Saving Water
Dubbo Regional Council encourages residents to Be Wise With Our Water and exercise water conservation. Water conservation is the practice of using water efficiently to reduce unnecessary water usage.
Water conservation is essential and can be done by everyone. We can all contribute to saving water.
Community Daily Water Usage
Council has developed a procedure to calculate the daily average water consumption in Dubbo, Geurie and Wellington.
Council encourages residents to be Wise With Our Water and aim at using approximately 380- 400 litres per person per day (PDF 292.1KB).
| DATES |
DUBBO |
WELLINGTON |
GEURIE |
| 10 February 2025 - 16 February 2025 |
736 litres/person/day |
215 litres/person/day |
181 litres/person/day |
| 3 February 2025 - 9 February 2025 |
580 litres/person/day |
312 litres/person/day |
300 litres/person/day |
| 27 January 2025 - 2 February 2025 |
567 litres/person/day |
330 litres/person/day |
322 litres/person/day |
| 20 January 2025 - 26 January 2025 |
506 litres/person/day |
323 litres/person/day |
308 litres/person/day |
| 13 January 2025 - 19 January 2025 |
393 litres/person/day |
247 litres/person/day |
223 litres/person/day |
| 6 January 2025 - 12 January 2025 |
439 litres/person/day |
233 litres/person/day |
204 litres/person/day |
| 30 December 2024 - 5 January 2025 |
519 litres/person/day |
263 litres/person/day |
357 litres/person/day |
| 23 December 2024 - 29 December 2024 |
520 litres/person/day |
277 litres/person/day |
343 litres/person/day |
| 16 December 2024 - 22 December 2024 |
511 litres/person/day |
294 litres/person/day |
345 litres/person/day |
| 9 December 2024 - 15 December 2024 |
338 litres/person/day |
230 litres/person/day |
238 litres/person/day |
| 2 December 2024 - 8 December 2024 |
272 litres/person/day |
196 litres/person/day |
146/litres/person/day |
| 25 November 2024 - 1 December 2024 |
357 litres/person/day |
215 litres/person/day |
209 litres/person/day |
| 18 November 2024 - 24 November 2024 |
351 litres/person/day |
263 litres/person/day |
261 litres/person/day |
| 11 November 2024 - 17 November 2024 |
360 litres/person/day |
257 litres/person/day |
233 litres/person/day |
| 4 November 2024 - 10 November 2024 |
360 litres/person/day |
256 litres/person/day |
255 litres/person/day |
| 28 October 2024 - 3 November 2024 |
372 litres/person/day |
244 litres/person/day |
285 litres/person/day |
Monitoring Your Water Usage
Customers with a Smart Water Device will be able to monitor and manage their water consumption through the 'My DRC Water' online customer portal. You can set up scheduled consumption reports, monitor your usage daily and set up high usage and leak alerts.
You can access the portal at mydrcwater.dubbo.gov.au
Advice for Saving Water
Just click on the banners, or the links below them, to discover the most efficient ways to use water and cut down on wastage.
Find out how to save water in business; Saving Water in Business
Find out how to save water in your home; Saving Water in the Home
Find out how to save water in your garden; Saving Water Outdoors
Discover how to save water in your pool; Pool and Spa
Find out how to save water whilst washing your car; Car Washing
Discover how to install and use rainwater tanks; Rainwater Tanks
Everything you need to know about using greywater on your garden; Understanding Greywater
For more information on using greywater view Council's dedicated Policy; Greywater Recycled Water Reuse Policy
Smart Water Advice Videos
Take a look at the video playlist below for advice from Smart Water.
Last Edited: 19 Feb 2025