The Water Corporation has announced that widespread rain in large parts of the State means people should think about switching off their sprinklers now.
The Corporation said that since the start of May, more than 50 millimetres of rain had fallen in the metro area, including half the monthly average on 4 May alone, with record rainfall also across some agricultural areas.
It said that with gardens benefiting from a good soaking, if everyone across Perth-Peel switched off their sprinklers for the rest of this month — ahead of the Winter Sprinkler Switch-off — up to three billion litres of water could be saved.
The Winter Sprinkler Switch-off is effective from 1 June 1 to 31 August across Perth, Mandurah and parts of the South-West and Great Southern.
Minister for Water, Dave Kelly said that in Perth, gardens guzzled more than 40 per cent of water used in the home so when autumn delivered a bonus drenching, it paid to switch off the reticulation.
“Climate change is a reality for us all, causing drastically lower rainfall throughout the year and depleting our precious groundwater sources,” Mr Kelly said.
“So it’s imperative that we’re all wise with our groundwater bore and scheme water use.”
He said switching off sprinklers ahead of the deadline would not only save consumers money, it could help save up to three billion litres of water.
