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Saving Water in the Hospitality Sector Report.

Water use in the hospitality sector is high due to many factors including a combination of large customer numbers, long opening hours, a high turnover of staff, and, sometimes, a lack of leadership from head office. And yet, implementing zero or low cost water saving measures can result in large savings. The difficulty is how to get premises within this sector to buy into water efficiency. 

ech2o, in a SEEDA funded project carried out for Crawley Council in early 2007, saved over 5,000 m3 of water a year across just 43 premises. Reducing flow rates and fitting water savers were zero cost improvements implemented. Identifying and fixing leaks and installing urinal controls were low cost measures. As many premises could not action improvements at site level without agreement from head office, savings could be even greater if the main chains were as committed to water efficiency as they are to energy efficiency. 

Carried out in conjunction with water audits to build up a picture of water use in pubs, clubs and restaurants in Crawley, and also combined with logging a selection of sites, valuable information was collated. Read the comprehensive report detailing the project and analysing the savings made by downloading it here. The report will provide Local Authorities with the knowledge to understand the barriers to implementing water efficient measures within businesses under their jurisdiction and how to help the same businesses save both money and water. This, in turn, will enable Local Authorities to meet some of their water and carbon targets.

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