Making the most of H20

05/12/2007

Water customers in Chelmsford are being invited to take part in a project designed to help them make the most of water.

The ‘H2eco’ project will allow homeowners to choose from a selection of free water efficiency products for the home and garden suited to their individual needs.

Essex & Suffolk Water is contacting 7,500 homes in the north Chelmsford area to invite them to take part in the initiative, which will run until February 2008.

The first 1,500 homeowners to respond will be sent the goods they have selected from the range on offer.

The products include a water butt, an aerated showerhead, a dual flush conversion kit, a children’s activity pack and a trigger hose gun. Other services provided as part of the initiative include the chance to have dripping taps repaired.

In assessing their water use, it is hoped that those taking part will make permanent changes to the way that they use this precious resource. In using less water there will also be less to heat which means that customers will save energy and money too.

Essex & Suffolk Water is working with the contractor Mouchel who will be providing plumbers and field technicians.

At the end of the project, the company will be able to calculate how much water has been saved.

In a similar Essex & Suffolk Water initiative in Chelmsford last year, customers saved an overall equivalent of 28,936 baths of water during the first four months of the project.

Jenny Abel, project manager said: “This is the latest in a series of award-winning water efficiency projects. It is hoped that the project will not only encourage people to save water but energy too as there will be less water to heat if people are being careful about their use.

“The Essex area is one of the driest parts of the country, receiving only half of the national average rainfall, so it is important that we all do what we can to conserve water.”

If you would like further information about the project, please call 0845 602 6391.

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For further information please contact Claire Bishop on 01245 212 010.