Free Water Saving Showerheads for Maryborough Customers

Central Highlands Water, in conjunction with the State Government and Maryborough Rotary Club, are providing Maryborough customers with free water-efficient showerheads

The Maryborough Showerhead Exchange program enables customers to exchange their old showerhead for a new water efficient three star water-saving showerhead.

Three star showerheads use 9 litres of water per minute compared to a standard showerhead which can use up to 20 litres of water per minute.

Central Highlands Water Chief Executive Officer, Mr Neil Brennan says water efficient showerheads are one of the cheapest and most effective ways to cut household water use.

“The showerhead exchange program helps Maryborough households reduce their water consumption by thousands of litres a year as the amount of water used in the shower can be automatically halved by installing a three star water-saving showerhead,” said Mr Brennan.

Member for Ripon, Mr Joe Helper MLA says the Maryborough Showerhead Exchange Program is part of a state-wide showerhead exchange program, launched by Water Minister John Thwaites in October 2006, which aims to distribute about 18,000 three-star showerheads to Victorian homes over the next three years.

“By installing a free water-efficient showerhead Maryborough customers will be saving water, saving money and helping the environment by reducing greenhouse gas emissions,” said Mr Helper.

Central Highlands Water residential customers in the Maryborough Water Supply can exchange their old, less water efficient, showerhead with a new three star water-saving showerhead at the Maryborough Town Hall on Saturday 24 March from 9am to 5pm or on Tuesday 27 March from 5pm to 8pm.

To conduct the exchange customers will need their current showerhead, a recent Central Highlands Water account and a completed Showerhead Exchange Form, which is being mailed directly to all Central Highlands Water customers in the Maryborough Water Supply District.

The Maryborough Showerhead Exchange Program is open to residential customers in the Maryborough Water Supply District only and is limited to one showerhead per household.

Towns in the Maryborough Water Supply District include: Adelaide Lead, Alma/Moonlight, Betley, Carisbrook, Craigie, Daisy Hill, Havelock, Majorca, Maryborough, Rodborough, Simson/Bet Bet, Talbot, Timor/Bowenvale.

The three star water-efficient showerheads available for exchange as part of the Maryborough Showerhead Exchange Program are not suitable for low pressure hot water systems such as gravity fed systems and some instantaneous hot water systems.