| Waterwise enews – August 2010 |
Welcome from Tor Higgins, Communications Executive, Waterwise
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 It may be the summer holidays but it is still busy over here at Waterwise. We are about to kick start the home-visits for our Tap into Savings partnership programme up in Coventry and for the Save Water Swindon project; water companies have a few more days to sign up to the national water efficiency campaign that we are running in conjunction with Talisman Communications; we will shortly be announcing the line-up and opening registration for our sixth annual water efficiency conference, and we’re moving office! For more information about any of this, or anything in the newsletter please contact me
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| The Water Calculator |
 Building a new home or development? Waterwise East, in association with the Bathroom Manufacturers Association have just launched www.thewatercalculator.org.uk This site allows users to quickly and easily develop specifications for water-efficient homes that meet regulatory requirements. The site contains information on water consumption for hundreds of products, which means users do not have to gather individual product data from manufacturers.
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| Waterwise Annual Conference 2011 - last chance for sponorship discount |
Waterwise is offering a 20% discount on conference sponsorship for those organisations that sign up and pay before 31 August 2010. The sixth annual Waterwise water efficiency conference has been confirmed for Wednesday 30 and Thursday 31 March 2011. We're pleased to announce that our Principal Sponsor for it is Zero Carbon UK. Other sponsorship opportunities are available, please contact click here for more information
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| Part 2 of the Waterwise Technical Symposium Series |
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 The Symposium (held in London on 20 July) highlighted general support for the water efficiency targets, although there are still some important outstanding issues, not least in relation to better understanding the customer base to be able to better target actions. Lessons can also be learnt from the energy sector which has had to work with targets since 1994, under a regulatory framework which has supported the growth of the targets. A note of the Symposium highlighting the key points, conclusions is in preparation and will soon be available. Click here to see the presentations from the event
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| Waterwise White Paper - update |
Waterwise’s White Paper, published on 25 June 2010, has been widely welcomed by stakeholders, including Ministers at Defra and CLG, and Waterwise has been discussing its proposals with senior officials across Whitehall, the Shadow Secretary of State for Defra, Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, and the Chairs of House of Commons Select Committees, as well as other stakeholders.
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| Waterwise East event - 11 October 2010 |
Waterwise East is hosting a FREE event that will bring together key water stakeholders in the East to discuss the future for water-efficiency projects in the East of England. There will be opportunities for Q&A and networking. We will be asking delegates to sit at tables with other individuals from within their county, to encourage links between local water stakeholders. This event is invite only, but for more information please contact Clare Watters
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| New Waterwise Office |
Waterwise is moving to a new office on 1 September. The new office address is 89 Albert Embankment SE1, Vauxhall. We do not yet have our new phone numbers, so towards the end of the month and for the first few weeks in September it is best to use our mobile phones and keep an eye on the website for the new office numbers.
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| Future Friendly 4 |
 The 4th Future Friendly Awards is a nationwide search for heroic communities committed to making a difference by promoting sustainable living through their actions, in a project involving the whole community. This year, for the first time, the awards are part of a bigger initiative to encourage Britain that wasting less this summer means more rewards both in the short term and long run. Entries close today (7 August) so click here to nominate your environmental hero
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| Events |
11 October 2010, Water Efficiency in the East under the new Coalition Government
30/31 March 2011, Oxford, sixth annual Waterwise water efficiency conference - open for registration soon
Part 3 of the Waterwise Technical Symposium Series is being planned for Autumn 2010. Please keep an eye out for more information.
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