Saving Water
Dubbo Regional Council encourages residents to Be Wise With Our Water and exercise water conservation. Water conservation is the practice of using water efficiently to reduce unnecessary water usage.
Water conservation is essential and can be done by everyone. We can all contribute to saving water.
Community Daily Water Usage
Council has developed a procedure to calculate the daily average water consumption in Dubbo, Geurie and Wellington.
Council encourages residents to be Wise With Our Water and aim at using approximately 380- 400 litres per person per day (PDF 292.1KB).
| DATES |
DUBBO |
WELLINGTON |
GEURIE |
| 17 November 2025 - 23 November 2025 |
475 litres/person/day |
325 litres/person/day |
286 litres/person/day |
| 10 November 2025 - 16 November 2025 |
426 litres/person/day |
311 litres/person/day |
281 litres/person/day |
| 3 November 2025 - 9 November 2025 |
369 litres/person/day |
264 litres/person/day |
214 litres/person/day |
| 27 October 2025 - 2 November 2025 |
320 litres/person/day |
234 litres/person/day |
230 litres/person/day |
| 20 October 2025 - 26 October 2025 |
358 litres/person/day |
262 litres/person/day |
262 litres/person/day |
| 13 October 2025 - 19 October 2025 |
268 litres/person/day |
240 litres/person/day |
241 litres/person/day |
| 6 October 2025 - 12 October 2025 |
256 litres/person/day |
207 litres/person/day |
209 litres/person/day |
| 29 September 2025 - 5 October 2025 |
253 litres/person/day
|
225 litres/person/day |
212 litres/person/day |
| 22 September 2025 - 28 September 2025 |
206 litres/person/day
|
199 litres/person/day |
161 litres/person/day |
| 15 September 2025 - 21 September 2025 |
200 litres/person/day |
173 litres/person/day |
162 litres/person/day |
| 8 September 2025 - 14 September 2025 |
174 litres/person/day |
169 litres/person/day |
155 litres/person/day |
| 1 September 2025 - 7 September 2025 |
209 litres/person/day |
188 litres/person/day |
165 litres/person/day |
| 25 August 2025 - 31 August 2025 |
179 litres/person/day |
178 litres/person/day |
146 litres/person/day |
| 18 August 2025 - 24 August 2025 |
190 litres/person/day |
165 litres/person/day |
154 litres/person/day |
| 11 August 2025 - 17 August 2025 |
193 litres/person/day |
166 litres/person/day |
129 litres/person/day |
| 4 August 2025 - 10 August 2025 |
174 litres/person/day |
168 litres/person/day |
144 litres/person/day |
| 28 July 2025 - 3 August 2025 |
166 litres/person/day |
161 litres/person/day |
138 litres/person/day |
| 21 July 2025 - 27 July 2025 |
178 litres/person/day |
162 litres/person/day |
142 litres/person/day |
| 14 July 2025 - 20 July 2025 |
179 litres/person/day |
172 litres/person/day |
144 litres/person/day |
| 7 July 2025 - 13 July 2025 |
173 litres/person/day |
160 litres/person/day |
147 litres/person/day |
Monitoring Your Water Usage
Customers with a Smart Water Device will be able to monitor and manage their water consumption through the 'My DRC Water' online customer portal. You can set up scheduled consumption reports, monitor your usage daily and set up high usage and leak alerts.
You can access the portal at mydrcwater.dubbo.gov.au
Advice for Saving Water
Just click on the banners, or the links below them, to discover the most efficient ways to use water and cut down on wastage.
Find out how to save water in business; Saving Water in Business
Find out how to save water in your home; Saving Water in the Home
Find out how to save water in your garden; Saving Water Outdoors
Discover how to save water in your pool; Pool and Spa
Find out how to save water whilst washing your car; Car Washing
Discover how to install and use rainwater tanks; Rainwater Tanks
Everything you need to know about using greywater on your garden; Understanding Greywater
For more information on using greywater view Council's dedicated Policy; Greywater Recycled Water Reuse Policy
Smart Water Advice Videos
Take a look at the video playlist below for advice from Smart Water.
Last Edited: 26 Nov 2025