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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.

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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
 25 November 2024 - 1 December 2024 357 litres/person/day 215 litres/person/day 209 litres/person/day
 18 November 2024 - 24 November 2024 351 litres/person/day 263 litres/person/day 261 litres/person/day
 11 November 2024 - 17 November 2024  360 litres/person/day 257 litres/person/day 233 litres/person/day
 4 November 2024 - 10 November 2024 360 litres/person/day 256 litres/person/day  255 litres/person/day
 28 October 2024 - 3 November 2024  372 litres/person/day  244 litres/person/day  285 litres/person/day
 21 October 2024 - 27 October 2024  299 litres/person/day  206 litres/person/day  202 litres/person/day
14 October 2024 - 20 October 2024 229 litres/person/day   16litres/person/day 220 litres/person/day 
7 October 2024 - 13 October 2024  322 litres/person/day   218 litres/person/day  214 litres/person/day 
30 September 2024 - 6 October 2024  286 litres/person/day   190 litres/person/day  200 litres/person/day 
23 September 2024 - 29 September 2024  278 litres/person/day   178 litres/person/day  160 litres/person/day 
16 September 2024 - 22 September 2024  280 litres/person/day   191 litres/person/day 207 litres/person/day 
9 September 2024 - 15 September 2024  258 litres/person/day   181 litres/person/day 154 litres/person/day
2 September 2024 - 8 September 2024  228 litres/person/day   166 litres/person/day  140 litres/person/day 
26 August 2024 - 1 September 2024 222 litres/person/day  141 litres/person/day 160 litres/person/day 
19 August 2024 - 25 August 2024  201 litres/person/day   149 litres/person/day 117 litres/person/day 
12 August 2024 - 18 August 2024  200 litres/person/day   139 litres/person/day 121 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.

Save water in business

Find out how to save water in business; Saving Water in Business

Saving water in your home

Find out how to save water in your home; Saving Water in the Home

Save water in your garden

Find out how to save water in your garden; Saving Water Outdoors

How to save water in your pool

Discover how to save water in your pool; Pool and Spa

How to save water washing card

Find out how to save water whilst washing your car; Car Washing

How to install rainwater tanks

Discover how to install and use rainwater tanks; Rainwater Tanks

Using greywater in your garden

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: 04 Dec 2024

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