National Water Week

Water Night

Australia has been diagnosed with an addiction to tap water, with the average Aussie turning on their tap nine times a day! Do you know how many times a day you reach for your taps? Well, Water Night is the perfect opportunity for you to find out.

Will you take the Water Night Challenge?

See if your household can avoid using taps and survive without running water from 12pm to 12am on Thursday 21 October, 2021 during National Water Week.(use of taps for covid and religious reasons are exempt)

See the results for Water Night 2020 here

Your business could sponsor Water Night here

Your school could participate here

Girl making water night tap guardian from clay

A colourful fish tap guardian made from clay

Boy making water night tap guardian from clay

A boy in black jacket making water night tap guardian from clay

A boy smiling and proud of his water night tap guardian he made from clay

Tap guardian looks like spongebob squarepants

Tap guardians red octopus and green frog

tap guardian blue monster with green horns

tap guardian purple frog and purple turtle

Water Week

Every third week of October, the Australian Water Association organises National Water Week and makes a splash across Australia, inspiring individuals, communities and organisations to build awareness around the value of water. Access to clean water is hugely important to our daily lives, and it’s down to all of us to protect our water environments and resources, and use water wisely.

As the national host for the week, the Australian Water Association encourages organisations, schools and communities to create, take part in, organise and promote National Water Week events, activities and educational resources. If you have any queries about National Water Week, please contact us.

The #NWW2021 theme this year is Caring for water and Country, this celebrates the vital and cultural role that water plays in our lives. Recognising the importance water plays in our lives, Caring for water and Country aims to deepen our understanding of Australian First Nations people’s knowledge in protecting and sustaining our water and lands for over 65,000 years.

AWA is proud to bring this year’s National Water Week theme to life. We engaged Spirit Creative’s artist Dennis Golding who produced the artwork “Our Waters”. The artwork is inspired from Dennis’ strong connection to Country, from the freshwater and saltwater regions of northern and north-west NSW.

Learn more about National Water Week including competitions and events.

What water and Country means to Michelle!