Australians are being challenged to save at least one million buckets of water through the new ‘Every Bucket Counts’ campaign launched by Smart Approved WaterMark, an Australian water conservation labelling scheme.

The ‘Every Bucket Counts’ campaign can be found at www.smartwatermark.org and was officially launched as part of National Water Week.

The site features three online calculators that show how much water each of us can save with some simple measures.

 “‘Every Bucket Counts’ makes it easy for people to see how much water they could save by choosing a waterless car wash product, installing a rainwater tank or by using a cover if they have a pool,” says Julian Gray, CEO of Smart WaterMark.

The campaign is designed to bring people to the web site, alert them to the possible savings through the calculators and encourage them to make pledges to save water.

Mr Grey says visits to the web site will encourage them to learn more about the Smart WaterMark and the range of products and services which carry the label.

The three ‘Every Bucket Counts’ calculators are:

Car washing

The size of your car (small, medium or large), how often and how it is washed are among the kinds of information keyed in for this calculator, which then works out how much water you can save by using a low flow cleaner, or a waterless car wash.

Rainwater tanks

This ‘Every Bucket Counts’ calculator has involved a great deal of programming, taking into account postcodes and average rainfalls, as well as roof and tank sizes to calculate the amount of water collected for each individual enquiry. This water collected by the rainwater tank can then be used in garden, laundry or toilets, saving mains water for drinking.

Swimming pool covers

The size of the pool and other simple facts such as the number of times it is used and topped up are keyed in and it calculates the number of litres of water saved from evaporation if a pool cover is used.

 
Australians are being challenged to save at least one million buckets of water through the new ‘Every Bucket Counts’ campaign launched by Smart Approved WaterMark, an Australian water conservation labelling scheme.

The ‘Every Bucket Counts’ campaign can be found at www.smartwatermark.org and was officially launched as part of National Water Week.

The site features three online calculators that show how much water each of us can save with some simple measures.

 “‘Every Bucket Counts’ makes it easy for people to see how much water they could save by choosing a waterless car wash product, installing a rainwater tank or by using a cover if they have a pool,” says Julian Gray, CEO of Smart WaterMark.

The campaign is designed to bring people to the web site, alert them to the possible savings through the calculators and encourage them to make pledges to save water.

Mr Grey says visits to the web site will encourage them to learn more about the Smart WaterMark and the range of products and services which carry the label.

The three ‘Every Bucket Counts’ calculators are:

 Car washing

The size of your car (small, medium or large), how often and how it is washed are among the kinds of information keyed in for this calculator, which then works out how much water you can save by using a low flow cleaner, or a waterless car wash.

Rainwater tanks

This ‘Every Bucket Counts’ calculator has involved a great deal of programming, taking into account postcodes and average rainfalls, as well as roof and tank sizes to calculate the amount of water collected for each individual enquiry. This water collected by the rainwater tank can then be used in garden, laundry or toilets, saving mains water for drinking.

Swimming pool covers

The size of the pool and other simple facts such as the number of times it is used and topped up are keyed in and it calculates the number of litres of water saved from evaporation if a pool cover is used.

Comment below to have your say on this story.

If you have a news story or tip-off, get in touch at editorial@governmentnews.com.au.  

Sign up to the Government News newsletter