Transform your home to be water and energy efficient with Project Aquarius Plus + !

For more information or an appointment please call

Central Highlands Water is offering Project Aquarius Plus + to transform your home to be water and energy efficient for an effective cost of only $30.

New to the offer is the installation of CFL globes (excludes down lights). Energy efficient lights (CFL’s) use up to 80 per cent less electricity than standard incandescent light bulbs. This gives you a $16 per light globe saving, on refitted light globes, on your energy bill each year. Your household will be able to reduce total lighting costs whilst reducing carbon emissions.

The water element of the refit includes approximately $180 of water-saving services and a detailed home water audit. On offer will be water-efficient saving showerhead, 4 to choose from, flow regulators on internal taps, toilet flush control for single flush toilets and the fixing of up to 3 leaking taps. You will save an average of 18,000 litres of precious drinking water each year from the installation of a water-efficient showerhead and aerators.

For an initial outlay of $80 the Victorian State Government will provide a $50 rebate to each household who takes up the service under the audit component of the Water Smart Gardens and Homes Rebate Scheme. Therefore, the water and energy refit gives you over $250 of total value for only $30.

To take advantage of this great offer you must be a customer in the Ballarat & District Water Supply System or Maryborough & District Water Supply System (

Ballarat & District Water Supply System - includes the townships of: Alfredton, Ballan, Ballarat, Ballarat East, Ballarat North, Ballarat South, Black Hill, Brown Hill, Bungaree, Buninyong, Bunkers Hill, Cambrian Hill, Canadian, Cardigan Village, Carngham, Corindhap, Creswick, Delacombe, Dereel, Enfield, Eureka, Flagstaff Hill, Golden Point, Gordon, Haddon, Invermay, Linton, Little Bendigo, Magpie, Miners Rest, Mitchell Park, Mt Clear, Mt Egerton, Mt Helen, Mt Pleasant, Mt Rowan, Napoleons, Nerrina, Nintingbool, Pittong, Redan, Rokewood, Ross Creek, Rowsley, Scarsdale, Sebastopol, Skipton, Smythes Creek, Smythesdale, Snake Valley, Soldiers Hill, Yendon, Wallace, Warrenheip, Wendouree, Wendouree West, Windermere and Woodman’s Hill.

Maryborough & District Water Supply System - Adelaide Lead, Alma / Moonlight, Bentley, Bet Bet / Simson, Carisbrook, Craigie, Daisy Hill, Havelock, Majorca, Maryborough, Rodborough, Talbot and Timor/Bowenvale.).

If you are renting you require permission from your landlord authorising you to take part in the refit.

Just call 1300 88 22 51 between the hours of 8am to 6pm Monday to Saturday (or for interpreting service call 13 14 50) and book an appointment time.

If you have already taken up Project Aquarius: Home Water Refit, you are eligible for the CFL installation. Just call 1300 88 22 51 for an appointment and your home will be installed with energy efficient lighting (excluding down lights) for free.

This is a limited offer so get in quick and register today.

Frequently asked questions

Q - Can I choose the light bulbs?

A - Yes. The CFL’s are available in either edison screw (ES) or bayonet cap (BC) fitting, are either minispriral, spiral or slimline and come in warm white (Warm White – a warm candle like colour, similar to incandescent) or cool light (neutral colour, similar to office lighting tones). You can choose the different brightness levels to suit your individual preferences for each room.

Interesting fact: 15 watt CFL (approx 730 balloons of Greenhouse Gas) = 75 watt incandescent (approx 3, 600 balloons of Greenhouse Gas)

Q- Why are CFL’s more energy efficient?

A- Older style incandescent light bulbs convert only 5% of their electricity use into light and a whopping 95% into heat, making them far less economical and energy-inefficient than modern CFL’s. ALSO each CFL last up to 10,000 hours, so you won’t have to change them as often!

Q- What if I don’t like the energy-efficient light bulbs? Can you come back and change them?

A – No, as the program is designed to assist households save money and help the environment by reducing the level of energy usage and greenhouse gas emissions.

Q - Who will come to my house?

A – Only fully trained, qualified and insured professional staff will visit and refit your water efficient fittings and energy-efficient light bulbs. They will also be able to show you many other ways of saving water, energy and money.

Q - Do I have to change my energy provider?

A - No.

Q - Can they change down lights?
A - Not at present.

Q – I have heard that CFL’s contain mercury, is this true?

A – Yes, All energy saving Compact Fluorescent Lamps (CFLs) contain trace amounts of mercury. Keep in mind that mercury is a toxic substance, so CFLs must be handled with care. Although CFLs contain a small amount of mercury, using CFLs is much better for the environment than using standard, energy hungry incandescent light globes. That’s because the mercury and carbon emissions CFLs prevent from going into the atmosphere, through a reduced need for electricity, far outweighs the mercury that’s contained inside the globes.

For more information or an appointment please call

or for interpreting 13 14 50.

The call centre operates between the hours of 8am to 6pm Monday to Saturday, exclusive of Public holidays.

A contracted licensed plumber will come to your home between the hours of 7am - 9pm Monday to Saturday.

You can now view the different styles of shower heads at Learmonth Road, Wendouree.

Terms and Conditions

Download the terms and conditions for Project Aquarius

Terms and Conditions must be signed by the customer
and returned to the plumber at the time of the appointment.