All Victorians need to be involved in water conservation if we want water security. Our water saving efforts have meant that our water storages are at a higher level than they would have been without conservation.

We will continue to develop our approach to water conservation and household and industrial use of water, building on the excellent effort of Victorians to use water efficiently.

• Melbourne’s residential household water use for 2008/09 has reduced by 35 per cent per person when compared to the 1990s.
• Melbourne’s industry water use for 2008/09 has reduced by about 41 per cent per person when compared to the 1990s.
• The Water Smart Gardens and Homes Rebate Scheme has helped save an estimated 2.7 billion litres of water since 2003 by providing over 267,000 rebates, including more than 38,000 rebates for rainwater tanks.
• Around 400,000 free water-efficient showerheads have been provided to Victorians in exchange for their old, inefficient models, through Showerhead Exchange Programs.
• Around 100,000 households in metropolitan Melbourne and 10,000 households from Ballarat, Bendigo and Geelong have reduced water use in their homes by participating in the  WaterSmart program.