Today marks the beginning of Water Week, and Liverpool Plains Shire Council's (LPSC) Mayor Doug Hawkins believes all communities need to have the conversation about the future of our water.

He's challenging everyone to take art in Water Night on October 22.

Cr Hawkins said that as our population grows, there'll be more stress put on the water resources.

He wants to see innovation around the way we use and reuse water to ensure there's enough of it to meet demand in the future.

"While our farming sector has long realised what a precious commodity water is many people living in towns and villages with reticulated water supplies have grown accustomed to taking water for granted, that it's just there when you turn on a tap," he said.

He was proud of council's investment of millions of dollars in recent years to improve water infrastructure through projects like the Quipolly Dam augmentation, the Willow Tree pipeline and a new bore at Wallabadah.

"While these projects will greatly enhance water security and quality, to return the greatest dividends to the community we must all as individuals reimagine our water usage, get smart and stop unnecessarily wasting this precious resource," he continued.

As an awareness initiative Water Night on Thursday challenges residents to not use taps, showers and running water for the night, making do with one bucket of water only from 5pm to 5am.

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Use of water for hand hygiene and religious reasons is exempt.

"If we all discover just how often we reach for our taps and how subconsciously we do it, we can gain a whole new perspective and reimagine our water future," Cr Hawkins stated.

Register now to participate in Water Night.