Through collaboration with Water Technologies and South East Queensland Water, Austral Bricks Queensland has received a subsidy under the Business Water Efficiency Program (BWEP) to improve its Riverview and Rochedale manufacturing sites' water usage.
The government subsidy was applied in two main areas on the sites. The first part of the pro gram was the implementation of a BWEP rebate enabling the upgrading of taps, showers and toilets with water saving devices.
The second stage subsidised a percentage of the overall cost of a recycled water system.
Previously, the Riverview plant's mains water usage aver aged 16,000 to 20,000 litres per day. As a result of the new recycled systems, mains water usage is now 2,000 to 3,000 litres per day, saving around 80 per cent of water.
The successful completion of the project has seen the average town water usage shrink to 8,000 litres as day - resulting in a saving of 63 Kilolitres per day (or around 88 per cent).
The total investment in both projects is in excess of $567,464.
