Water

Class A recycled water

Two to the Dennis Family Corporation's project management communities are being developed with direct access to Class A recycled water to resident's homes for use in a range of non-drinking applications.

The Hunt Club, in Cranbourne, was the first residential development in Victoria to provide homeowners with recycled water for use outside the home, such as watering the garden, and toilet flushing. By using recycled water for non-drinking applications residents will reduce drinking water consumption by up to 40 percent.

It is anticipated that when The Hunt Club is completed, 1200 homes will be connected to the system saving approximately 100 Olympic sized swimming pools of precious drinking water per year.

At Manor Lakes, in Wyndham Vale, supply of Class A recycled water is expected to commence in 2013. Once the supply is made available by the local water authority, City West Water, residents will use recycled water for non-drinking applications such as watering gardens and toilet flushing.

Other water saving initiatives used include:

• Wetlands that treat collected stormwater
• Under taking extensive regeneration programmes to improve the health of local waterways
• Extensive use indigenous plantings reducing overall water consumption
• A "Suggested Planting Guide" which informs homeowners about the local soils and climate and encourages the use of native species requiring less watering and including comments on their use
• Using Class A recycled water to irrigate public open spaces (where the supply is available)