Lake Wendouree
Central Highlands Water and the City of Ballarat have come together in a community partnership and created the Wendouree Drinking Fountain project.
The project is the result of listening to the local community who expressed a need for more water stations at Lake Wendouree, a popular recreational area.
The first of the new aquafil™ Water Refill Stations was installed and opened in September 2013 by City of Ballarat Mayor Councillor John Burt OAM and Mr Jeremy Johnson, Chair of Central Highlands Water,
The commencement of the project will see the number of water refill stations increase from five to nine.
The aquafil™ Water Stations feature bottle refill dispensers, dog drinking bowls and wheelchair accessible bubblers and will be placed at intervals along the Steve Moneghetti track.
Shellharbour City Council
In 2013 Shellharbour City Council purchased a number of aquafil™ portable water bottle refill stations to use at major community events.
In 2012 Council also installed a permanent aquafil™ water refill station and drinking fountain at a popular picnic area at Reddall Reserve on the foreshore of Lake Illawarra.
These initiatives also encourage people to bring their own drink bottles and embrace the ‘refuse, reuse’ philosophy rather than the ‘throw away’ mentality.
By filling up reusable water bottles, Council and the community are reducing the amount of plastic waste that ultimately ends up in landfill, waterways and oceans.
Yarra Valley Water
Yarra Valley Water’s ‘Choose Tap’ program engages the community on drinking tap water as an important element of a healthy lifestyle and as a much cheaper and environmentally friendly alternative to expensive bottled water.
The findings of a customer survey showed that the public would happily drink tap water if it was more readily available in public spaces.
Yarra Valley Water set about researching a number of products that would fill the brief to conveniently supply quality drinking water to the public while promoting the smart choice message – and chose the aquafil product range which offered options such as filtered and non-filtered water, usage meters, dog bowls and wheel chair accessibility.
Yarra Valley Water has since worked with local councils to install 25 aquafil™ units that can be found at recreational spaces, shopping precincts, hospitals, universities and TAFES, providing the community with a free, convenient and environmentally friendly way to stay healthy and hydrated.
For more information visit: www.aquafil.com.au
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