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City West Water has taken out top honours at the Premier’s Sustainability Awards, for working with the community to develop stormwater harvesting initiatives to increase green spaces across the west.
City West Water’s Stormwater Harvesting Partnering Fund initiative took out the government category award at a recent ceremony.
The fund allows City West Water to work with a range of stakeholders to co-invest in developing sustainable stormwater harvesting projects to irrigate public open spaces.
Since launching the fund in 2018, City West Water has partnered with Melbourne Water, councils, sporting organisations and the Greening the West program on six projects: Melbourne and Olympic Park Precinct, Melbourne Ballpark in Altona, Woodlands Park in Essendon, Balmoral Park in Derrimut, Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy and Arndell Park in Truganina.
City West Water’s managing director, Maree Lang, said collaborating with like-minded organisations on these initiatives helped to provide thriving open spaces for the entire community to enjoy.
“We are very proud to be the recipient of this award,” she said.
“This win would not be possible without the incredible partners who allow these projects to come to life. It’s not only a win for us but also these great partnerships.
“Greener spaces deliver so much more than aesthetics within the community with proven benefits in supporting health and liveability.”
Ms Lang said the stormwater projects supplied more than 100 million litres of stormwater per year to irrigate public parks, gardens and sporting reserves.
