WA Water Campaign

Local governments can play a significant leadership role in how to reduce consumption and improve the quality of water entering Western Australian waterways.

In the Perth metropolitan area local governments use around 50 gigalitres of groundwater each year, particularly for the watering of public open spaces. In regional centres, they are the most important users of treated wastewater, with numerous schemes designed to irrigate parks and ovals.

Department of Water is helping local governments reduce water consumption and improve local water quality through the continued funding of the ICLEI Water Campaign^TM in Western Australia. ICLEI was founded in 1990 as the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives and is now known as ICLEI - Local Governments for Sustainability. The ICLEI WaWater Campaign^TM is a capacity-building program for local governments and funded in WA by the Department of Water. This performance-based milestone program provides a framework that motivates and empowers local government to work toward the sustainable management of our water resources.

The WaWater Campaign^TM is a voluntary international water management program delivered by ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability Oceania.

The program builds the capacity of councils to take action to address water quality and water conservation within their own corporate operations, and influence their community through land use planning, education, regulation and various other incentives.

The Water Campaign TM was launched in 2003 in Western Australia. To view the Western Australian member councils please click on the link below:

Western Australian member councils

How to join the WA Water Campaign^TM

To become an ICLEI member council in Western Australia please contact an ICLEI Water Campaign^TM Coordinator:

• Elisabeth Sturrock - WA Water Campaign^TM Manager (Perth Metropolitan)
  Direct Ph : (08) 9364 0635 or email : elisabeth.sturrock@iclei.org
• Sarah McCabe - WA Water Campaign^TM Manager (South West)
  Direct Ph: (08) 9364 0643 or email : sarah.mccabe@iclei.org

For more information on the Department of Water's support to the ICLEI Water Campaign™ in WA please contact: Natasha Coxon, Water Services Branch, Department of Water, phone (08) 6364 6821.

Useful links:

The WaWater Campaign^TM Actions Profiles highlight case studies of actions taken by WaWater Campaign^TM participating councils across Australia to reduce water use and improve water quality:

• WaWater Campaign^TM Actions Profile 2007
• WaWater Campaign^TM Actions Profile 2008
• WaWater Campaign^TM Actions Profile 2009
• Waterwise Ways for Western Australia provides important and useful information for local councils, business and industry, schools and the community on the state government's new water efficiency measures.
• More information on water efficiency for Local Governments is available under the Wise water use section of this website.