Earlier this year, Winsley Parish Council endorsed Winsley to become a partner with Wessex Water in their Watermark Community scheme. In doing so, we join a network of concerned and responsible communities across the region wanting to practice water conservation by reducing our demands for water as a way of mitigating the effects of global warming.
“Water conservation has a cascade of positive effects and can influence the overall quantity and quality of available freshwater. Every gallon of water you choose not to use equals one gallon not taken from your river or aquifer. It means the system does not need that gallon’s worth of electricity to pump it, nor the chemicals to make it potable. It means that one gallon is not being degraded into “waste” water, which would require additional electricity to pump it again, treat it, and dispose of it in our environment”.
Quoted from: A Citizen’s Guide to Protecting and Restoring our Watersheds By Brock Dolman and Kate Lundquist 2018.
Please visit the website of the new national campaign ‘Let’s Save Water’:
https://letssavewater.com
For further information contact Cllr. Richard Mann: richard.mann@winsley.org.uk
