Water Efficiency Management Plan

We are committed to working together with local water utilities and businesses to find practical and effective opportunities to optimise water use. Water Efficiency Management Plans (WEMPs) are a key mechanism for tracking water use performance over time and a useful framework for progressing towards best practice management of water use. That's why we've developed a template to help you with this.

Preparing and implementing a WEMP involves:

• Documenting and considering recent water use patterns
• Developing an understanding of where and how water is being used
• Identifying, quantifying, and planning water savings opportunities
• Planning to continually improve monitoring and tracking

The benefits of WEMPs include:

• Improved management of water consumption resulting in reduced water-related costs
• Support of broad community efforts in reducing the likelihood that greater restrictions are introduced in the future
• Change in staff behaviour and strengthened reputation
• Streamlined water use reporting
• Improved awareness of upgrade opportunities and feasibility