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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

COMMUNITY 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
 18 September 2023 - 24 September 2023 389 litres/person/day 263 litres/person/day  264 litres/person/day
 11 September 2023 - 17 September 2023 319 litres/person/day 221 litres/person/day 223 litres/person/day
 4 September 2023 - 10 September 2023 285 litres/person/day 192 litres/person/day  166 litres/person/day
 28 August 2023 - 3 September 2023 259 litres/person/day 189 litres/person/day  149 litres/person/day
21 August 2023 - 27 August 2023 226 litres/person/day 181 litres/person/day 139 litres/person/day 
14 August 2023 - 20 August 2023  207 litres/person/day  157 litres/person/day 76 litres/person/day 
7 August 2023 - 13 August 2023  226 litres/person/day  168 litres/person/day  119 litres/person/day 
31 July 2023 - 6 August 2023 198 litres/person/day  170 litres/person/day  96 litres/person/day 
24 July 2023 - 30 July 2023  184 litres/person/day  168 litres/person/day  102 litres/person/day 
17 July 2023 - 23 July 2023  174 litres/person/day  164 litres/person/day  92 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: 27 Sep 2023

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