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There are 45 councils within the Sydney, Illawarra and Blue Mountains region. Each day these councils together use approximately 20 million litres of water. Over 50 per cent of this consumption is for irrigation of ovals, playing fields and parks. Most of the remaining water use is used in civic and administration buildings, swimming pools and leisure centres, childcare centres, caravan parks and depots.

Are your facilities water efficient?

Sydney Water has developed water consumption benchmarks for a number of council facilities after analysing the results from audits completed as part of the Every Drop Counts Business Program. The benchmarks can tell you at a glance if your facilities are operating efficiently or if you have opportunities to cost effectively save water.

Civic and Administration Buildings	> 4000	sqm	0.7	kL/sqm/annum
	< 4000	sqm	1.2	kL/sqm/annum
	> 200	people	40	L/patrons/d
	< 200	people	75	L/patrons/d
Swimming Pools and Leisure Centres	0 - 500	persons	60	L/person/d
	> 500	persons	30	L/person/d
Child Care Centres			40	L/person/d
Sporting fields	Western Councils		0.4	kL/sqm/annum
	Central Councils		0.3	kL/sqm/annum
	Eastern Councils		0.2	kL/sqm/annum
Golf courses - greens and tees			0.5	kL/sqm/annum
Golf courses - fairways	Western Sydney		0.13	kL/sqm/annum
Golf courses - fairways	Central Sydney		0.13	kL/sqm/annum
Golf courses - fairways	Eastern Sydney		0.12	kL/sqm/annum
Caravan parks			300	L/person/d
Depots			40	L/person/d

How to save water in council facilities

The following information can also help save water at council facilities:

• How to save water in council facilities (PDF - 90KB)
• Public amenities (PDF - 288KB)
• Waterless Urinals (PDF - 253KB)
• Outdoor areas (PDF - 246KB)
• Best Practice Guidelines for commercial office buildings and shopping centres (PDF - 1.62MB)
• Best Practice Guidelines for Clubs (PDF - 11.11MB)
• Pre-rinse spray valves (PDF - 162KB)
• Wok Stoves (PDF - 593KB)

To find out how the EDC Business Program has helped councils to save water see our case studies.

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