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Major Water Issues
Stormwater Pollution
Business and industry can have a significant impact on stormwater pollution, with subsequent serious environmental impacts on local communities.
Every person, business and industry has an obligation to protect water quality and prevent stormwater pollution.
The State Government has recently introduced a Water Quality Policy that encourages the re-use of stormwater and includes fines for people who deliberately or accidentally pollute it.
There are a number of things you can do to minimise the impact your business has on the stormwater system. In this section you can:
For more information:
Stormwater Fact Sheets (scroll to Stormwater Management series)
Catchment Board Stormwater Fact Sheets
What is stormwater pollution?
Water use and management
Businesses and
industries have a responsibility to manage their use of water
in a responsible and efficient way.
Much of the water used in industry, commerce, education, and other workplace environments is used for gardens, manufacturing processes, cleaning floors and equipment, ablutions, and air conditioning.
Water usage in the workplace can be reduced and this section provides information about how to minimise the impact of your business on our water environments and how to manage water more efficiently.
Permanent water conservation measures are currently in place
in South Australia; to find out how these measures affect your
business, click
here.
For information on what your business can do:
The
Top 5 things a business can do
Save
Water in your Business
WaterWise
Fact Sheet for business and industry
Check out the projects and programs that
can assist business and industry to manage water use in a responsible
and sustainable way.
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