In Your Business

Click on the links below to read more about saving water in your business or industry.

Discover how to save water across different parts of the business sector including nurseries, food processing, manufacturing, commercial laundries, the building industry, hospitality, textiles, horticulture and viticulture. Learn how to save water in your business here.

Building Industry: There are benefits to saving water in construction and demolition - from houses to roadways and land development.

Commercial Laundries: Non-Residential Laundries use large volumes of water with potential for significant water and cost savings.

Hospitality: Experience in the hospitality sector is showing that conserving water will not only save money, it will also provide an important marketing edge in a very competitive industry.

Nurseries: Whether you run a production, wholesale, or retail site, an adequate supply of water is always important. However, you may not be aware of the large amount of water wastage.

Food Processing: The Australian food processing sector is the largest in the manufacturing industry, employing over 192,000 people. Saving water in food processing will result in cost savings and environmental benefits. 

Manufacturing: With a little inspiration and innovation, there are many opportunities to reduce water consumption in manufacturing operations, without reducing production. 

Horticulture: Continued development of the horticulture industry is dependent upon growers implementing sustainable practices such as using water efficiently. Find out how to use water wisely in greenhouses, vegetable growing and orchards. 

Viticulture: There are many benefits of saving water in the wine industry. Find out how to save water.

Textiles: The Australian textile, clothing, footwear and leather industry uses about 50 Gigalitres of water per year, or 7% of the total water used in the manufacturing sector.

Factsheets

Click on the links to download the factsheet below:

Saving Water at Work(PDF, 349KB)