We provide urban water services to 71 towns in the GWMWater region. All but two of these towns are on Permanent Water Saving Rules. See below for more information.

Permanent Water Saving Rules

All Victorian towns, where not on staged water restrictions, are subject to the following Permanent Water Saving Rules

• Residential or commercial gardens and lawns
  - use an automatic or manual watering systems may only be used between 6 pm and 10 am daily.
• Public gardens, lawns and playing surfaces
  - use a leak-free hand-held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle, bucket or watering can at any time
  - use a watering system fitted with a rain or soil moisture sensor between the hours of 6 pm and 10 am on any day
  - in accordance with a GWMWater Water Use Plan

• Use a leak free hand-held hose fitted with a trigger nozzle at any time.

• Only use fountains and water features that recirculates water.

• Conditions apply to the cleaning of hard surfaces
• Other Rules apply, please see the Permanent Water Savings Plan

Permanent Water Saving Rules do not apply to the use of recycled or reclaimed water, greywater, stormwater, rainwater collected in a storage tank provided it is not supplemeneted by water supplied by GWMWater or another water corporation in the Permanent Water Saving Plan.

The Victorian Government implemented these rules to encourage ongoing water conservation and provide long-term water savings benefits to the community.

GWMWater may grant an exemption to any individual or group who can demonstrate that they will suffer undue hardship or difficulty as a result of the Permanent Water Saving Rules.

Water restrictions

What water restrictions apply to your town?

GWMWater may grant an exemption to any individual or group who can demonstrate that they will suffer undue hardship or difficulty as a result of staged water restrictions. Applications are to be made in writing addressed to the GWMWater, Water Reference Assessment Panel, PO Box 481, Horsham 3402.