Waterwise Basics

Waterwise Basics

Let’s start at the beginning... if we change our habits – just a little bit we can become WATERWISE and make sure that EVERY DROP COUNTS. Its easy to be WATERWISE, it can save money and lots of ideas don’t cost anything to implement.

So let us be WATERWISE today by: Bill-sweeping

AROUND THE HOUSE

taking a shorter shower
turning off the tap when you don’t need the water
– when brushing your teeth, shaving, rinsing vegetables or cleaning the sink
fix dripping taps and leaking pipes

AROUND THE YARD

using a broom rather than a hose to clean the driveway or paths and
washing your car with a bucket and trigger nozzle over a grassed area,

Let’s be WATERWISE this Spring by:

planting a water-efficient garden – selecting plants carefully, group them according to their water needs and mulch well,
watering your garden only when necessary – if the soil below the surface is still damp the plant is unlikely to need water and
fewer, deeper watering for your garden encourage deeper root systems and more robust plants.

What do you do to be Waterwise? Let Wide Bay Water Corporation know and you could win a waterwise promotional kit.
So start thinking and send your entries to wbw@widebaywater.qld.gov.au or PO Box 5499 Hervey Bay Queensland 4655.
You can also drop in to our offices Monday to Friday between 8.15am and 5.00pm at 29-31 Ellengowan Street Urangan.