Certificate of Water Conservation Management

Unit 1 – Introduction to water conservation

• Importance of water
• The water cycle rainfall, evaporation, infiltration, effective rainfall
• Water sources and storage water quality
• Facts on water uses water use at home, in primary and other industries
• Why conserve water personal, regional and global significance

Unit 2 – Water conservation at home

• In Australia
• In the United Kingdom
• In the United States
• Measures undertaken to save water in the home in the kitchen, bathroom and in the garden.
• Water saving devices

Unit 3 – Water conservation in the workplace

• General principles
• Implementing water saving strategies
• Installing small appliances
• Large water saving devices

Unit 4 – Water management

• Water quality maintaining water quality, salinity, chemical contaminants
• Controlling use and quality of water, water flow measurement, water quality control, testing water salinity
• Preserving water quality minimising evaporation, water sanitation
• Water audits
• Water management plans

Unit 5 – Water conservation in Primary Production I

• Water saving measures
• Water wise plants
• Water wise procedures
• Water wise irrigation systems
• Water wise landscaping
• Equipment, structures and tools to save water

Unit 6 – Water conservation in Primary Production II

• Use of water in primary production
• Methods of water storage
• Rainwater collection and storage
• Bore water
• Farm dams planning, lined ponds
• Water requirements livestock requirements, domestic requirements
• Water quality
• Water problems on farms contamination and disposal of water, evaporation, seepage, runoff, overspray, scheduling
• Using farm waste water
• Irrigation system design
• Maintenance procedures and scheduling
• Surface/flood irrigation
• Sprinkler irrigation
• Swales and keylines

Unit 7 – Water conservation in Services industries

• Use of water in services industry
• Contamination and disposal of water
• Reduce/reuse/recycle

Unit 8 – Water conservation and Health

• Hospitals, nursing homes, laundries, clinical laboratories, dental practices, human and animal research facilities
• Uses of water in Health Industry control pathogens, general use
• Water minimisation
• Water efficiency

Unit 9 – Water conservation in other sectors

• Use of water in manufacturing, construction and heavy industry
• Water use in the production process
• Examples of water using activities in food facilities
• Water holding
• Benefits of cleaner production

Unit 10 – Water treatment, reuse and recycling

• Water sanitation filtering and disinfection
• Water reuse and recycling classification and composition of wastewater.
• Recycling wastewater
• Wastewater treatment
• Suitable plants
• Treating saline water