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Water is a precious resource in Alice Springs that should be used wisely.
Click here for a copy of the "Alice Water Smart Guide"
Alice Water Smart aims to preserve our finite groundwater source and secure the long term sustainability of Alice Springs. Many of us believe our water supply will last forever, as it is drawn from the ancient Amadeus basin. However our water is precious and must be used wisely.
We need to protect the life of the water source that helps us to maintain our unique lifestyle. We need to become Water Smart.
It is a two year project that will help Alice Springs residents to reduce water use by 1600 million litres per year, equivalent to two months average water supply.
Led by a consortium of government and community organisations, Alice Water Smart will help to drive smarter and more efficient use of water in homes, businesses, parks and gardens; and Alice Springs will become a role model for others to follow.
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Winter’s coming! Get your garden and watering schedules ready.15 May 2013It might still feel like summer in Alice, however it is progressively getting cooler and May is the best time to adjust your garden watering schedules to ensure your plants receive ‘not too much’ and ‘not too little’. Your plants won’t need as much as they do in summer so you might as well pocket some extra cash to spend on the things you love. The Alice Water Smart Guide provides the ideal watering schedules for all plant types in Alice Springs, as well as the depth to which you should water. An established lawn should be watered just once per week in winter, compared to 3 times per week in summer. A vegetable patch can get away with being watered just twice a week in winter. And what about your beautiful native plants? It depends on how old they are. Grab your free copy of the Alice Water Smart Guide. See our website for stockists. |
One in three Alice homes found to have a water leak as efficiency consults come to an end03 May 2013More than 1000 home Water Efficiency Consultations conducted by Alice Water Smart have found that almost one in three Alice Springs homes have a sizeable water leak. The average leak is around 234,000 litres per year, more than half the average consumption of an Aliice Springs household. |
National irrigation expert shares water smarts with Alice Springs industry19 April 2013Twenty horticulturists and irrigation professionals from large organisations in Alice Springs have been learning smart irrigation skills this week from an expert who works with regional Councils across Australia and water-challenged agriculturists in the Murray Darling Basin. The two-day course, hosted by Alice Water Smart Homes and Businesses and led by WA based irrigation professional Paul Wilmott is training local irrigation professionals in best practice irrigation technologies and techniques to further conserve Alice Springs' precious water supply. |
Huge water savings to be made by Alice Springs accommodation providers05 April 2013Hotels, motels and other accommodation providers in Alice Springs could save up to $330,000 from going down the drain every year. They have been able to identify around 176 million litres in annual water svaings through the Alice Water Smart Project, in partnership with Tourism NT. |
Alice Springs becomes first Australian town to adopt voluntary water use guidelines22 March 2013The new water use Guide, which lists the top six actions to help Alice Springs residents to save water will be launched today on World Water Day at the free community breakfast, 7-9am on the Town Council lawns. The Alice Water Smart Guide is a culmination of local knowledge, the results of almost 1000 professional Water Efficiency Consultations by Alice Water Smart and input and feedback from the Alice Springs community. A volunteer Citizens' Advisory Panel helped pull it together. |