WELS publications
Consultation paper
Strategic Plan
Brochures and fact sheets
- Keeping track of your WELS products
- Audit template for suppliers to track WELS products
- Contact list for registering WELS products
- Frequently Asked Questions on the WELS Scheme
- How to label a WELS product
- How to register WELS products
- Legal obligations for suppliers of WELS products
- Questions to ask your supplier of WELS Scheme products
- WELS: An architect's and specifier's guide
- WELS: A builder's guide
- WELS: A local government guide
- WELS: A plumber's guide
- WELS: Australia's new Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme
- WELS: A wholesaler's guide
- WELS retailer 'ten tips' checklist
- WELS Scheme inspectors: Their powers and your rights
- Your guide to water efficient Dishwashers
- Your guide to water efficient Showerheads
- Your guide to water efficient Taps
- Your guide to water efficient Toilets urinals
- Your guide to water efficient Washing machines
Guidelines, manuals and labels
- WELS Allegations Guide
- WELS Compliance Risk Management Framework
- WELS Compliance Risk Management Guide for Suppliers
- WELS Inspectors' Protocol
- WELS labels
- WELS Suppliers Guide - Laboratory testing and maintaining quality of water efficiency performance in WELS products
Media releases
- Water efficiency inspections prompt reminder - 31 August 2009
- WELS inspectors can now fine suppliers - 01 September 2008
InkWELS bulletins
- InkWELS - February 2012 : Special edition
- InkWELS - May 2011
- InkWELS - April 2011
- InkWELS - March 2011
- InkWELS - November 2010
- InkWELS - August 2010
- InkWELS - April 2010
- InkWELS - September 2009
- InkWELS - May 2009
- InkWELS - February 2009
- InkWELS - November 2008
- InkWELS - October 2008
- InkWELS - July 2008
- InkWELS - December 2007: Registration Q&As
- InkWELS - December 2007: Whitegoods products - grace period ends 31 December 2007
- InkWELS - May 2007
- InkWELS - December 2006
Legislation
- Federal
- Explanatory Memorandum to Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Bill 2004
- Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Act 2005
- Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Declaration 2005
- Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Regulations 2005
- Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Determination 2007
- Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Determination 2011
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales
- Northern Territory
- Queensland
- South Australia
- Tasmania
- Victoria
- Western Australia
Reports
- Analysis of Australian opportunities for more water-efficient toilets - 2008
- Consideration of hot water circulators for inclusion in the WELS Scheme - 2008
- Cost effectiveness analysis of WELS - 2008
- Final report on the consideration of domestic irrigation controllers for inclusion in the WELS Scheme - 2010
- Final report on the consideration of hot water circulators for inclusion in the WELS Scheme - 2010
- For consultation - Draft whitegoods regulation impact statement: Minimum water efficiency standards for clothes washers and dishwashers and water efficiency labelling of combined washer/dryers - 2008
- A Mandatory Water Efficiency Labelling Scheme for Australia: Final report - 2003
- Potential for expansion of the WELS scheme to include domestic irrigation controllers - 2008
- Regulation Impact Statement for Proposed National System of Mandatory Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards for Selected Products - 2004
- Regulation Impact Statement: Minimum Water Efficiency Standards for Clothes Washers and Water Efficiency Labelling for Combined Washer-Dryers - 2010
- Technical background research on evaporative air conditioners and feasibility of rating their water consumption - 2009
- Water consumption of washer/dryers - 2008
- Water efficiency labelling for instantaneous gas water heaters - 2008
- Water Wastage of Instantaneous Gas Water Heaters - 2008
- WELS Labelling of the Dryer Component of Washer - Dryers - 2008
- WELS requirements for urinals - 2008
- WELS supply chain scoping and compliance report - 2010
