Reducing Water Wastage in the UK

Waterwise is proud to support Australia’s savewater! awards®. This year for the first time, through Waterwise’s partnership with Australia’s savewater! Alliance, product engineers from all over the world are invited to enter the 2009 national savewater! awards® in the Product Innovations Category. Entries are now open for Australia’s savewater! Awards®. If you are interested in learning more or entering online please visit www.savewater.com.au

The Product Innovations award rewards the development and commercialisation of innovative products that minimise water consumption – it is designed to recognise products that are leading the way in water saving initiatives.

‘It is excellent that the savewater!® Alliance has opened its doors to international products. There are many great water saving products in the UK and some have already received the Waterwise Marque – our endorsement programme for water efficient products. The UK is perceived as being very wet, however we have less water per person available then most of our northern European neighbours and we actually receive less rainfall on an annual basis than Sydney.’ Says Chris Philpot, Communications Manager, Waterwise.

In the UK Waterwise runs the Waterwise Marque scheme which recognises products which are water efficient or raise the awareness of water efficiency. Currently there are 50 products with the Waterwise Marque.

“Many new products are coming onto the market every year and these make a major contribution to Australia’s water savings. We know the United Kingdom has a lot of leading water saving product engineers and we want to recognise them said Mr Nigel Finney, CEO of the savewater!® Alliance.

For more information on how to save water and to look at a full range of water saving products in the UK, please visit the Waterwise website www.waterwise.org.uk


About the awards
Now in their seventh year, the savewater! awards® has emerged as the leading water sustainability awards in Australia and savewater!® is pleased to announce for the first time the Product Innovations Category is open to anyone in the world.

Entries for the 2009 program are now open and will close on Monday 1st June AEST. So if you have an innovative water saving product please enter by visiting the savewater website: www.savewater.com.au

The winner will receive flights and accommodation to Sydney to attend the savewater! awards® gala dinner in October 2009.


Notes to Editors

Waterwise UK background
Waterwise is an independent, not for profit, non-governmental organisation focused on decreasing water consumption in the UK by 2010 and building the evidence base for large scale water efficiency. We are the leading authority on water efficiency in the UK. We sat on the UK Environment Minister’s Water Saving Group alongside the water industry and regulators. Our aim is to reverse the upward trend in how much water we all use at home and at work by 2010.For more information please visit www.waterwise.org.uk

savewater!® Alliance background
Originally established in 2000, savewater!® now operates as the savewater!® Alliance Inc, a not-for-profit association of water utilities and councils with water corporation members from all over Australia. This not-for-profit organisation is a leading and vocal advocate of water sustainability and efficiency. The Alliance provides a platform for connecting government to industry and product suppliers. savewater.com.au is considered to be Australia’s leading online resource for water conservation with up to 50,000 unique visitors received on average monthly. The primary objective of savewater!® is to accelerate water conservation practices through habitual behavior change and product purchasing preferences. savewater!® is also committed to supporting the public and private sectors achieve sustainability goals. Help us help you! For further information please visit www.savewater.com.au

Contacts:

Waterwise:
Chris Philpot
Communications Manager
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0207 957 4615

savewater!® Alliance - Australia
Rebecca Mooney, Marketing Coordinator
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0061 3 8508 6804
0061 407 078 316