Greywater rebates

Many City Councils offer Greywater application fee rebates.
Please check with your council.

City of Fremantle

The City offers a rebate on the application fee if the system is installed to the satisfaction of our environmental health officers. To apply to install a grey water reuse system, complete the application to install an apparatus for the treatment of sewage together with a fee and submit it to the City of Fremantle for approval. https://www.fremantle.wa.gov.au/residents/health-and-wellbeing/effluent-disposal

City of Joondalup

To encourage the reuse of greywater, the City is currently offering a rebate scheme which will refund the City’s approval fees under the Health (Treatment of Sewage and Disposal of Effluent and Liquid Waste) Regulations 1974, to install and operate a Greywater System. https://www.joondalup.wa.gov.au/kb/resident/grey-water-disposal

City of Stirling

Consider installing a grey water system and using waste water from your shower and laundry to irrigate your garden. To encourage the uptake of grey water systems, the City of Stirling has waived all applications fees.
https://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/waste-and-environment/sustainability/sustainability-at-home

City of Subiaco

Rebates are available to encourage residents to install greywater reuse systems. Once you have a Permit to use apparatus certificate for the installation of your greywater system, you are eligible to claim the City of Subiaco Greywater Use Incentive Program Rebate form (PDF, 109KB), a rebate of the application fees paid when you lodged your application.
https://www.subiaco.wa.gov.au/Your-home/Your-garden-and-the-environment/Greywater-systems

About The Author

GWIG

Greywater & Wastewater Industry Group. We are a group of water industry professionals who are active in the design, research, manufacture, installation and servicing of greywater and wastewater treatment systems. GWIG is a non-profit organisation which was formed in late 2010 in order to provide a united voice for a WA industry that is largely unsupported and under-acknowledged for the important work that it does.