Endeavour Foundation does its bit to help fight the drought

The Endeavour Foundation is helping the region reach Target 140 by putting together the Queensland Water Commission water saving kits that are going out to 1.1 million households in the coming weeks.

The Endeavour Foundation is helping the region reach Target 140 by putting together the Queensland Water Commission water saving kits that are going out to 1.1 million households in the coming weeks.

Over 300 Endeavour Foundation employees at eight different sites across South East Queensland are assembling the kits being mailed out to every household in the coming weeks.

Commission Chair Elizabeth Nosworthy said so far around 100,000 packs have been delivered to the greater Brisbane area and they will continue to be delivered to households across the region until July.

“In order to keep water in our dams we need everyone to do all that they can to save water,” Ms Nosworthy said.

“Households account for 70 per cent of all water used in South East Queensland and 30 per cent of all water used in the home is used in the shower.

“The number one way we can save water is taking shorter showers. That’s why we want to get shower timers in every home.

“The average time spent in the shower is seven minutes. If we can get that average time down to four minutes we could save 90 million litres a day.”

The Water Commission’s kit doubles as a fridge magnet and as well as a shower timer contains a booklet that includes many helpful water saving tips, bucketing times and instructions on how to read your water meter.

The $1.7 million mail-out is part of the QWC’s $4.2 million dollar drought response communication program which aims to permanently change the way water is used across the region.  

“The Endeavour Foundation has done a fantastic job in getting packs ready for the first round of mail-outs,” Ms Nosworthy said.

“This is a great example of the community helping each other reach target 140. We got down to an average of 149 litres per person per day last week. We hope this mail-out will help get us the rest of the way and keep us there.”

Ms Nosworthy said over the next two weeks 400,000 packs will be delivered to the remaining homes in Brisbane, Ipswich and Logan.

“The Gold Coast will start receiving theirs on June 16,” she said.

Pine Rivers, Redcliffe, Esk, Caboolture, Gatton, Kilcoy, Laidley, Beaudesert and Toowoomba will begin to get their packs from June 23.

The non-drought councils of Boonah, Redlands, Caloundra, Noosa and Maroochy will start receiving theirs from the end of June.

The Endeavour Foundation operate solely in Queensland and support around 3,000 people with a disability through a mix of accommodation facilities, day services, businesses and other services at over 220 locations.

The Foundation’s aim is to provide people with a disability with the same opportunities that many of us enjoy on a ‘day-to-day’ basis – an opportunity to make individual decisions and life choices.

Ms Nosworthy will inspect the large production line that is putting the kits together and afterwards will be available for comment.