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Location: Stirling, Australia
Sectors: Sustainable Cities and Built Environment; Freshwater Resource Management and Sanitation;
By: AustraliaType: LocalSource: The ICLEI Case Study seriesYear: 2007
Water Smart Parks
The City of Stirling has prepared a Water Smart Parks strategy. This initiative aims at water conservation and identifi es priority parks for: Ecozoning and hydrozoning, irrigation system retrofi ts, soil moisture probes and connecting to a centralised irrigation system.
The irrigation of parks, gardens and playing fi elds represents the largest use of water by local governments in Western Australia, constituting in most cases, over half a local government?s water consumption. The City of Stirling has prepared a Water Smart Parks strategy which identifi es priority parks for water conservation initiatives such as: Ecozoning and hydrozoning, irrigation system retrofi ts, soil moisture probes and connecting to a centralised irrigation system.