Water Loss Management Program wins NSW AWA Program Innovation Award

The Water Directorate is pleased to announce that the Water Loss Management Program (WLMP), a joint project with the LGSA with funding from the Australian Government through the Water Smart Australia programme, won the NSW AWA Program Innovation Award at an awards dinner in Sydney on 16 February. The Program Innovation Award recognises projects of significant and innovative environmental or sustainable outcomes within the water industry.

As a winner of this award, the WLMP is now a finalist in the national AWA awards to be announced at the Ozwater Gala Dinner on Wednesday 9 May. We look forward to a successful evening and would like to thank Ian Maggs, former Program Manager, for the preparation of the original award submission.

The WLMP concluded in June 2011 and achieved water savings of 5.518 billion litres per annum. In addition to significant water savings the WLMP also improved the capacity of many local water utilities to undertake water loss projects and delivered infrastructure enhancements.

A copy of the Final Progress Report 2006-2011 is available on the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities website. The report provides an overview of the water savings achieved by the 59 participating councils. More information about the WLMP can viewed here or contact Gary Mitchell.