Conservation

In preparation for a fourth dry year, Monte Vista Water District’s Board of Directors renewed their Declaration of a Significant Water Supply Shortage, extending last year’s declaration. Renewing the declaration means MVWD customers must reduce water use by 20 percent. Previously restricted uses of drinking water continue, including: Outdoor watering allowed …

Last week Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti congratulated Angelenos for achieving record-setting levels of water conservation over the summer. From June to September, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) customers collectively saved nearly 6 billion gallons of water compared to the same period in 2021. Angelenos have also reduced …

Western Municipal Water District joins growing list of agencies that have increased turf rebate programs. Last week, Western’s Board of Directors voted to increase its water use efficiency program by $725,000 to support a commercial landscape pilot program and enhance its residential and commercial turf rebate programs. Through a new …

Coachella Valley Water District (CVWD) has agreed to conserve water on the Colorado River by curtailing replenishment at its Thomas E. Levy Groundwater Replenishment Facility (Levy) for the remainder of 2022. CVWD has also submitted two proposals to the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the Lower Colorado Conservation and …

A luxury residential building in San Francisco known as Fifteen Fifty, has the city’s first approved and operational onsite greywater reuse system. Permitted and operated by Epic Cleantec, the system can recycle up to 7,500 gallons of greywater per day, or 2.5 million gallons per year – equivalent to 19 …

Urban water providers in California will have new performance standards they will have to comply with beginning in 2023. The State Water Resources Control Board recently adopted new performance standards for urban retail water suppliers by requiring suppliers to monitor and reduce leakage in their distribution systems. Set to come …