Delnote Constructions works with the environment

1/12/1999 - From water to concrete - Article as appears in The Eastern Courier Messenger

A construction company in St Marys could become a demonstration site to teach businesses how to conserve water. Delnote Constructions is one of eight local businesses which has applied for funding from the Edwardstown and Melrose Park Water Conservation Project. Director Hermann Janzon said he wanted to build holding tanks to trap and filter water used on site. The water could then be reused to wash the companies trucks.

"By recycling the water we could be saving on water costs and more importantly the water would not be going into the sewer," Mr Janzon said.

The Edwardstown and Melrose Park Conservation Project is a joint Project between Mitcham and Marion councils and the Patawalonga Catchment Water Management Board. Project environment office Dijana Jevremov said the companies which received funding would be used to educate other businesses.

"Each year Adelaide industry uses about 10 percent of the River Murray water pumped into the reservoirs," Ms Jevremov said."Businesses participating in water conservation will serve as examples to others in Adelaide of what can be done to reduce demand on Murray water."

Ms Jevremov said businesses could also save money by using rain water or recycled water. "Rain is gentler on machinery and doesn't corrode it as quickly because it doesn't have the chlorine and high copper and salt levels," she said. "Quite often rainwater and recycled water is not as hard and fewer detergents are needed."

Last month the project received $38,000 through the State and Federal Government's National Heritage Trusts Scheme to promote the demonstration sites. The participating businesses will be announced later this month.

Written by Jewel Topsfield
Reporter, Eastern Courier Messenger

Environment officer Dijana Jevremov at Delnote Constructions