Water

Three local government associations - Town of Kwinana, Serpentine Jarrahdale Shire and Shire of Murray - have joined the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives Water Campaign as part of their commitment to achieving a sustainable water strategy for the Peel Harvey catchment.

Water campaign goals

To improve efficiency of water use and environmental water quality
To create a holistic and integrated water strategy (Local Action Plan) for the region
To integrate and complement other water initiatives already occuring within the catchment and state wide

Other supporting organisations

Peel Inlet Management Committee
Peel Harvey Catchment Council
Peel Development Commission
Western Australian Local Government Association
Water Corporation
Department of Environment

Participating councils

South West National Resource Management Region
South West Catchments Council
State Sustainability Strategy
State Water Strategy

Water campaign framework

This is a program developed for Local Government by ICLEI to provide a framework for local governments to deal with water consumption and environmental water quality related issues. The framework consists of three modules: corporate, community and catchment.

Serpentine Jarrahdale Shire water campaign priorities

Water consumption reduction goal

Corporate: 15% reduction in the volume of water consumed in the Shire's operations by the year 2010/11.

Community: Domestic scheme consumption average of 100kL per person per annum within the SJ community by 2012.

Community: 14% reduction in non-domestic scheme water use by 2012. Non-domestic use includes all industrial, commercial and agricultural enterprises that consume scheme water.

Corporate and community water quality improvement goal

To implement actions to improve water quality that achieve a value of 50 points or more for both the Corporate and Community modules of the campaign as determined in accordance with the ICLEI Water Quality Action lists by 2010/11 (ie. 50 points for the corporate module and 50 points for the community module).