Sustainable Water Management Plan - Nillumbik Shire Council
Sustainable Water Management Plan - Nillumbik Shire Council
Sustainable Water Management Plan - Nillumbik Shire Council
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APPENDIX B<br />
APPENDIX D<br />
Conversion Table<br />
1000L 1kL<br />
L<br />
litres<br />
Quantification of corporate reticulated water<br />
consumption targets<br />
1000kL<br />
1ML<br />
kL<br />
kilolitres<br />
1000ML<br />
1G<br />
ML<br />
G<br />
megalitres<br />
gigalitres<br />
ECR*<br />
(kL/yr)<br />
* Expected consumption reduction (kL/yr) from 2000-2001<br />
An Olympic-sized swimming pool holds approxiamately 2,500,000 L (depending on depth).<br />
APPENDIX C<br />
A summary of the type of <strong>Council</strong> assets and services included under each property type is listed in the<br />
table below.<br />
Landuse <strong>Water</strong> reduction action Justification of goals<br />
Swimming pools<br />
Conduct water audits<br />
Eltham Leisure Centre 4617 implement water audit recommendations Results from water audits<br />
Install 37 flow control valves<br />
Reduce frequency of backwashing from once<br />
a week to once in 10 days in pools<br />
213 Install dual flush toilets as recommended<br />
in water audit<br />
Recommendation from water audit<br />
Property type<br />
Administration buildings<br />
Child care centres<br />
Community centres<br />
Cultural centres<br />
Operations Centre<br />
Facilities – toilets<br />
Gardens and planter boxes<br />
Miscellaneous<br />
Nurseries<br />
Open space<br />
Playing fields<br />
Recreation centres<br />
Swimming pools<br />
<strong>Water</strong> trucks<br />
Description<br />
customer service centres<br />
child care centres, Maternal and Child Health centres,<br />
pre-schools, kindergartens<br />
mixed use halls such as RSLs, hostels, community centres,<br />
Senior Citizens centre, toy library<br />
libraries, theatre<br />
central depots<br />
public conveniences<br />
significant gardens and planter boxes<br />
drinking fountains, standpipes<br />
<strong>Council</strong>-operated plant nursery<br />
traffic treatments, council parks<br />
sports grounds, tennis centres, bowling greens<br />
sports pavilions<br />
indoor and outdoor swimming pools<br />
tree watering and street sweeping trucks<br />
Diamond Creek 2578 implement water audit recommendations Results from water audits<br />
swimming pool<br />
Install 15 flow control valves, six dual flush<br />
toilets and one waterless urinal<br />
Reduce frequency of backwashing<br />
Results from water audits<br />
All centres Install and use hand nozzles or high pressure Reduce water use by 10-15 l /min<br />
spray units in washdown procedures<br />
2166 Install rainwater tanks for use in toilet flushing Potential to lower consumption by<br />
and garden watering. up to 10%<br />
Investigate treatment of backwash water for<br />
reuse in pool top up or irrigation.<br />
Install waterless or water efficient urinals in<br />
future refurbishments<br />
Install automatic thermal pool blankets on<br />
outside pools<br />
Develop a strategy for alternate use of pool<br />
water during maintenance<br />
Urinals save 12 litres per flush<br />
Estimated 20-30% saving<br />
on makeup water<br />
Potential to save up to 1 million litres<br />
if reused in other operations within<br />
<strong>Council</strong> i.e. tree watering<br />
4332 Investigate the use of rainwater for pool Potential to save make-up water/yr<br />
make up water. (20%)<br />
Implement water saving measures with any<br />
major redevelopment at aquatic centre<br />
N/A Installation of meters on each pool to monitor N/A<br />
make up water consumption<br />
Savings dependant on development<br />
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