 50 years. Our climate is changing with hotter and drier weather forecast. Climate change makes rainfall less reliable and reduces river flows.

Melburnians are already using more water on average each year than flows into our storages, with desalinated water meeting this gap.

Water is life and by changing behaviours to save water amongst a range of other actions, we can all contribute to the achievement of a sustainable water future.

Read more tips and tricks to save water here