MidCoast Council has issued a challenge to householders as part of National Water Week, which extends to this Sunday, October 25.
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Tomorrow Thursday, October 22 from 5pm for the next 12 hours, residents are encouraged to use one bucket of water - no taps, no showers, no running water at all, except for COVIDSafe and religious use.
Tomorrow's Water Night highlights the theme for Water Week 2020, "Reimagining Our Water Future".
"Do you know how many times a day you reach for your taps? Well, Water Night is the perfect opportunity for you to find out," MidCoast Council infrastructure and engineering services director, Rob Scott said.
It's never been more important to work together to build awareness around the value of water
- Rob Scott
Following on from one of the driest years on record it's never been more important to work together to build awareness around the value of water, Mr Scott said.
"We are very fortunate to have a clean and overall reliable source of water that supplies our communities and we continue to work to improve our water accessibility into the future, should we ever go through another drought like we did in 2019.
"We should all consider how we can rethink our current water practices to help conserve valuable water resources and what we can do as both individuals and communities to inspire a more sustainable water future."
Find out more about this nation-wide initiative at vist the Water Night website HERE.
Young Mid Coast residents will be getting the water-wise message too, as Whizzy the Waterdrop tours some local schools and preschools over the next two weeks to spread the water-wise message.
Water Week is all about inspiring individuals, communities and organisations to work together to build awareness around the value of water.
To get involved and find out more visit the Australian Water Association website .
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