Water Forever workshop
Monday, June 9th, 2008This Wednesday I’m going to the Water Forever Options workshop, held by the Water Corporation here in WA. The day will feature presentations about water use, efficiency, sources, recycling, climate change and so on, with a “Have Your Say” section as well. I don’t really have much to say myself, but I’m interested to learn what the Water Corp is doing about getting enough water for our growing population.
I got involved by visiting their Water Forever website. It’s got a survey where you can answer questions about your thoughts on the future of water use in WA, and information about the figures the Water Corp is using to project our expected water use over the next 50 years. It’s very detailed and there are lots of downloads so you can see how their plans are coming along.
I’ll report back on the workshop later this week. It’s reminded me that one of my resolutions this year was to make my home more waterwise - I haven’t done much towards this yet, but a few weeks ago I did ask the Water Corp how much water I was actually using so I’d have some numbers to compare against. They very kindly sent me a spreadsheet showing the results of their meter readings since we moved in. We’re currently using about 146kL a year, so I hope we can get this down a bit.