Saving water with HydroShare
HydroShare gives your school the power to check and monitor your own water use. HydroShare’s on-line, real-time monitoring and reporting system allows you to make decisions which can reduce water use and improve your commitment to the environment.
With Hydroshare your school can:
- Identify leaks
- Monitor the results of water-saving activities
- Reduce waste
- Educate students and teachers about water use
HydroShare allows anyone with internet access to view usage data and to share it. The system can also send alerts to mobile phones or email addresses if it detects an unexpected increase in water usage.
Stop leaks
Over twelve months, 45 South East Water schools have been using HydroShare as part of the Schools HydroShare Pilot Program. Over that time:
- 31 million litres of water was saved by the schools involved, an average reduction of 10 per cent
- Many schools discovered and fixed underground leaks that left unchecked would have cost thousands of dollars and wasted millions of litres of water
- One participating school, Bentleigh Secondary College, reduced their water use by an amazing 85 per cent through detecting and fixing leaks, as well as installing large rainwater tanks.
It’s a teaching tool
HydroShare is a perfect tool to teach students practical science, mathematics, humanities and ICT skills. Sharing this detailed, real-time information makes it easier to detect and fix problems, as well as to raise awareness of water consumption and see the immediate impact of water-saving initiatives in your school.
In fact, schools involved in our pilot program who used HydroShare in the classroom achieved a much greater average water saving of 29 per cent compared to those schools where it was only used as a water management tool.
Businesses use HydroShare too
HydroShare is in use throughout Melbourne and many other parts of Australia at over 250 industrial and commercial sites.
Contact us
For further information about HydroShare call Pina Johnson on (03) 8788 4200.