Western Australian aquatic centres have been praised by Water Minister Bill Marmion after the industry reduced its water use by almost 10 per cent in the last year, thanks to the support of LIWA Aquatics and the Water Corporation. "Such significant reductions by an industry where water is a key part demonstrates how we can all do our bit to save our precious resource," Mr Marmion said.

The Minister was speaking at Inglewood's Terry Tyzack Aquatic Centre which has reduced its water use by 50 per cent over the past five years. He said the corporation and LIWA Aquatics had formed a strong partnership to identify ways to minimise scheme water use in aquatic centres across the State.
"LIWA Aquatics is engaging effectively with its 500 members and 120 aquatic centres, as a result, the industry has collectively reduced its water use by more than 96 million litres a year since 2010," he said.  "This has saved the equivalent of 42 Olympic-sized swimming pools of water and about $250,000 for the industry.

"In metropolitan aquatic centres, water efficient taps and showerheads have been installed in change rooms; and in regional areas, changes to irrigation schedules annually save millions of litres of water."  Mr Marmion said the corporation's Target 60 water saving campaign, which aimed to reduce summer water use by 60 litres per person per day, or about 10 per cent, had started well.  "So far the Perth community has saved about 2.9 billion litres of water. Last year we exceeded the 10 per cent target, and I encourage everyone to keep those habits going and Target 60 again this summer," he said.

"The campaign began in early December and 1,770 people have already pledged their support by completing an online action plan."

The Minister Mr Bill Marmion, Director General of the Water Corporation Sue Murphy with Local Members and LIWA Aquatics President Jeff Fondcaro 

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