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Goal	Indicator	Outcome
1. A significant reduction in overall (direct and embedded) water use per resident by 2020	Target: 50% per capita reduction in overall water use (direct and embedded) per resident by 2020. Indicator: The average household uses 936 litres per day per household directly whilst through food consumption; 9,276 litres per day per household. Water use through food consumption is 90% of a household’s water use	Melbourne residents have changed their lifestyles sufficiently to reduce overall water use consistent with the target.
2. A significant reduction in mains water use per resident by 2020.	Target: Households achieve a 40 per cent reduction in mains water use per resident by 2020. Indicators: Community Water Use Current: 15,829 megalitres in 2006.2007 ¹ The proprtion of City of Melbourne residents who collect waste water. Current: In 2007,45.9% of persons living in Melbourne were in households that collect waste water ²	Residential buildings have been retrofitted with water efficient technology supported by behavioural change programs to achieve an overall 40% reduction per resident from 2000 levels of water use.
3. Commercial and institutional operations significantly reduce their water consumption.	Target: Commercial and institutional operations achieve a 40 per cent reduction in water use per employee by 2020. Indicator: Water use per employee. Current: Unknown. ³	Commercial, industrial and institutional buildings have been retrofitted with water efficient and water recycling technologies supported by behaviour change programs to achieve an overall 40% reduction per employee from 2000 levels of water use.
4. Capture rainfall from roads and open space and re-use	Target: To increase the capture of rainfall within the City of Melbourne. Indicator: Kilolitres (Kl) of rainwater storage capacity. Current Unknown. ⁴	Innovative water sensitive urban design technologies have been installed throughout the road and open space networks to capture and treat rainfall for re-use to irrigate street trees and parks.
5. Meet irrigation needs of parks using locally captured water and non-potable.	Water Use from council operations. Current: 1,197 megalitres in 2006 (29% reduction) ⁵ Kilolitres (kl) of rainwater storage capacity. Current Unknown. ⁶	Parks capture rainfall and re-use for their irrigation and have minimised the use of mains water.
6. Local water flows discharging into the creeks, rivers and bay that have pollution decrease.	Targets: 20 per cent reduction in total suspended solids (grit, tyre residue) 11 per cent reduction in total phosphorus (fertiliser, detergents) 11 per cent reduction in total nitrogen (air-borne pollutants, fertilisers). Indicators: Total suspended solids (grit, tyre residue) Current: To be inserted Total phosphorus (fertiliser, detergents) Current: To be inserted Total nitrogen (air-borne pollutants, fertilisers) Current: To be inserted	Stormwater from the City of Melbourne that eventually is discharged into the creeks, rivers and the bay is clean and supports increased bio-diversity