2008 National Water Week events

Gippsland Water along with a number of other local organisations held a community day at Traralgon Creek, Victory Park, Traralgon on Saturday 18 October 2008 to celebrate National Water Week.

Organised by the Traralgon Creek Neighbourhood Environment Improvement Plan (NEIP) Implementation Committee, the free fun day included a number of interactive displays showcasing Gippsland Water, Gippsland Water Factory, West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, the Environment Protection Authority, and lots more.

More than 40 Gippsland Water customers also took advantage of Gippsland Water's showerhead exchange program, and exchanged their old showerhead for a new water efficient model for free. Old showerheads use 20 litres of water per minute whereas the new water saving ones use just nine litres per minute!

The Traralgon Lions Club provided a barbeque, and children were spoiled with showbag giveaways, face painting and a Shrek jumping castle.

2008 National Water Week Poster Competition Winners

This year, Gippsland Water invited primary school students from across the region to enter the annual statewide National Water Week Poster Competition coordinated by VicWater. Approximately 190 entries were received from more than 10 schools across our region in the following categories: Prep, Grade 1-2, Grade 3-4, and Grade 5-6.

To enter, students were asked to create an A3 (30 x 40cm) poster to convey the theme "Water for life" with or without words. Any art materials may be used, including paint, textas, coloured pencils, collage, photography, and computer graphics.

Gippsland Water congratulates the following students for their winning entries:

Prep: Layla Benson, Traralgon South Primary School
Grade 1-2: Emily Lugton, Churchill North Primary School
Grade 3-4: Maddi Hogan, Traralgon South Primary School
Grade 5-6: Danielle Marshall, Tyers Primary School

Our regional winners have won a Gippsland Water bag of goodies each which includes a classic set of 36 Derwent studio pencils, a drink bottle, a bracelet featuring a water saving message, and a Permanent Water Saving Rules fridge magnet.

2007 Gippsland Water National Water Week Drink Bottle Competition

Gippsland Water announced Grade 6 student Darcie Jongerius of Churchill Primary School as the winner of the 2007 Gippsland Water National Water Week Drink Bottle Competition.

Pictured: Grade 6 student Darcie Jongerius with her prize, an iPod Nano and a drink bottle with her own unique flower design "Five ways to save water".