With winter well and truly here, households are reminded to turn off their reticulation.
Since 2010, the winter sprinkler ban has been a permanent water saving initiative, saving about four-billion litres of precious drinking water each year.
“The winter sprinkler ban has been very successful and puts into practice the common sense that most people already show in turning their sprinklers off when it rains,” Water Minister Mia Davies said.
“From June 1 to August 31 each year, the ban saves enough scheme water to fill Patersons Stadium to its goalposts four times.
“I’m asking households affected by the winter sprinkler ban to remember to switch off their reticulation system and help save water throughout the wetter, cooler months.”
Despite needing green grass to keep local business Pinjarra Park running, general manager Michael Lodding said it was easy for the race track to keep it in top condition.
“This time of year the morning dew is more than enough to keep it green,” he said.
“We have a state-of-the-art reticulation system which means we can control each sprinkler individually, targeting them so even in the summer months we only need to use the bare minimum.
“We only ever have them on for about five minutes, where usually you need them for 15.
“We also use bore water.”
The winter sprinkler ban also applies to more than 3300 ground and surface water licensees that have winter sprinkler restrictions as a condition of their licence.
This includes licences with non-commercial water use, as well as domestic lawns, gardens and small-scale pasture.
Hand watering is permitted during the ban and customers can apply for an exemption for the establishment of new lawns.
Bore water users are allowed to flush irrigation systems once a week on their rostered watering days, either before 9am or after 6pm, for about two minutes per station.
