The WaterWise Hotel

Manual of Best Practice - Water conservation in large hotels and resorts

by 

Sally MacKinnon 

B.A. (Comm), Grad. Dip.Ed.

Wet Paper Consultant to the 

Gold Coast City Council WaterWise Program

The book describes how a group of engineers from Gold Coast City 5 star hotels networked to change hotel water practices in the lead up to a user pays water pricing policy.

Sally compiled the application for the Banksia Environmental Award for WaterWise Queensland.

Acknowledgements

The development and writing of this manual has been vitally dependent on many people and organisations. WaterWise Gold Coast would like to acknowledge the assistance of: 

• The Director and Officers of Gold Coast Water, and Plumbing and Drainage Services, Gold Coast City Council

• The Manager, Consultants and Officers, WaterWise Queensland.

• Management and Staff of the Hotel Conrad Jupiters Casino

• The Engineering and Human Resource Departments, Sheraton Mirage Gold Coast Hotel

• The Engineering and Marine Sciences Departments, Sea World

• The Engineering and Landscaping Departments, Royal Pines Resort

• The Engineering Department, Hyatt Regency Sanctuary Cove

• The Chief Engineer, Marriott Surfers Paradise Resort

• The Engineering Department and Environment Committee, Ramada Hotel Surfers Paradise

• The Horticulture Department, Currumbin Sanctuary

• The Environment Officer, Warner Bros. Movie World

• The Engineering and Purchasing Departments, Pan Pacific Gold Coast Hotel

• The Engineering Department, Hotel Inter.Continental Sydney

• The Food :Services Department, Wesley Hospital Brisbane

• Platypus Water and Energy Conservation Systems

• Griffith University Gold Coast, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Faculty of Business and Hotel Management

• Gold Coast Institute of TAFE • Hospitality Department

• Stuart TojpliS, Ecotourism Section, Australian Conservation Foundation

• Tourism Training Queensland · Gold Coast Branch

• Australian Institute of Hotel Engineers -Queensland and West Australian Branches

• Commonwealth Department of Tourism

• Commercial Irrigation Consultants

• Queensland Department of Environment and Heritage -Industry Liaison Officer, Environmental Planning Branch