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Whizzy's
Water Tips
updated: 20/09/07
The winners have been announced for the month
of February 2007. Congratulations to our winners
who each won a bottle of waterless carwash.
The
Gosford City Council winner was Mr. Barry Mackay
of Umina. Mr. Mackay installed a small stopcock
in the shower between the wall and the shower
head and arm which enables him to set the water
temperature at the beginning of the shower,
turn the small tap off, soap up then when the
small tap is turned back on there is no loss
of water while having to readjust the temperature
again.
The
Wyong Shire Council winner was Mr. Richard Clough
of Gorokan. Mr Clough collects the water that
drips form his air conditioner into large buckets.
This water is then used on his garden to keep
his plants alive. On hot days, Mr. Clough can
collect up to five buckets of fresh clean water.
Central Coast residents are helping Whizzy
out with his water saving. See below for all
the tips he has received so far.
Do you have a tip that could help Whizzy use
less than 150 litres of town water a day? Enter
it here for your chance to win.
The tips featured on this website are submitted
by Central Coast residents and business and
are as such not necessarily endorsed by Gosford/Wyong
Councils’ Water Authority. Please see
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Outside
Put
out buckets around your house to catch
the water when it rains then throw it
on the garden or wash the dog or even
wash the car.
(Brenton Eslick, Chain Valley Bay
)
Don't use your greywater on vegie gardens
or fruit trees (ie. something you will
eat) – use it on your garden instead
(Natalie Burns, Bateau Bay )
Make
Water while you Keep Cool! If you have
a split-system air conditioner, a bucket
placed under the outlet pipe will collect
litres of clean fresh water for use on
your garden.
(Gerard Goodwin-Moore, Woy Woy)
When
using air conditioning unit place bucket
under water outlet pipe to catch condensation
to use for watering pot plants or rinsing
down other out door surfaces.
(Ms Julia de Montfort, Chittaway)
We rent our house so can't install a
rainwater tank. Instead we have four 200lt
drums with flyscreen netting that collects
roof water and we can wash our cars and
water our chooks.
(Mrs Colleen Radford)
Collect the water from your air conditioner
- on hot days you can collect up to 5
buckets of clean, fresh water. The plants
will love it!
(Mr Richard Clough, Gorokan)
To water plants we put all our buckets
out when it rains to collect a little
water for the garden after the rain passes.
(Mr Geoff Morrison, Avoca Beach)
Kitchen
Keep
cold drinking water in the fridge so you
don't have to have the tap running until
the water gets cold.
(Anna Forsby, Gosford)
Scrape
and wipe with a dish rag - don't 'rinse'
your dishes before putting into the dishwasher.
(Kimberly Bushnell, Umina)
Save
water and reduce your electricity usage
and help charities. Take advantage of
the NSW State Government greenhouse gas
abatement scheme. You'll get an AAA-rated
showerhead to help save water and 6 low-energy
light globes. Some companies provide this
for FREE.
They may also donate money to charity
for each subscription.
(Gerard Goodwin-Moore, Woy Woy)
Scrape
food from dinner plates into the bin rather
than rinsing under running water. Wipe
fats and oils off with a paper towel after
it has hardened and dispose of into the
bin. Not only does this save water, but
it also minimises the effects of harmful
fats and oils on the house sewer system
and Council’s infrastructure.
(Mr David Kingsley, Berkeley Vale)
Wash
fruit and vegetables in a small basin
of water (not under a running tap) and
use this water on your garden.
(Mrs Anna Forsbey)
Bathroom
In
the shower - turn the water on to get
wet. Turn the tap off to lather up (and
shampoo your hair) and then turn back
on to rinse off.
(Anna Forsby, Gosford)
Shave
before getting into the shower. If you
must shave in the shower turn the water
off whilst doing so.
(Kimberly Bushnell, Umina)
Brush
your teeth over the sink rather than in
the shower and of course, turn the tap
off while doing so.
(Kimberly Bushnell, Umina)
When
my son and I are in the shower we put
our 4 minute timer on and try to beat
it (and we win all the time!)
(Natalie Burns, Bateau Bay)
Before
shower head & arm, fit a small tap
[toilet stopcock available from Bunnings
$4.80 usually fits perfect] This allows
you to set water temp with H & C taps,
then soap yourself up with the small tap
turned off, when turned back on there
is no loss of water waiting to get correct
water temp, saves lots of water getting
correct temp back again.
(Mr Barry Mackay)
"If
it's Yellow - let it mellow, if it's Brown
- flush it down". By not flushing
after every use of the toilet, each person
could save at least 30 litres of water
every day.
(Mr Barry Wrightson)
When
washing hair, use a shampoo/conditioner
rather than separate shampoo and conditioner.
This uses less water as single rinse only
required.
(Mrs Helen Dawson)
We
do not empty the bath after use and we
use the water to flush the toilet via
buckets.
(Mr Geoff Morrison, Avoca Beach)
'When
it's yellow let it mellow, when it’s
brown, flush it down.
(Ms Kristina Trafford-Jones, Greenpoint)
When
we have a shower we wet all over our body
in the shower, then turn the taps off,
then shampoo hair and wash body with soap
while the taps are off. Once done we then
turn the taps back on and wash.
(Mr Grant May, Gorokan)
Laundry
Save
the water from your washing machine rinse
water, shower and baths and use it to
flush your toilets.
(Ms Kristina Trafford-Jones, Greenpoint)
Other
Insulate
your hot water pipes - it reduces the
amount of time you have to wait for the
water to heat up.
The
Gosford City Council winner was Mr. Barry Mackay
of Umina. Mr. Mackay installed a small stopcock
in the shower between the wall and the shower
head and arm which enables him to set the water
temperature at the beginning of the shower,
turn the small tap off, soap up then when the
small tap is turned back on there is no loss
of water while having to readjust the temperature
again. 
The
Wyong Shire Council winner was Mr. Richard Clough
of Gorokan. Mr Clough collects the water that
drips form his air conditioner into large buckets.
This water is then used on his garden to keep
his plants alive. On hot days, Mr. Clough can
collect up to five buckets of fresh clean water.
