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The Project | Pilot Program | Contact
Reshaping Water Saving Attitudes is three year project aimed at developing sustainable water use across regional and rural Victoria starting in the South West.
The project is being undertaken by Deakin University in the partnership with Wannon Water, the Victorian Water Trust, the Smart Water Fund and The Alcoa Foundation and Portland Aluminum.
Through this project Deakin University is working with Wannon Water to reduce water demand and ensure supply security for the future of the region.
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The ProjectBy looking at water consumption in the region we will be able to identify the high and low water users. After comparing the differences between these groups our goal will be to develop strategies to encourage high users to reduce their use. We will be doing this by asking people in the region what their attitudes are to water saving behaviours, what things they are currently doing to save water and what things are stopping them from saving water.
The next step will be to use behaviour change tools to reshape water saving attitudes and help people overcome the barriers so they can more easily minimize their water use. In many cases, people know that they should reduce their water use, so we want to encourage people to change their behaviour by making it easier for them to do so. This could be done by reminding people at the tap that they should turn it off while they brush their teeth or by providing them with the information and skills necessary to help them change their behaviour.
This project will try to make behaviour that saves water easier so we can all lessen the demand on the region’s water Supply System.
But we need you to help us do this.
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Pilot Program
Registrations close Tuesday 30 June, 2009
Help secure water supplies in south west Victoria for the future
AND save money on your water account by
becoming more water efficient around your property.
Your involvement will include:
- A self water smart home or farm water audit
- Making changes to how you use water around your house, garden and on your farm, if you have one to reduce your property’s water use.
- Water meter readings before the program, weekly for the 6 weeks of the program and monthly for the 2 months after the program
For a description of the project and what the program will involve, click here.
Contact
For further information please call Michelle Graymore at Deakin University on 03 5563 3211 or via email.
Back to top This project is funded by the Victorian Water Trust, managed on its behalf by the Smart Water Fund, and the Alcoa Foundation through Portland Aluminum.
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