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FORTHCOMING ISSUES

ISSUE	Release Date
February 2011	22 February 2011
March 2011	29 March 2011
April 2011	28 April 2011
May 2011	31 May 2011
June 2011	28 June 2011

WHAT'S NEW THIS MONTH

This month's SA Stats presents a feature article highlighting water consumption trends and water conservation actions of South Australian households. Attention is given to the periods when water saving strategies were introduced by the South Australian Government, namely Permanent Water Conservation Measures (2003) and Level 3 Water Restrictions (2007).

Recent data from SA Water show that South Australian households reduced their average daily consumption of water from 756 litres (L) in 2000-01 to 501 L in 2009-10, a decrease of 34%. For the corresponding period, the state's daily water consumption per capita (or person) fell from 539 L to 385 L - a 29% decrease.

Topics which have been updated with new data in this month's issue of SA Stats include: Construction; Consumption; Demography; Housing Finance; International Merchandise Trade; Labour Force; and Water.


INQUIRIES

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