The Minister for Water, Dr Graham Jacobs, announced in March 2010 that the winter sprinkler ban will now be a permanent water efficiency measure.

Information about the winter sprinkler bans is available on the DoW website here.

This includes:

• Basic information about the winter sprinkler ban

• Maps of the areas within the winter sprinkler ban

• Automatic exemptions from the sprinkler roster and winter sprinkler ban (applies all year around)

• Applying for a new lawn and garden exemption

• Frequently asked questions for garden bores, scheme and licensed water users

• Water Efficiency information

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Source: the NewWAter Ways Newsletter