About us

The savewater!® Alliance works with member water businesses, government agencies, and product and technology providers to invest in delivering a range of outcomes across three focus areas:

1. water conservation and efficiency
2. valuing water products and initiatives, and
3. product and technology solutions

The savewater!® Alliance Inc. was officially incorporated in Victoria on 9th June 2004 as a not-for-profit industry association. Its aim is to accelerate water-efficiency and conservation behaviour change and water saving product purchasing in line with government and water industry needs. savewater!® also supports technology and service providers by increasing community and industry awareness and take up of their solutions.

The savewater!® Alliance currently has over 60 regional and metropolitan water businesses as members across Victoria, Tasmania, Northern Territory, and New South Wales. The savewater!® Alliance is working towards a national membership base.

The activities of savewater!® are overseen by a Board that includes representatives from Alliance members.

By working together with many water businesses, government organisations, and product suppliers, the savewater!® Alliance model generates strong synergies - leading to economies of scale, simple communication messages, and significant cost reductions. This combination allows savewater!® to create new and innovative community engagement programs and bring about real change.

Specifically, savewater!® currently:

• manages the savewater.com.au website
• conducts major exhibitions like at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show displays on behalf of government and stakeholders
• manages the international savewater! awards®
• partners with key service organisations to deliver selected programs for members like the savewater!® efficiency service for businesses
• conducts ongoing savewater!® online competitions and prize giveaways, along with quantitative market research and various other marketing activities
• works with innovative companies to develop and supply technologies and products that improve member operating efficiencies or satisfy member needs

savewater!® initiatives are designed to:

• provide independent expert advice
• provide a one-stop shop for information on water conservation
• provide access to water and energy-efficient products
• present real life examples of water conservation in action
• encourage use of local knowledge, experience, and products

savewater.com.au has been developed to provide a credible and holistic resource for water conservation. It brings together information and solutions from a wide range of sources, including government departments, industry associations, manufacturers and research institutions.

We have prepared the savewater!® programs and website content with simplicity and accessibility in mind. Our aim is for savewater!® to become the one-stop source of information for anyone wanting to reduce water consumption while maximising economic or commercial opportunities. This might be through saving on the cost of water and energy supply or marketing the benefits of water saving products – it depends who you are and what you’re after.

Some water savings will be achieved by behaviour change, but others will come about as a result of product developments and inclusion of those products in our everyday lives. At a very practical level, savewater!® aims to help key professions, trades, industries and the general public, to improve their water efficiency by showcasing, describing and listing products and practices that can directly reduce water consumption.

So how do you really save all this water? It’s hard to know where to start, so we’ve provided some real life examples to point you in the right direction. Case studies are presented in most areas of savewater.com.au to show how it has been done by people just like you. The National savewater! awards® are designed to acknowledge leadership in water conservation. The awards are regarded as the most prestigious in Australia. By promoting the achievements of award winners, we hope to provide inspiration for others to follow their lead. The awards are currently conducted annually across Australia, and are open to businesses, government organisations, schools, community groups and individuals.