Complimentary
Watersaver Materials
Encourage your staff and visitors to be water conscious at your place of business.
To place your order for your FREE supply of stickers and tent cards simply email watersaver@ goldcoastwater.com.au.
April 2009
- Encourage your employees to lawfully use fire hoses
- GreenPlumber workshops
- Healthy Waterways Awards 2009
- savewater! awards® 2009
- Pimpama Coomera Waterfuture
Community Advocacy Group - Developers and landholders to learn about Class A+ Recycled Water
- Waterfuture scholarships encourage
careers in water - Complimentary Watersaver materials
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Encourage your employees to lawfully use fire hoses
Did you know the penalty for using a fire hose for a purpose other than fire fighting is an on-the-spot fine of $500? Council can also pursue the matter in court where fines of up to $100,000 can be imposed on an offender or company.
As well as financial penalties, unauthorised uses of fire hoses - such as cleaning buildings and vehicles - can cause damage to the hose, making it ineffective.
To help prevent the misuse of fire hoses, Gold Coast Water is offering all businesses free warning stickers and prevention tags approved by Queensland Fire and Rescue.
Deter inappropriate fire hose use at your workplace. Order your stickers and/or tags by calling the Gold Coast Water Contact Centre on 1300 366 692 and leave your contact details as well as the number of stickers/tags you require. A Gold Coast Water representative will contact you soon after to arrange a suitable time to visit your property and assist in installing the stickers and tags.
GreenPlumber workshops
The next GreenPlumber workshops on the Gold Coast will be held later this month. Free to all participants, Gold Coast Water encourages anyone in the plumbing or building industry to attend.
The GreenPlumber training program is jointly run on the Gold Coast by the Master Plumbers and Mechanical Services Association of Australia and Gold Coast Water with support from other industry representatives. The program is part of an innovative nationally accredited approach to training plumbers in the water conservation, environmental, and public health aspects of their work.
The next workshops scheduled for the Gold Coast are:
Tue April 28 |
Solar Hot Water
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Wed April 29 |
Inspection Report Service
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Bookings are essential.
To register visit www.greenplumbers.com.au - Training Registration or telephone: (07) 3252 1266.
For the complete 2009 Green plumbers Workshop schedule please click here.
Healthy Waterways Awards 2009
Gold Coast Water is encouraging all organisations who have contributed to improving the health of South East Queensland’s waterways and catchments to enter the Healthy Waterways Awards 2009. You must be quick though, as entries close Wednesday 22 April.
This annual awards program recognises the outstanding contribution of groups and individuals across eight award categories.
- Brisbane Airport - Community Award
- Arup - Industry Award
- Cement Concrete and Aggregates Australia - Research Award
- Veolia Water Australia - School Award
- BMT WBM Pty Ltd - Government Award
- Southern Pacific Sands - Water Sensitive Urban Design Award
- Seqwater - Rural Award
- CSIRO - Waterways Champion Award
- Minister's Grand Prize - supported by the Environmental Protection Agency
A total of $22,000 in prize money will be awarded this year, with the individual category winners each receiving a cheque for $1,500 and a Healthy Waterways trophy.
The category winner deemed to be the most innovative by an independent judging panel will be awarded the $10,000 Minister’s Grand Prize.
For more information or to enter the Healthy Waterways Awards visit www.healthywaterways.org or contact Healthy Waterways on (07) 3403 9427.
savewater! awards® 2009
Winners of the 2008 savewater!
Awards, Mansfield's
Propagation Nursery
The savewater!® Alliance have launched the seventh national savewater! awards, a program dedicated to recognising and rewarding outstanding achievement in water conservation across Australia.
Regarded as the nation’s leading water sustainability awards, the program showcases water saving innovation in businesses, government departments, schools, local communities and individuals across nine categories.
- Built Environment & Gardens
- Business Award
- Community Action
- Educational Institutions
- Government
- International Product Innovations Award
- Photographic Award (three sub categories; Primary, Secondary and General)
- Regional and Rural
- Young Achiever
Entries close Monday 1 June 2009, with winners announced at a gala ceremony in Sydney on Friday 9 October 2009.
For further information on the national 2009 savewater! awards and to enter, visit the savewater! website at www.savewater.com.au.
Pimpama Coomera Waterfuture Community Advocacy Group
As reported in the last edition of Water Biz, the Pimpama Coomera Water Future Alliance (PCWF) were in the process of establishing a Community Advocacy Group (CAG). This group has now formed and members met for the first time last month at the Pimpama Recycled Water Treatment Plant.
During their inaugural meeting, CAG members received a tour of the plant to learn about the Class A+ recycled water treatment process and were also given a presentation about the PCWF Master Plan. New collateral developed to promote the launch of Class A+ was also shown to the group.
The next meeting of the PCWF CAG is scheduled for 6 May 2009. If you have any questions you would like raised by a CAG member at this meeting, contact PCWF Community Relations and Stakeholder Management team member, Leona Kelly on 5596 9630.
Developers and landholders to learn about Class A+ Recycled Water
Developers and landholders in the Pimpama and Coomera region are invited to attend a special breakfast and site tour at the Pimpama Recycled Water Treatment Plant later this month (date to be advised). The event is designed to educate vital stakeholders in the lead up to the launch of Class A+ recycled water.
If you are a landholder or developer in the area and you are interested in attending the breakfast, please contact the PCWF Community Relations and Stakeholder Management Team on 5596 9630.
Waterfuture scholarships encourage careers in water
Chair of the Water
Management
Committee,
Councillor
Daphne McDonald,
congratulates Jay Gorasia
Gold Coast student and Australian Duke of Edinburgh bronze award recipient, Jay Gorasia, has been awarded a Gold Coast Waterfuture Scholarship for demonstrating leadership potential in the water industry.
Jay is the fourth and final student to receive a scholarship that covers up to $15,000 towards the first year of his undergraduate degree and an opportunity to undertake work experience at Gold Coast Water during his study.
The scholarship signifies Gold Coast Water’s commitment to the city’s water future and an investment in the growth of specialist skills to meet demand in the rapidly developing water industry.
Scholarship applicants were assessed on their academic results, personal achievements and their submission of an essay detailing ‘my interest in water resources’. Short-listed applicants were then interviewed by a panel consisting of two Gold Coast Water representatives.
For further information please contact Gold Coast Water on 1300 366 692 or visit www.goldcoastwater.com.au
Complimentary Watersaver materials
Encourage your staff and visitors to be water conscious at your place of business. Gold Coast Water has complimentary bathroom stickers that have been tested in a number of marinas, shopping centres and hotels on the Gold Coast, proving to be beneficial in reminding staff & visitors to be water efficient in the bathroom.
These stickers also subconsciously reinforce water conservation messages, leading to water efficient behaviour in other areas.
For maximum exposure we recommend you position a sticker above the basin area and on the cistern of each toilet. The stickers are non-marking stickers and suitable to be placed on mirrors.
To place your order simply email watersaver@goldcoastwater.com.au and include your business name, postal address and the number of stickers you require.
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