Melbourne City Council's Greening Results in SaveWater Award for Watermark

[Cr David Risstrom]

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MELBOURNE CITY COUNCIL¹S GREENING RESULTS IN SAVEWATER AWARD FOR ŒWATERMARK
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The City Of Melbourne¹s ambitious water saving plan ŒWatermark¹, which has
already produced a 17% reduction in water use in Melbourne, has won the 2004
SaveWater Local Government Award.
 
The City of Melbourne developed Watermark in collaboration with the
International Council for Local Environment Initiatives (ICLEI) and
Melbourne Water. 
 
Watermark set targets of 40% reduction per capita in water consumption by
2020 across industry, the community and council activities, with the aim of
using less water in 2020 than 1999.  This is notwithstanding an expected
doubling of the municipality¹s population in that time.
 
Greens Councillor David Risstrom, who is also international Vice President
of ICLEI, received the award on behalf of the Council at an awards ceremony
on Friday night. Cr Risstrom facilitated the piloting of the ICLEI Water
Campaign in Australia and personally negotiated the ambitious targets set by
Melbourne City Council that are acknowledged in the award.
 
³The SaveWater local government award is recognition that ambitious water
saving targets are worth setting and are achievable², Cr. Risstrom said.
 
³We can¹t afford to keep mortgaging the future by wasting water.  Australia
is the driest inhabited continent in the world and climate change has the
potential to threaten our water security even further², Cr. Risstrom said.
 
Although local government has again taken the lead, as Victorian Greens
Senate candidate, Cr. Risstrom pledged, ³He would be working for the
solutions WaterMark provides to be adopted at a national level.²

 
For more information: Cr. David Risstrom: 0418 502 713 or Simon Lansdown
0415 535 564 - Victorian Greens Media Officer




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