ShowerStar Wins SmartDrop Excellence Awards 2025 October 2025

Delighted to share that ShowerStar was the Residential Category winner of the 2025 SmartDrop Excellence Award this week. The award ceremony was part of the launch of WaterNight 2025 in Sydney and hosted by The Water Conservancy along with their 'ambassador' and Australia's favourite gardener - Costa Georgiadis.

Special thanks to Chris Philpot, the SmartDrop judging panel and Costa Georgiadis for their role in raising water literacy throughout Australia. Keep up the awesome work!

💧 Become a Tap Guardian this Water Night! October 2025

From 1 October, we’re inviting our community to take part in the Tap Guardians Competition for Water Night — a fun and creative way to celebrate everyday heroes and raise awareness of how precious water really is.

Here’s how to enter: Sign up for Water Night at waternight.com.au Download and decorate your Tap Guardian mask Snap a photo Share who your everyday hero is and why

Share on socials and tag @WaterNightOfficial @TheWaterConservancy with #WaterNight2025 and #FromHabitToHero OR upload directly at waternight.com.au/tapguardians

Show us your best work! The most creative entries will win prizes like a Nintendo Switch 2 (first prize), a Kindle (second prize), or a Playmax Gaming Pack (third prize).

👉 Enter now: waternight.com.au/tapguardians/

Proudly supported by ShowerStar, encouraging our community to be water-wise

Exhibiting at IWA Efficient in Melbourne Sept 2025

We were delighted to participate and exhibit at the IWA Efficient conference in Melbourne 16-18 Sept 2025. ~250 water efficiency professionals from more than 15 countries attended this excellent event. 

Breaking up with bad habits and the 4 Minute Shower Sept 2025

Fantastic to see Water Corporation rolling out their "Breaking up with bad habits campaign" across Perth and pushing hard for everyone to adopt 4 minute showers. Very exciting to see this and a renewed focus on the demand side of water. Important to remember that hot water is the 'most expensive water' (to consumers and environmentally) as it includes the additional energy component from heating. Go Watercorp!

Smart ways to reduce shower water use at home - Inside Water Magazine Sept 2025

Can a small change at home really make a difference for Australia’s water future? ShowerStar demonstrates that it can. In this editorial, TouchGrid’s Bernard Emby discusses how a simple device helps cut shower water use and empowers households, utilities, and councils to encourage lasting behaviour change. Read more about how data, design, and persistence can steer Australia toward more sustainable water habits.

Alliance For Water Efficiency - Chicago Symposium August 2025

Fantastic to be in Chicago with the Alliance for WaterEfficiency. So many great speakers and so much sharing of knowledge and best practice. Each of the delegates received a ShowerStar so some of the most water literate folks in the country can now be even more efficient. 

Water Night Australia July 2025

We're delighted to be a part of Water Night Australia with ShowerStar. Water Night challenges Australians to turn off taps, showers and running water between 5 – 10 PM, Thursday 23 October 2025, during National Water Week. https://waternight.com.au/

This year’s theme, From Habit to Hero, is all about breaking out of auto-pilot water use and discovering the small actions that make a big difference.