Stories & News

Stories & News

Want more Choose Tap? Check out the latest news and stories below.

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Water retailers in Melbourne call on commuters to ditch the plastic

 

Yarra Valley Water, City West Water and South East Water have teamed up with Metro Trains to install six new drinking fountains at some of the busiest train stations across Melbourne, as part of the Choose Tap fountains program.

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Easy guide to composting

 

Compost - unsurprisingly, something few of us ever think much about.

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South East Water and Bayside City Council team up on tap water

2020-04-22

South East Water and Bayside City Council have teamed up to make it easier for residents, visitors and their furry friends to choose tap water over bottled, with three new water fountains installed across three bayside locations.

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Meet the Melbourne businesses serving up sustainability

 

From free tap water refills to strict anti-waste policies, hundreds of businesses around the country are starting to walk the walk when it comes to shifting to more eco-friendly practices.

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Australia has the second best tasting water in the world

2020-02-26

Just one vote was all that separated Mackay and the winner of the best tasting tap water in the world title.

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Yarra Valley Water serves up top drop at the footy finals

2020-02-07

During the recent finals series Yarra Valley Water featured a Choose Tap pop-up.

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This Buy Nothing New Month, why not ditch the bottle?

2020-02-06

Nearly 375 million plastic water bottles end up in landfill and waterways, contributing to Australia’s growing landfill problem and harming marine life.

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Australians urged to replace plastic bottled water with tap

2020-02-06

Australians are being urged to replace plastic bottled water with tap water during Keep Australia Beautiful Week, in a bid to shift our obsession with bottled water.

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Gippsland Water supports Federation University's plastic free pledge

2020-02-06

Gippsland Water managing director Sarah Cumming said the organisation’s donation was part of a broader effort to promote tap over bottled water in the community.

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Portable water stations available for events in Mackay, Queensland

2020-02-04

ORGANISERS of big community events to small-scale school fetes will be able to keep their patrons well and truly hydrated.

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Kialla’s St Anne’s College pledges to be Water Only

 

Kialla’s St Anne’s College has become the first secondary school to sign on to Goulburn Valley Water’s Water Only program, committing to choosing tap water as their drink of choice in school hours.

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Foster's interactive art fountain

2020-02-04

Local community members and the Foster Chamber of Commerce approached South Gippsland Water looking for a drinking fountain to be installed in Foster.

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