Why be water efficient?

The benefits of water efficiency

It’s easy to take water for granted. But it’s a key asset for your business.

Controlling it better and being efficient in your water use can bring substantial benefits:

• it saves you money – cutting water use automatically reduces your water charges if you have a meter
• it reduces your carbon footprint – helping you achieve your carbon reduction targets, including Green Action Plans for public sector bodies
• it benefits the environment – preserving natural resources, and boosting corporate social responsibility efforts.

One more thing. When you save water, you reduce the amount of waste water down your drains too. A double benefit for your bottom line, and for the environment.

How do I start saving water?

Start with small steps.

• claim your free water efficiency pack
• then look at how your business uses water, and find the easiest ways to save – read our liquid assets leaflet for lots of tips
• our water benchmark calculator is an easy way to check how you measure up against similar organisations
• larger organisations have reaped the benefits of our thorough water efficiency health check.

How we can help

If you’re keen to reap the full benefits of water efficiency, we’re the experts. The CBI made us Green Business of the Year for our work in helping businesses become more efficient.

We can offer:

• water health check – a detailed audit of your site’s performance
• water tariff optimisation – studying your historic use to make sure you’re on the most economical rate
• automated meter reading – to monitor and analyse your water use, and home in on opportunities to save
• leak detection and repair – tracking down hidden leaks that may be wasting money
• water saving devices – a range of gizmos to curb consumption
• recycling and reuse – clever techniques to cut down on mains water use.