 Project Appreciation and ObjectivesOfwat is now introducing formal water efficiency targets for companies which will act as a framework for quantitatively assessing each water company's performance. The targets incorporate both household and non-household water usage and Ofwat will not approve plans that concentrate exclusively on one or the other. To date, relatively little work on water efficiency in non-households has been undertaken by water companies, and sharing available data and ensuring it is robustly analysed will be key in developing defensible cost-benefit arguments. Discussions with water companies have revealed that a tailored water industry database of non-household water audits, bringing together information currently dispersed and difficult to find when needed, such as details on savings achieved and costs of work, would be a very useful tool. This project will build an on-line, searchable and updateable database for all participating water companies to use for non-household water efficiency work. Both existing and future audit information will be able to be added to the database by companies themselves, following a simple template. Benefits to Clients - Tailor made non-household water efficiency database enabling easy sharing of information between companies.
- Justification and identification of the most cost-effective methods of carrying out non-household water efficiency activity, including:
- type of non-household where biggest achievements possible;
- methods of targeting; and
- Meeting Ofwat's requirement
Work Programme - Determine the structure of a non-household water efficiency questionnaire.
- Initial data collection process based on the agreed questionnaire.
- Develop a dedicated web site, including an initial data load.
- Launch web site and provide a promotional training seminar.
- On-going promotion and maintenance of the web site for 3 months.
Project Output - A web-based searchable database.
- Dissemination workshop.
Related Work - Water Efficiency Scenarios produced for large-scale water efficiency study, Waterwise, 2007-08.
- Best Practice Projects: WR25A Sustainability of Water Efficiency Measures; WR25B Framework for Valuing the Options for Managing Water Demand; and WR25C Water Efficiency Website, UKWIR, 2004-ongoing.
- Intelligent decision-support tools e.g. TECHNEAU Selection Manager, 2006 - ongoing.
- Website and database development e.g. UKMMAS Marine Protocols Database, 2008 - 2009.
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