Jacob Rawls Auckland Dec 10, 2006 22:04 pm

Hello,

Can anyone let me know about any projects involving water efficiency in businesses and schools? I am starting a project aimed at getting high-use businesses, as well as local schools to reduce their water use. I work for an NGO with a contract to the local Council.

My questions are as follows:

Businesses are highly varied. I don't know of any approach that will be commonly applicable to anything from an office to a sweet factory to a plant nursery. Can anyone offer any thoughts on how to deal with this and provide something meaningful to a broad spectrum of businesses without having to be an engineer and have specialised knowledge of the technical water delivery of each business? What studies are out there? What are the main barriers to businesses looking at reducing their water bills, and how has this been overcome?

Schools: does anyone have experience of getting schools to reduce their in-house water use? Which are the high probability changes one can aim for?

Many thanks,
Jacob Rawls

Water Wise Up Project Manager
EcoMatters Environmental Trust
PO Box 15 215 New Lynn WAITAKERE CITY
Auckland, New Zealand
+64 9 826 0555
+ 64 21 308083