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savewater!® Alliance Inc. Annual Report 2011/12 - Savewater.com.au

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Program Highlights(continued)Water-efficient productsThroughout the <strong>2011</strong>/20<strong>12</strong> period,<strong>savewater</strong>! ® has evaluated a number ofwater-efficient products, and has negotiatedbulk buying rates on behalf of members.The members’ product purchasing catalogue, includingproduct information, was updated and circulated to allmembers through the <strong>savewater</strong>! ® members portal.The members’ newsletter was utilised to boost<strong>com</strong>munication of current orders and new productsavailable, resulting in a number of members <strong>com</strong>biningtheir orders to benefit from our economies of scale model.Over 76,000 products were supplied to membersthroughout the year, including 13,000 showerheads,31,000 gardening products, <strong>12</strong>,000 trigger nozzles aswell as various assorted brochures and booklets.EasyFillEasyFill provides water corporations andlocal governments with the capability tomonitor water carters and bill them for thewater they take.Since the system also reports drop-off points,government <strong>au</strong>thorities can verify that policy restrictionsand controls are being followed. In addition, by betterunderstanding hydrant activity, water <strong>au</strong>thorities havebeen able to easily pinpoint c<strong>au</strong>ses for any subsequentimpacts to customers or asset failures such as burstwater mains.As part of <strong>savewater</strong>! ® ’s strategy to introduce innovativeproducts and systems to members, <strong>savewater</strong>! ® hascontinued its support of the EasyFill system, whichhas resulted in Yarra Valley Water, City West Water,and Western Water installing the system on over500 water carters. The patented EasyFill systemwas also presented to a majority of Australian watercorporations and a large number of water utilities in theUnited States. The unique EasyFill system has beendelivering significant increases in revenue for waterutilities from unaccounted water.24<strong>savewater</strong>! ® <strong>Alliance</strong> – <strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2011</strong>/<strong>12</strong>

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