Melburnians continue to be water wise Non-residential 24% System losses (e.g. fire fighting, leakage) 12% 64% in Figure 8), the same as the The residential total previous year. per-capita water water use consumption for in use in 2017-18 Melbourne’s usage in 2017-18 increased by 5 per was 161 litres cent compared to the previous year. Total water use (see 64 (Figure per person per Figure 5) remains below the levels experienced prior to per 6). day (as detailed the Millennium Drought (1997 2009), despite an cent of – and the health of water ecosystems. Since 2011-12 (as detailed in Figure 7), the Victorian Environmental Water Holder has released water available from environmental entitlements to the Thomson, Yarra Figure 5: Melbourne’s total water use by segment and Tarago Rivers to improve environmental outcomes Figure 7: Environmental flow releases Figure 8: Melbourne’s per capita residential consumption
Melburnians continue to be water wise System losses (e.g. fire fighting, leakage) 12% Non-residential 24% 64% Melbourne’s usage in 2017-18 increased by 5 per cent compared to the previous year. Total water use (see Figure 5) remains below the levels experienced prior to the Millennium Drought (1997 – 2009), despite an in water use 64 per cent of total water use in (Figure 6). The residential per-capita consumption for 2017-18 was 161 litres per person per day (as detailed in Figure 8), the same as the previous year. Since 2011-12 (as detailed in Figure 7), the Victorian Environmental Water Holder has released water available from environmental entitlements to the Thomson, Yarra and Tarago Rivers to improve environmental outcomes and the health of water ecosystems. Figure 5: Melbourne’s total water use by segment Figure 7: Environmental flow releases Figure 8: Melbourne’s per capita residential consumption