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Having such a large number of visitors in a regional coastal area presents a challenge for the local environment, with toilet use in Phillip Island Nature Parks using valuable drinking water from the Candowie Reservioir, which in 2006 fell to just 4 per cent.
With the local reservoir at risk of running dry, the Penguin Parade faced the task of reducing its demand on the local drinking water supply for uses other than drinking and educating visitors on this environmental challenge.
The EME group is committed to designing residential, commercial, retail and school buildings that integrate water management, recycling and conservation, significantly reducing water usage and saving money.
The challenge is to encourage developers to instinctively incorporate water saving devices in residential design and to convince them of the positive benefits for both developer and resident.
Schools and community education plays a key part in the water industry’s water conservation efforts.
Educating children about the importance of water and the consequences of their water use is an important step to creating water-wise communities.
Driven by Victoria's ongoing water shortages, Museum Victoria identified the need and opportunity to educate the community about water conservation.
An ideal location to deliver key water saving messages to the community, due to the high number of visitors, was through the Melbourne Museum.
As home to many people from non-English speaking backgrounds, Victoria has a real need for culturallyspecific education on water conservation and to share best practice with its diverse communities.
The Western Young People Independent Network (WYPIN) is a community based organisation that assists young refugees and migrants living in the Western region of Melbourne to adapt to Australian life. They were the ideal organisation to engage this audience and assist in facilitating an education program.
More than a decade of low rainfall has left Melbourne's water storages at very low levels.
As a result water restrictions have been implemented forcing gardeners in Melbourne to look at how they approach water use in the garden.
Seeing and engaging with successful demonstration solutions has proven to be one of the most effective methods of changing and modifying behaviour.
It is based upon the understanding that the community cannot develop sustainable water habits without knowledge, involvement and experience in real-life situations.
SmartGardenwatering.org.au was created by the University of Melbourne with the help of a Smart Water Fund Round 3 grant to help gardeners in Melbourne be more efficient in their garden watering habits.
The University of Melbourne has received a Round 6 grant to expand SmartGardenWatering.org.au to support the creation of online gardening communities.
The Aque Dux project is an example of 'green learning', where students will learn and implement real life sustainability solutions in authentic contexts.
This will create learning opportunities for students, teachers and industry partners.