News

The latest newsletter has articles on the WELS renewal period; the 2020 independent review; WELS joint advertising campaign with WaterMark; and Cancellation of the Handshake flow controller WaterMark certificate.

The latest newsletter has articles on changes to our department; administration of WELS during the Coronavirus pandemic; grandfathering provisions for 3 star rated showers; expiring product registrations; and amendments to WELS relevant Australian Standards.

The latest newsletter has articles on the WELS visit to China; the new WELS advertising campaign; an update on WELS and an ISO international Standard; registration status updates; WELS participation in the World Plumbing Conference 2019; and information for registrants on WELS variant registrations.

The latest newsletter has articles on the new Institute for Sustainable Futures evaluation of the impacts of the WELS scheme; registration status updates; compliance in the building industry; and participation in a modular construction technology forum.

A new report by the Institute for Sustainable Futures (ISF) found that in 2017, WELS saved consumers over $1 billion on water and energy bills. It also saved over 112 billion litres of water – enough to fill over 44 000 Olympic swimming pools.

The latest Water Rating newsletter has arrived, with articles on our Chinese language fact sheets; registration renewals closing; penalties for providing falsified documents in applications; and progress on an ISO international water efficiency standard.

The Regulator gave an infringement notice to a registrant for providing false documents with a WELS product application. Infringement notices may be given for providing false or misleading information or documents and other instances of non-compliance.

The latest Water Rating newsletter has arrived, with articles on our compliance and enforcement activities; registration renewals opening in September; changes to labelling requirements in full effect; and simplifying applications for WELS and WaterMark.

A compliance check-testing programme has found LG washing machines (Model WTG1432 variations) that use excessive water as a result of a software issue. LG are working cooperatively to address the issue and are contacting affected consumers.

The Minister for Agriculture and Water Resources has released a statement on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) approval to develop an international water efficiency standard based on Australia’s scheme.