Water and Wastewater

Planning Principles 512

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Water and Wastewater

Proposal: Investigate Sustainable Urban Water Systems

Outline:

Will Western Australian water supply be able to keep up with increasing demand?

Western Australian water use efficiencies can be improved thorough 3 key areas:

Reduce, reuse, recycle.

Reduce
Water is consumed by industry, agriculture and households. All of these sectors can reduce water use. At the local government level water use can be reduced by encouraging the use of drought tolerant verge treatments rather than reticulated “lawn”. Councils can also recycle green waste into mulch which reduces water requirements. Products such as cross-linked polymers can reduce agricultural water use by up to 30%.

Reuse
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