The sustainable water partner program can support your business to optimise your water consumption, save you money, and reduce your footprint on our region’s water supply. Water is essential for so many local businesses, that’s why we’re working to help businesses reduce their water usage so they can save money and improve their water sustainability.

By focusing on how your business can most efficiently use water, your business can:

improve water savings
save money by reducing your water, sewage, liquid trade waste and energy bills
receive recognition for your sustainability achievements.

There are three steps in the Sustainable Water Partner Program.

Step 1

Improve monitoring, leak detection and visibility of your water consumption from a Rous water supply. We will assist you to identify water efficiency opportunities and projects through specialist advice or through a water efficiency plan. We will support your business with these activities.

The benefits of a water efficiency plan
Information gathering and a site assessment will help you to understand where and how your business is using water and if / where leakage is occurring. From here, we will assist you to identify and prioritise cost-effective water efficiency projects to save your business money. The size, scale and complexity of your operations will determine how we deliver advice and prepare any planning.

For more information, download the Water Efficiency Plan fact sheet.

Step 2

Implement your water efficiency projects and save money. You may be eligible for a water efficiency rebate.

Implementing change and water efficiency projects.
We offer financial assistance to help your business to implement a range of water efficiency projects. Rebate(s) up to $15,000 per business are available in any one financial year. Terms and conditions apply.

Step 3

Become a sustainable water partner and have your achievements recognised.

Recognising our sustainable water partners
We believe that your business deserves to be acknowledged for your water efficiency achievements. The Sustainable Water Partner Program offers you a customisable recognition program to celebrate your success in a way that brings the most benefit for your business. You can select from a range of options to receive recognition for your water efficiency efforts.