Active Playing Surface Guidelines for Child Care Centres

The Active Playing Surface Guidelines apply to all child care centres using reticulated (town) water to irrigate playing surfaces, such as grassed soft fall surfaces. 

Water from the reticulated (town) supply system is not permitted to be used on grassed soft fall surfaces at child care centres except where the watering is performed at the following times using a handheld hose with a trigger or twist action nozzle, or alternatively an efficient irrigation system:

• Tuesday to Sunday before 10am and after 4pm for a maximum of six hours per week.

 Child care centres are NOT required to:

• Register as an active playing surface with council
• Install a dedicated water meter to measure water used to irrigate their active playing surface(s) 
• Display a council approved sign on the premises 
• Keep a weekly log book of town water consumption