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The Every Drop Counts (EDC) Business Program offers a structured water conservation program for Sydney Water's business customers who use more than 80,000 litres of water a day.

It aims to help businesses understand where and how water is used in their businesses, to asses the true costs of water, improve their management of water and implement practical projects to save water.

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The program involves:

• joint commitment
• water management diagnostics
• development and implementation of improvement plans
• water efficiency audits
• regular reviews to ensure ongoing improvement.

The program complements the processes large businesses need to do a water saving action plan (PDF - 0KB) .

Joint commitment

To formally participate in the Program, you will need to enter into a voluntary business arrangement with Sydney Water. This arrangement demonstrates your business's commitment to improving water management practices and implementing cost effective water saving measures.

Water management diagnostic

To help companies improve their management of water, and benchmark progress against others, the EDC Business Program offers companies a water management diagnostic (PDF - 0KB) . This is a facilitated, self assessed process that uncovers strengths and weaknesses in water management.

Improvement plan

The diagnostic will identify five critical actions needed to further improve your management of water. Sydney Water will work with you to help you implement the critical actions.

Water efficiency audits

Almost all management diagnostics identify the need for business to better understand why, how and where water is used in the business. The EDC Program can help you fund water efficiency audits so that you can find out how water is being use, and how you can save water.

Audits also give you realistic saving targets, a cost and payback estimate of water saving projects, and water use benchmarks.

Implementation of improvement plan

The EDC Business team can help you implement your improvement plan by:

• producing water use information for your business
• providing co-funding for water audits, where necessary
• providing on line monitoring of water use in your business
• providing industry best practice guidelines for benchmarking
• providing technical water saving information
• helping you with research and development projects
• giving you access to awareness materials for staff
• helping you publicise water saving successes.

Review performance

When you have completed implementation of your first water saving plan, the EDC Business team will help you review your progress and set new goals by:

• reviewing your water consumption
• reviewing your progress against water saving targets
• setting up follow up diagnostic sessions to measure improvements in water management.

For more detailed information see the All about EDC Business Program brochure (PDF - 0KB) .

Contact Us

Use our contact form for membership enquiries and questions about the program.