What you need

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• What you need
• 30 minutes of everyones time time out for
  water. We know its difficult to get everyone
  together at the same time, but this presentation
  works better in groups and promotes group
  discussion and commitment from a team
• Space to think without distraction (put a sign on
  the door saying out of order if it stops others
  interrupting!)
• A computer with screen large enough for group to
  see or a projector
• Pens and scrap paper for individuals to complete
  game and make notes
• Refreshments good old cup of tea to relax the
  group and kick start discussion
• Diaries to book a post presentation meeting to
  monitor how everyone has got on with their
  challenges and to celebrate the successes

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• Outline of training session
• Explore water facts
• Key areas of water wastage
• Know your plumbing
• Case studies relevant to your business
• Action Stations - What you can do
• Keeping up the momentum
• Who can help

• Outcomes
• Clearer understanding of WATER issues
• All staff motivated to work together
• Efficient use of resources
• Reduce water waste
• Satisfied customers repeat business
• Reduce environmental impacts of our business

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Fact We use 70 more water today than we did 30
years ago. Are we more dirty, more thirsty or
just more lazy??
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2007
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• Why we should save water
• Water is a vital and valuable resource and we
  must use it responsibly.
• By taking positive action to control our water
  use we can
• Reduce costs
• Preserve dwindling resources
• Deliver environmental benefits
• Be good neighbours

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Key areas of water consumption

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Turning the tap off when cleaning your teeth
saves 3600 litres a year. If everyone turned the
tap off while cleaning their teeth wed save
enough water in a year to fill the millennium
dome!!
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• Be a Water Detective
• Draw a plan of the establishment
• Identify different areas of the business
  Office/front desk/activities centre/rooms/restaura
  nt/coffee shop/caravan pitches
• Make a list of the different ways that water is
  used in each area

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What our detective found General Leaks
drips Cleaning Bathrooms washrooms Toilets
urinals Showers baths Wash basins Kitchen Wa
shing up Food preparation cooking Laundry Out
doors Gardens Pools Vehicle Washing
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• Action - General
• Report any leaks, dripping taps, running or
  overflowing toilet cisterns immediately and make
  sure that maintenance gets them fixed!
• Dont leave the taps running unnecessarily while
  you clean

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• Action - Kitchen
• Wash up in a bowl of water
• Dont run the dishwasher until it is full plan
  ahead
• Clean vegetables in a bowl of water rather than
  under running water
• Kettles only fill with as much water as you
  need
• Fill jugs of table water and chill them in the
  fridge
• Dont turn on water using appliances such as
  woks, steamers, peelers and waste disposal units
  unless and until you need to use them
• Check the overflow on the ice machine

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• Action - Laundry
• Wait until you have a full load before you run
  the washing machine
• Choose economy settings and use the correct
  amount of detergent
• Use the towel agreement cards provided free by
  South West tourism
• Towels in the bath or shower tray mean please
  change them

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• Action - Outside
• Only water when needed and then water well
• Water plants in the evening or early morning
• Use a watering can instead of a hose pipe
• Cut the grass less often and on a higher setting
• Wash vehicles using a bucket
• Sweep up and remove leaves and garden debris from
  paths, terraces, pool surrounds instead of
  cleaning with a hose pipe
• Cover up
• Dont turn on then walk away

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Management We have already begun to make savings
in our water use by.
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• Measure to manage
• Monitor water bills
• Take regular meter readings
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• Measuring our energy use will help us all
• Raise our general awareness of our water
  consumption
• Identify potential problems that cost us money
• Assess progress and performance of water
  saving actions
• Allow us to set targets and compare our
  performance with others
• Dont flush savings down the drain!

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• Action Stations
• Form an water team
• Establish current consumption and monitor
• Prepare an action plan and timetable a few
  things first set realistic goals
• Water policy
• Consider guest communications promote work
  internally via staff newsletters/intranet/emails/p
  osters
• Keep up the momentum
• Review put a firm date in the diary for the
  next meeting
• Report feedback from guests and staff
• Assign new tasks
• Recognise success

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Congratulations water graduates! Looking for
further information on turning good intentions
into action? Visit www.swtourism.co.uk for more
help and signposting
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Case Study (south west water) A trickle feed
urinal with a 6 litre cistern, flushing 4 times
per hour, every hour of every day cost 682 a
year to operate at current SWW charges for water
sewage. Installing a PIRS in a restaurant
where the urinals were only in use during the
evenings, and for weekend lunch time reduced the
annual cost to 130.00. Savings 552.00 The
PIRS cost 130 plus installation DIY easy, so
pay back is almost instant.